[UbuntuWomen] Unemployed wondering how to get a job in Linux

Wed Mar 12 02:56:11 UTC 2008

Hell o All,

I have a background in Windows Desktop support, network support an obsolete (I think expired not sure) MCSE.
Trouble is I get asked about the vintage of my MCSE (Windows NT 4.0 obtained in 2000).

Do Any of you use Linux at work? How do I get my "foot in a door?"

Thanks,

Karin

From: malaikasharp at comcast.net
To: ubuntu-women at lists.ubuntu.com; ubuntu-women at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:24:20 +0000
Subject: Re: [UbuntuWomen] Greetings

Malaika originally wrote: 
>> Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am very excited. I just completed installing Ubuntu 7.10 to my desktop.
> > I am now ms free! yeah.

From: "Yolynne Medina" <yolynne at gmail.com>
> It's a nice feeling isn't it =) I am glad that you are happy in using
> opensource apps. It can be an addicting feeling sometimes =)

Malaika:  Yes, it is a great feeling and I know just how addicting open source can be.  While I am now a massage therapist, I was a computer tech/system administrator a few years ago. At that time I was into open source morning, noon and night.
     I do my best to focus my time on the computer to completing specific projects. However, there are times when I just want to play. I love creating database structures or designing a complete system for, well, not for anyone, just to do it. As much fun as it is, the more time that I spend on the computer the less people friendly I become.
     Obviously that is not very good for my marriage and other friendships. 
     It was easy to limit my time when I had ms systems, but now it seems as though an old door has opened. It will be interesting to see what ridiculously overly complex, yet benign form I create now.

Have a great evening to all.

Malaika

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From: yolynne at gmail.com
To: ubuntu-women at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [UbuntuWomen] Greetings
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:04:33 +0000

It's a nice feeling isn't it =) I am glad that you are happy in using opensource apps. It can be an addicting feeling sometimes =)

yolynne

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:55 PM,  <malaikasharp at comcast.net> wrote:

Hello everyone,

I am very excited. I just completed installing Ubuntu 7.10 to my desktop. I am now ms free! yeah.

I first announced several months ago that I had installed the Feisty version on my laptop. I was happy then to have finally returned to open source but was still not satisfied because I still had ms on the desktop. I had not found a suitable replacement for publisher. I do a fair amount of desk top publishing for my business and was worried that I would not be able to do some of the things that needed to get done.

Over the past several months, I have been spending time with Scribus, as well as re-doing as many documents in the open office format (re-doing since .pub files can not be converted), and creating others in scribus.

Due to a strange thing happening with msVISTA, which rendered the programs that I was using unusable, plus nuked my ability to access the internet, I installed Ubuntu on the desktop.

I am so happy. Just wanted to share with people who I know understand.

The installation went relatively well. I had some problems with the onboard NIC, so I put an old card in one of the slots. I still had problems with the configuration and getting the Network Tools/Manager to do their thing. Finally, after checking and rechecking everything, I restarted the modem (comcast) and internet success.

So much for rambling,

Keep up the good work and the encouragement. While I don't post often, I read everything that I receive in my inbox.

Have a wonderful day today.

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