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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>I
stumbled on your site while trying to find Linux drivers for a Toshiba
laptop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Most of the searches show
that Toshiba is tricky to load Linux drivers for audio & network.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Your site is local to me (I’m in
Westland) and am interested in going to some meetings (hopefully on a regular
basis (pending work schedule)).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I
have since returned the Toshiba laptop (courtesy of Sam’s Club’s easy
satisfaction policy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There are
several more questions I have and hopefully your staff/guests might me help
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I now have an HP laptop that
can be used for the “guinea pig” for training since there is no ‘mission-critical’
data on it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>BTW, when I got this HP laptop, I have been so frustrated getting rid of
all the ‘shovel ware’ that they choke down on us just to get it to boot in a
timely fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It has Vista (world’s
most pathetic joke) and am still not pleased.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I have used a couple of distros but mostly with Ubuntu 7.04.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have had years of computer
building/repairing but am stuck in a window’s world so I need to break all my
old habits. That is one of the many things I like about Linux in that when you
install the OS…you get just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
hard part I have is loading drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>There is a great wealth of info on the web but unfortunately; I need to
have someone show me due to my old windows mentality.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Thank you in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Michael Smith (Smitty)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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