Monday, April 8, 2019

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux FAQ

 



On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:00:48 PM PDT, Bob Loesch smithllitzer310@yahoo.com [LINUX_Newbies] <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 

Scott: I like the old "yahoo list" a lot more than the "forum-style", which pre-supposes at least a small amount of knowledge to phrase questions effectively, which I cannot yet do!  I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about Linux!

While I have been a computer user since 1978, unix, then moving to Windoze in the early '80s, I've used nothing since then, but Microsoft since switching to Windows 1.0, for work.  Now retired, and on a fixed income, hence the desire to go to a system less expensive than Windows.

Before joining Pacific Telephone in 1968 I worked as a professional theatre organist, which I've kept up with, and returned to when I retired in 1994.  I used to have three computers running WIN XP, equipped to record Video, Audio, and MIDI, which I'd like to do again, but would like ONE computer to record all three streams, simultaneously, if possible.  Can Linux record simultaneous streams like that?  If needed, I could resurrect two additional former XP machines.

After 30 years of Windose use, I've got a lot to learn, and a lot to UNlearn!

Bob

Hello Bob,

In advance, are those Win-XP PCs running on 32-bit or dual-64-bit CPUs? I ask so others can help guide you in your research. There are Linux Live media that are for music and video, http://www.distrowatch.com has a search feature that can be of help.

Joan in Reno

On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 4:51:01 PM PDT, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 

On Sun, Apr 07, 2019 at 11:35:12PM +0000, darterdrac0@hotmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> For years the group has been using a FAQ created by Scott but it is now well out of date. Thank you Scott for your efforts to put it all together & make it accessible to the members. But we need an update.
>
> If any members have or know of a current FAQ that is suitable for the group or are willing to put one together or collaborate on a new one please contact me.
>

Yes, the only reason I leave that Faq up is for the netiquette section.
(Though sometimes I check it for the old syntax to add routes in Linux and
FreeBSD).

I really have to add something at the beginning to indicate how horribly
out of date it is, hopefully, I'll do that tonight.

Back in the late 90's and early double oughts, these yahoo groups were far
more important than they seem to be now. I think that now most people use
forums, either the generic linuxquestions.org or a forum for their
particular distribution.

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