[UbuntuWomen] Intro

[rihanha]

Welcome. I love your story! I'd say training the 'next gen' to love Linux is
a fabulous contribution. We'll be introducing our son to it (he turned 2
last week) when he's old enough.

Cheers,
-rihanha

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Ireene-Sointu <ireenesointu at phonecoop.coop>
wrote:

> Hi you all!
> I joined a couple of days ago, but left this as I did not know quite
> what to say. I am not an expert on Ubuntu/LInux/computers and I am not
> connected to anyone who is. In fact I am the most knowledgeable about
> computer matters in my family and I am 59 years of age.
> I first read about Linux in a newspaper article about mid 1990s and
> determined then and there that one day I will have that and never use
> anything Microsoft again. (I have always hated being forced to do
> anything.) So when I saw a box set of Mandrake 6 something on sale I
> bought it and without actually knowing anything about the matter set
> about to partition my Windows XP. To get to the internet I had to buy an
> external modem. Once I got the internet connection working, which I
> needed for my work, I got rid of Microsoft and have never looked back.
> Unfortunately I have never had time to learn things properly due to my
> other commitments (children, work, voluntary work and now the renovation
> of the house I live in with my youngest) so I am not really able to
> contribute to the community. However, I do sing (well, not actually sing
> - that would not do any good for anyone) the praises of Linux and in
> particular Ubuntu to anyone willing to listen. I am going to install
> Ubuntu  8.04  to my first born's computer  next week. And my two other
> kids have had experience of Ubuntu over the years. And I have given my
> old cds and dvds to other people. So, in my small way I am trying to
> spread the use of Linux.
> I have just bought a new computer (I thought I'll do it before all my
> money runs out, which is happening fast, on the work on the house, hehe)
> without any operating system on it and installed Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit
> version. All is going fine apart from small problems with the
> clock/calendar and resizing button in Firefox. I assume those little
> things will be sorted out in due course.
> I hope this is not too long. I tend to be a bit verbose - one of my very
> few faults :) - once I get to the keyboard.
> With best wishes to you all,
> Imppu
>
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