newbie

[Paul Schulz]

Hi Lyneham,

Thank you for your email.

Welcome to the Community. Please checkout and join the IRC #ubuntu-au
and #ubuntu-au-chatchannel (Applications -> Internet -> XChat or
Pidgin). You'll be able to get immediate answers to your questions :-)

This will also work from the 'Live CD', if you have any pre-install questions.

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Lyneham Collins <lynehamc at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
>

(snip)

> I would like to get up to speed with regard to Linux as it pertains to
> project mangement which is my profession.

Have a look at 'planner' software. Any advice on how to make this
Project Management Softwasre even more useful would be very welcome,
I'm sure.

> If I could make a controbution on  the less glamourous side of documenting
> any development, then I would like to help out in exchange for learning a
> little more and perhaps obtaining some help (in English, or better yet
> Australian!)

Australian 'Translations'  are currently copies of the English (the
place) English (the language).

> I am MCSE certified, and I was completely disappointed in their failure to
> differentiate between marketing and education.
>
> My feeling is the experience will be different within the open source
> community.

:-) - Be prepared for the learning curve.

> Any guidance for someone kicking off would be appreciated.
>
> Working remotely is of particular interest (Project Management, software and
> network support), so any offering you are aware of or can point me to would
> be great.

- The 'pidgin' software supports a wide range of Instant Messaging
protocols, so you can continue to use MSN,ICQ,Jabber etc. accounts.

- There is an OpenVPN client for connecting to netweork remotely.

- 'ssh' (secure shell) and 'scp' are the workhorses for remotely
connecting and copying files securely across the intenet.

- Have a think about generating yourself a GPG key so you can securely
send/receive emails and participate in the web-of-trust. (It's been a
while since I did this, so I'm unsure of the best way to do this for a
newcomer.)

> I've just landed on the oz ubuntu page from here
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList

Excellect.

> and will have a look best regards,
>
> Lyneham

Cheers, :-)
Paul Schulz - Ubuntu and Ubuntu-Au Member