Welcome to the Ubuntu NZ LoCo list

[Sonja Teague]

On Monday 25 September 2006 12:59, Craig Box wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Thanks for subscribing to the mailing list.  I'd like to start by
> introducing myself and telling you about my motivation for being
> involved, and then encourage everyone to introduce themselves also.
[...]

Responding to your invitation, all my Linux experience is packed 
within the last twelve months - youth is still on my side! ;-)) 
Initially I tried installing Hoary Hedgehog on my laptop (Acer Aspire 
5000) but it baulked. A few weeks later Breezy Badger was available 
and that installed without any fuss.

At the time of scoring Ubuntu 5.10 via CLUG, Kubuntu 5.10 was offered 
which I accepted without fully understanding what it represented! I 
installed it soon after Ubuntu and I've used it as my prime operating 
system since - I prefer the KDE desktop. Setting up the modem was a 
baptism of fire for a newbie, I wrestled with it for days before 
resolving it. We have broadband now which was a breeze to setup.

Now I'm triple booting Kubuntu Dapper 64-bit, Ubuntu Dapper 32-bit 
with the original laptop Windows XP squashed into a minimal partition 
for retro applications. Does anybody have suggestions for a M$ 
P*blisher replacement. Scribus is an overkill for the bit of DTP done 
here and it doesn't have ornate borders that I can see, neither does 
OpenOffice?

I'm not a hacker, rather I see myself spreading the Ubuntu gospel by 
distributing disks and helping the Aunt Tillie's get cracking - have 
had some success on this score already. Will I be able to get Edgy 
disks to distribute through Ubuntu-NZ, they are not available via 
ShipIt?

Bye... Sonja