[PLUG] help in replacing a linux machine

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Thu Sep 24 00:54:45 UTC 2020


Hey you wizards!  Jim has been to at least one clinic where he got the help
he needed.  I bet there are a few out there who could  help him out in
clinic fashion. (I would help but my skills are likely to only make matters
worse for him.)

-Denis

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 2:39 PM jim conklin <jwcemail at centurylink.net>
wrote:

> I am a linux user who cannot see and I have an old laptop whose battery
> failed which resulted in some form of systemcorruption.  I have order a
> refurbished laptop to replace the old laptop, but it naturally comes
> with Windows preinstalled.  My past experience is that to install Linux
> some changes to the bios will be required which requires vision.  I also
> like to install Ubuntu on this machine, but Ubuntu no longers appears to
> have an accessible method for performing the install.  So I need someone
> who has some technical knowledge and can see to help me recover files
> from the old system and configure the new system.  If you are interested
> in helping me get these machines operational please let me know by email
> and please include your consulting rate and contact information.
>
> Jim Conklin
>
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