[UbuntuWomen] Greetings!

[Dave Vincenty]

Hi, Ms. Lopez.

I'm new to the mailing list too.  I just joined the 'Kubuntu' and
'Ubuntu Women' mailing lists a few days ago, when I was excited about
upgrading to Dapper Drake and I really wanted to get the fun of being in
some kind of community.

I, being a dude, joined the Ubuntu Women list because I feel really
strongly about women in general becoming more active in the computer
industry and in the world of free software.

Plus, it seemed like a female-dominated Linux mailing list would have
nicer people in it, as opposed to the all-male supernerds who populated
the Linux groups I used to lurk in years ago.

If you're new to Linux in general, new to the Debian family of Linuxes,
or just new to Ubuntu, I could try to help you out.  I'm still learning,
though.  I've been around computers since I was a kid, but I only got
into Linux about two years ago.  I got Ubuntu last year and it's only
been about seven months since I started using it for basic computer
stuff instead of Windows 98 (which I don't want to upgrade because...
screw Microsoft).


Here are some helpful links.  Stop me if you've heard these before:

The official Linux kernel site:
  http://www.kernel.org

The official Debian site:
  http://www.debian.org

The Kernel Dot Org people's links page:
  http://www.kernel.org/links.html

Convenient information for new Linux users:
  http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org

A guide to basic commands:
  http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml

And... that's all I can think of for now.

I feel almost helpful!


~~~ dave ~~~
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