[ubuntu-us-ma] wish

[Doc Kinne]

Aaron (et. al.):

On 08 May , 2009, at 22:14, Aaron Haviland wrote:

> Peter Costanza wrote, on May 08, 2009 at 13:56 EDT:
>> What would be really really really really nice would be a place,  
>> like a
>> storefront, or an office in an office somewhere in Cambridge, with  
>> Hours,
>> where a person could bring their laptop and say, "can you help me,"  
>> or "can
>> you tell me," how to install this Lotus Notes client, or GroupWise  
>> client,
>> or whatever, on Ubuntu / wine or whatever. Or, what program should  
>> I use for
>> simple photo editing in Ubuntu, or, how do I get my laptop screen  
>> to work
>> ....
>>
>> If there were such a place, you could build the community one user  
>> at a
>> time, but they would have to be able to count on the help. The  
>> average
>> person out there is still far from willing or able to pick through  
>> the
>> not-inconsiderable online resources that may contain the answers to  
>> such
>> questions as those posed above.
>
> Doesn't our role at the SETC work towards that purpose?


You beat me to it! I was going to say that exactly.

Peter's suggestion, while good, has the challenge of finding a place  
and staffing it. I don't think we're in any sort of position to staff  
anything with extensive hours.  The next best thing is the thing we  
have at the SETC where, at a specific, regular, time and place anyone  
can come in and get exactly the help that Peter was describing. This  
is very much what my Ex and crew did in Ithaca for a number of years.  
It worked out well, especially for the kids.
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Richard "Doc" Kinne • Rikardo «Dokĉjo» KINNE, BA, MSc., AMAAS
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