[Ubuntu-ch] New on ubuntu-ch

[Stéphane Graber]

Romain Despland wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Romain Despland and I decided to join the ubuntu-ch list 
> today. I'm not used to these lists and I thought of introducing myself 
> here as a first step :-)
> 
> I'm 22 years old, I live in Yverdon and I'm a last year apprentice in 
> "Laborantin en chimie" at the EPFL. My mother language is French but I 
> speak English and German (not as good as English...).
> 
> I first used linux with mandrake 9.2, but not much was working with my 
> computer at that time. I had no sound, and when I tried to install the 
> windows drivers for my usb modem I realized it was not possible....(I 
> was a real noob....). I tried again a few months later when I got a 
> router with rj45 and everything was working, but sound. I bought a sound 
> blaster live, got it to work and then decided to go the hard way with 
> gentoo to learn more about linux (not so easy distro but I learned 
> almost everything I know now). After 4 months of gentoo and almost no 
> going back to windows I went with kubuntu breezy badger because I wanted 
> something easier to work with and the community was great. I have now 
> been using kubuntu since then and I'm a happy linux user.
> 
> My knowledge in terms of computer is not so great, I built one 3 years 
> ago, I don't know how to program (even though I wanted to start to learn 
> python), and I also almost never used gimp or inkscape. I know a bit 
> about linux but not as much as I'd like to, I mainly use kde but also 
> use gnome from time to time.
> 
> 
> Well I think that's all for the introduction. Sorry if this was not the 
> place to do it.
> 
> Have a nice day
> 
> Romain
> 

Welcome aboard

It's the exact right place to post an introduction.
For ubuntu-ch nearly everything about our current projects are on
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SwissTeam
We are also on #ubuntu-ch on irc.freenode.net

Stéphane