[DC LoCo] Helped needed for Linux newcomer in Derwood, Maryland

[Phil Shapiro]

One of my smart co-workers in the City of Takoma Park told me he's tired of Vista on his home desktop and doesn't want to upgrade to Windows 7. 
"I'm ready to try Linux," he told me. I gave him an Ubuntu 11.10 CD disk (and a Linux Mint install CD), but he has had trouble installing each of them. 
He is getting an "out of range" error on his monitor. He has a 20-inch LCD monitor, as I recall. 

Is there anyone here on the list who lives near Derwood who could stop by his house to get him on board as a new FOSS convert? 
(Or anyone who has ideas on how to deal with this error message?) 

This person, Alvaro, is in charge of the city's cable television channel, so I'm hoping to get him involved with OpenShot video editor 
at some time, too. His technical skills with computers is already quite strong. I'd love to have him join the Linux camp. 

phil 



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