Thanks I should learn about DosBox and such, then I could have it all on one PC or laptop. Just dug out my two Ubuntu books yesterday and looking over the intro again. Yes, the Lotus smart sweet had been run on a laptop with a 40 GB drive, had Word and Wordperfect Excel and a game on it, and still had 10 GB left over. Wish I had that machine back again : ) I’m trying to remember if that was MB not GB : ) It was in 1994 I’m pretty sure. The company I worked for furnished the laptop… When they lost the next bid about 3 years later, they took the laptop with them, and the next company that took over the place, did not furnish me with a laptop… So, I went out and bought a cheap one and never had all those programs on the same computer again, all the programs SWELLED in size and were memory hungry.
Thanks again
Bill

Thanks Matthew
I do not have too much of a goal. I’m learning DOS, and do want to learn the Command Line instructions as well in LINUX. I did buy Lotus Smart Suite and a few other programs years ago, and want to learn to ‘Hack them’ : ) No evil genius here in mind, I just want to see if I can find the key’s source and see a few HEX Dumps to try to figure things out. I asked permissions to do so years ago, and they sent me about a three page letter that I should not to touch that subject with a ten foot pole, unless I wanted to see there lawyers. : ) No, I don’t want to be a anarchist : ) I just want to play with material I already have, and maybe not have it SOOO far over my head. Also, getting down to business, I want to know what makes the computer, including Arduino and Raspberry PI tick, and be able to play with them in at least a fairly intelligent way. So, guess getting used to LINUX, especially UBUNTU right now, is probably one of the first things in my scheduling. Thanks Matthew, Bill

OK Guys
forgive the anxiousness here : ) I did go on line, and found several tutorials. The Internet is flooded with this information. I thought about providing a link or two, but would be hard pressed to know which one’s were the most valuable.
Thanks for your patience
Bill : )

Hey, I know this is an old post, but I for one would like the tutorials. My goal right now is to learn Ubuntu and while I’m sure this is very old news to most on board here. Sooner or later there will be someone else that would love the info and maybe someone else right now would like it too.

Guess when the site went up a while back, never took advantage of it. I did not loo, but there might be a tutorial on line already that we could link to. Anyway, help get me going, if you have a few minutes now and then.

Cheers
Bill

Greetings Tage and Group
My name is Bill Wood, I have WAY too many hobbies and interests to do much good in any of them. My main hobby is Amateur Radio, hence the call letters KE9XQ. I would bore you with the list, so will keep this short. Learnng is getting harder for me too, as I read a paragraph and an hour later might fail test on it : ) I’m not that old yet, 71, but still feel young enough to start another project. IF any of you guys want some salvaged parts from old TVs Radios and such for a project, I have a fairly large joungue box : ) I’m willing to share the goodies. I also have a hobby of saving OLDE radio programs and TV shows. 99% are in the public domain, so if you want so Fibber McGee and Molly or Gun Smoke and a horde of others titles, let me know I’ll share them VIA Wetransfer or give you a dvd or two : ) I have a 70 Chevy C10 that I’m looking for parts for AND a few pother things that help keep me busy. Look forward to getting to know more of you as tme goes on here. Cheers
Bill

Just a note here seeing as I want to get started with the site, and learning more of Ubuntu and such. I have started learning a dozen times and life and big excuses get in my way. : ) Bought the Ubuntu book a longtime ago, and have a dual boot system, but never get around to practicing or reading the book : ) So, here I am going to try to start once again.

Been to a couple meetings, and a great group I might add, but go into town 3 to 4 times a week already. I know I don’t live that far away, just another excuse. I live in St. Joe, about 10 miles East of La Crosse.

I know several of you are into Arduino and Raspberry Pi, I have the kits, but don’t play with them either : ) Anyone have a match, and help get me off my chair : ) : ) : )

Cheers
Bill