We don't have beer, but we always have pizza at our meetings. Anyway, something else you might consider, Oreilly press has some very good books on linux. http://www.oreilly.com Jim On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 13:44 -0400, Tom Freeman wrote: > On 06/03/2007 01:20:00 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 17:46 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > One last thing - if you can find a Linux User Group near > > you, join it. > > > There's usually a good mix of conversation and beer :-) > > They can be > > > immensely helpful. > > > > That is really the very BEST advice that can be given. > > Especially for > > newbies who want to install, but could use a little > > "oversight" into the > > process. For the price of a pizza or two, you'll get a > > crowd to assist! > > Ric > I'll second that, although the two user groups I've been > associated with were short on beer (and pizza). >