Re: newbie respectfully requesting help
I will me more than glad to help.
G
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Dr. Joseph Lewis wrote:
>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:02:08 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Dr. Joseph Lewis <lewis@sciences.sdsu.edu>
>To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
>Subject: newbie respectfully requesting help
>Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
>
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>Hello.
>
>I am a new faculty member in the computer science department of San
>Diego State University beginning my research program in machine
>learning.
>
>Every day for six years of my doctoral work I used Suse, RedHat, and
>Debian linux installations on desktops, laptops, and even inside a
>robot. I was fortunate enough to have this managed by a very capable
>support staff. This same staff helped me identify precise equipment
>needs with Debian in mind for the OS before I left New Mexico.
>
>Now I have purchased a machine that is entirely mine to administer--
>unfortunately with several deviations from the specs I submitted--and
>I find that, between my unfamiliarity with the installation process
>and the many gotchas that seem to lurk out there for laptop installs,
>I'm not quite sure how to even begin. Sadly the support staff here is
>not only swamped by its duties to the entire school of science, but
>they seem hesitant to do a Debian install (SDSU being a very Windows
>intensive place :(
>
>If anyone has the time to give me a few pointers or to be willing to
>dialog by email over the next several days, I would greatly
>appreciate it. I'll provide details on all the hardware and other
>specs as soon as I hear from you. As a heads up though, my machine is
>a Dell Latitude C810 used with a docking station.
>
>If you can help get me going and be there to point to the right
>resources, I suspect I can take it from there. After all, I am a
>professor of computer science! :)
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Joseph Lewis
>Computer Science Department
>San Diego State University
>5500 Campanile Dr. BAM 210
>San Diego, CA 92182
>(619) 594-6425
>lewis@cs.sdsu.edu
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