<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I am a new user of Ubuntu linux. I haven’t installed Ubuntu yet(downloaded iso 2 times with an incorrect md5sum).</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have been using linux; mainly redhat for past 3 years or so. My area of work is System Administration/Networking.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Lately I installed debian on my PC and it was a wonderful experience. I love their philosophy; package management and the flexibility. I am very much a Free Software user at heart. </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I would love to try Ubuntu for 2 major things: It is debian based(and has a definitive roadmap which debian lacks for desktop users) and it uses Gnome. I have tried Mepis and it really ROCKS. The kind of H/W detection and GUI sophistication is really amazing. But I find the KDE look a bit windowish; besides it does not have a roadmap (and is mostly a One man show)</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have taken a lot from; learning a lot from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OSS</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and I think I should contribute to it something.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Although I am not a good developer as such; I am good at documentation and may help Ubuntu by giving suggestions; making how-tos, and would like to know the areas in Ubuntu wherein I can contribute.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Please let me know. The team of Ubuntu-Feel free to mail me.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:rituraj@pune.nevisnetworks.com">rituraj@pune.nevisnetworks.com</a></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>All the best for You Guys!</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Regards;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Rituraj</span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>