[UbuntuWomen] Introducing myself

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

Welcome Caroline! Thanks for posting an introduction.

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:24:02PM +0100, Caroline Ford wrote:
> After looking at Fedora and not liking it I discovered Ubuntu! I was
> expecting Ubuntu to be hard and unfriendly as it's based on Debian which
> always seemed to be the distro aimed at developers rather than users but of
> course this isn't the case..

I think the move from Pay for Mandriva -> Ubuntu was a common one. 

I guess I wasn't as surprised at Ubuntu's ease of use, Linspire, Knoppix and
Xandros were all taking a similar route as Ubuntu (user friendly built on
Debian) - but of course with less success. I was however impressed with how
quickly they did it, just two years and it's taken off and become something
even the founders didn't anticipate :)

> Unlike my previous use of linux Dapper is so nice it's become my primary
> desktop. It doesn't feel inferior to windows from a user perspective and I
> feel much more in control. I'm learning all the time but the learning curve
> is manageable and I'm really enjoying it :)

That's excellent!

I remember the first time I plugged my digital camera into Ubuntu and it
automatically detected my camera brought up the already installed camera
software - not even Windows will do that! Windows needed drivers and software
installed.

> I've been involved in Wikipedia for over 3 years (I'm an administrator and a
> bureaucrat) which has motivated me to get involved in the Ubuntu community.
> The community is nice and MUCH friendlier than Wikipedia's. I can do work for
> Ubuntu without getting stressed.

The Ubuntu community really is a great one (no doubt that is a huge reason for
its success).

> I've decided not to get involved in documentation as that's too much like
> Wikipedia and instead to get involved in more technical work - currently bug
> triage. I'm hoping to learn more, maybe get involved in packaging and maybe
> get a linux qualification.

Very cool.

Cheers,

Lyz

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Elizabeth A. Krumbach // Lyz at PrincessLeia.com
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