BP>Hello Ed!   
   Hi Benny,   
      
   BP>07 Jul 2012 18:54, Ed Vance wrote to ALL:   
      
   BP> EV> Are folks reading this conference?   
      
   BP>there is more lurkers then writers :(   
      
   That is what I thought.   
      
   BP> EV> I tried looking at Ubuntu (U'u) 7.04 a bit but didn't get real serious   
   BP> EV> learning about it.   
      
   BP>this is one of the old ones   
      
   It will come up on my XP box but 10.04 can't.   
      
   I got 12.04 LTS but have had trouble updating Vbox.   
   I'm wanting to run it in vBox instead of Live Booting from the CD.   
      
   BP> EV> I'm going to take a look at U'u 12.04 to try learning a bit more.   
      
   BP>this might be a good choice to see if one need more ram :)   
      
   3GB RAM here (in the XP box, not my head).   
      
   BP> EV> A fellow got a U'u box a few months ago and asked for my help because   
   BP> EV> he knew I've been playing with computers since the Commodore Days.   
      
   BP>this is the cool ages   
      
   BP> EV> I'm not a Programmer unless you call CBM Basic and QBasic programming.   
      
   BP>i do   
      
   Thanks   
      
   BP> EV> My friend uses his U'u box for Games, Email and Browsing and he's not   
   BP> EV> interested in using Terminal commands in U'u so I'm trying to learn   
   BP> EV> how to do things in the GUI so I can try to help him.   
      
   BP>sad he is not teknical friend there, searching for gui is like waiting for a   
   BP>nice girlfriend to mary :)   
      
   Last week my friend got a eBook reader (Android OS) and said he was   
   trying to download game apps to it.   
      
   I learned Android is a Linux Distro and told him that.   
      
   He's not sure if he wants to sell the Ubuntu box or not yet.   
      
   I got a copy of the Users Guide .pdf from the eBook maker so I can help   
   him if I can.   
      
   BP> EV> Anyone out there?   TIA!   
      
   BP>besides that what can i help with ? :=)   
      
   If I have any more questions or comments I'll post them.   
      
   Thanks for the reply letting me know this conference is being read.   
      
      
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