I KNOW NOTHING AT ALL-Ubuntu 12.04

[Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:58 AM, nydia Ballesteros
<ballesterosnypet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello my name is Nydia i'm a 36yr old women living in Arizona. I have just
> started using Ubuntu and i love it but i don't know alot about it or how to
> use it. My knowledge of computers is very basic to no real knowledge(1994).
> In the last months i got a computer from my husbands work and a tower from
> my sister that she was going to throw away, and with offline reading and
> some internet from my daughters school, i but the two together myself to get
> them to work. I had never had a computer before or any of todays technology
> including cell phone,but now i have become so drawn to it, i need to know
> more. Ubuntu is what i heard about on youtube so i bought just the cd brand
> new without the book from someone online.with all this being said really i
> know NOTHING! I hope to start online classes in Jan.(just finished FAFSA)for
> computers and also hope to start working from home doing customer service.
> I don't know if i can use Ubuntu to take my online  classes and i don't know
> what  classes to take because there are different categorizes,but i want to
> know everything. Working from home i dont know if i can, reading their
> website Ubuntu was not a program listed and when i spoke to someone about it
> she didnt what Ubuntu was and has refferred me to someone else.So i don't
> know all of this, on top of that i don't  know if i have enough
> memory,enough ram(my tower its kinda scary the side doesnt fit well so
> somethimes wires are exposed, panel was bent and would go back on right, i
> have to stick my finger in the tower a bit to turn it on). I have so many
> questions.Sorry if i sound crazy, i don't even know if you can help me
> answer these questions. I'm sure its education on Ubuntu only which would be
> fine,i want to know the very least the basic of Ubuntu but perheps you could
> refer me somewhere to find it out.PLEASE HELP!!!!!

This mailing list tends to focus on more formal educational outlets
for Ubuntu (schools, adult learning programs, etc), but in addition to
Steve's recommendation you might want to check out the local Ubuntu
team there in Arizona: http://azloco.org/

Looks like they are having an installfest in at the University of
Advancing Technology in Tempe tomorrow:

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/2581-az-loco-south-installfest/

I'm sure they'd be happy to answer questions there. You can also reach
out to them on their mailing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-az

I've met their team leader, they are a very friendly group and local
help may be useful to you :)

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Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2
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