Comments on: weird little radar blip

By: Don Guitar

Don Guitar — Wed, 16 May 2007 05:43:00 +0000

At age 58 I’m a late-blooming “entry level” geek having a great deal of fun learning about Linux. I wish I could do more to help people learn about the alternatives offered by Linux. It’s encouraging to see a non-geeky librarian who’s able to install and use Ubuntu and to see how much positive energy you bring to the Linux community. Thank you.

Don Crowder
http://www.don-guitar.com
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/eldergeek/
http://don-guitar.blogspot.com/

By: Miko

Miko — Sat, 12 May 2007 01:55:00 +0000

To think I knew you when, as a constant partial friend! Congrats and enjoy the enjoyment.

By: Peter Simpson

Peter Simpson — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:16:00 +0000

Librarians are cool. Especially when they discover free software...because it's just the digital embodiment of everything they stand for. I don't want to think how badly off this country would be if Andrew Carnegie had not started the free library system in this country.

Keep spreading the good word, Ubuntu is for everyone, and it's free. A satisfying computer experience does *not* require Microsoft!

Peter

By: celticgeek

celticgeek — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:29:00 +0000

I sent the movies around to a couple of linux forums, and to the Linux LIbrarian, and also to my daughter who is a librarian in Ohio, and who is familiar with Linux (her husband likes Ubuntu).

Happy librarianing

the celticgeek

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:10:00 +0000

Dear Jessamyn

I would like to say thank you for the fine video. Would you be willing to eat pizza with the Ubuntu geeks at the University of Vermont based Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts (VAGUE)?

We have a meeting May 15th (see http://www.uvm.org/vague/ ) and we need a topic. You would be most welcome.

Kindest Regards,

Paul Flint
flint@flint.com

By: Jessamyn

Jessamyn — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:03:00 +0000

I’m smart, but in a geeky direction I’m not super genius. When you hang out wiht *real* geeks like the MetaFilter crowd, you get humble.

By: Michael Dorfman

Michael Dorfman — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:32:00 +0000

non-super-genius geeks like me

Huh? Exsqueeze me?

By: Dominic

Dominic — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:43:00 +0000

should have also said that you’ve been ‘relayed’ in the UK, which is how I came across you (see below) – so expect some further ‘blips’

‘From: “Ian Ibbotson” ian.ibbotson@k-int.com
To: ukriders@lists.lasa.org.uk
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:48:02 +0100
Subject: [ukriders] Ubuntu Advocacy, but related to Which Distro and Linux Certification, Linux On Dells, etc

Hey all.. this is probably nothing but extra spam on the list, so
apologies for that, but given that people occasionally ask which distro
is best etc…. the link below is an absolutely fab bit of grass-roots
ubuntu advocacy. It’s a short video a librarian made of herself
installing ubuntu on two donated PCs. If you’ve ever wondered if you
have the tech knowledge to install linux, or need to convince someone
else that it’s a viable alternative, then it’s maybe worth a watch.
It’s
only four and a half minutes long :)

http://www.librarian.net/stax/2042/do-you-ubuntu/

By: Dominic

Dominic — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:37:00 +0000

Tried a brief comment on your blog re the video, but got a dorky message twice, so thought I’d try this way. What I wanted to say: That’s wonderfully entertaining. And you inspire me – to try again. ‘Bout 4/5 years ago Ganesh, Dominic and others at Oxlug struggled for most of the afternoon to install Debian on my old Toshiba laptop, which didn’t encourage me too much to try more. Your example means I’m certainly goona try again with Ubuntu. Thanks Dominic

(Nothing to get worried about I thought, but my post today about walking at the weekend in Oxfordshire and Sussex got a strange reaction A reference to the name of one village C++k Marling – I better not spell it out just in case.)

OK bye bye for now – will come back and read more / contribute more ..