[UbuntuWomen] Hello :)

[Liz]

Rachel Saunders wrote:
> Hi Liz,
> Great to hear from the NZ women!!
> I am so new to all this I am green around the gills.  Even IRC has 
> been a very scary adventure.  Is there a nice, friendly user guide for 
> IRC somewhere?  I followed the instructions to the letter while on IRC 
> and seemed to miss out on the implied stuff that "everyone just knows" 8)
Heh Sorry im probably not the best to tell you, ive been online on IRC 
for about 12 years at least, I think a lot of it is just a educating!

For the record though, most Linux channels dont tolerate any sort of 
idiots (they get a lot). They will help you help yourself , ie give you 
a url to help you configure something rather than tell you how to do it. 
Its the best way to learn.
Unsure how the ubuntu-women channel is, only been there a couple of 
times, though everyone seems extremely friendly :)

Had a quick google and found some possibly useful IRC guides.
http://www.linux.com/feature/61439 <- this is probably the most useful
http://www.irchelp.org/
http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/faq.html
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/47221


Liz
> All the best,
> Rachel.
>
> 2008/11/6 Liz <liz at debian.co.nz <mailto:liz at debian.co.nz>>
>
>     Rachel Saunders wrote:
>     > Hi Martha,
>     > I'm in NZ too.  Are you North or South?  I am in Dunedin.  Do
>     you stay
>     > up till the wee hours to catch the classes?  I have been watching a
>     > few, but in a very distracted way as I am doing assignments for my
>     > study (that and 3 little kids at school mean I am up early)
>     > Have you thought about going along to a local LUG?
>     > Cheers,
>     > Rachel.
>
>     Heya,
>     Im Liz, im from NZ also, and fairly up with the game regarding
>     Linux and
>     Ubuntu (looong time user). The online meetings always appear to be at
>     the wrong timezone here as well, but the LUG are an excellent way to
>     meet like minded people.
>     There are a few women on the LUGS in NZ, and I think its time we made
>     our presense felt :)
>
>
>     Liz
>     ps, Im previously from Auckland, now in Cambridge.
>     >
>     > 2008/11/5 Martha Stoughton <martha.nzdev at gmail.com
>     <mailto:martha.nzdev at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:martha.nzdev at gmail.com <mailto:martha.nzdev at gmail.com>>>
>     >
>     >     Hi Ara,
>     >
>     >     I've been trying to catch you at ubuntu-testing but so far no
>     >     luck.  When's the probable time you are on or who else can I
>     talk
>     >     to so I can start helping with the testing?  I'm in nz right now
>     >     with a lot of time on my hands ( a state by the way which is
>     >     driving me nuts because I'm used to being busy ;p ).
>     >
>     >     By the way Lucy, thanks for the link.  I've been attending
>     some of
>     >     the classes.
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >     Martha
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Martha Stoughton
>     >     <martha.nzdev at gmail.com <mailto:martha.nzdev at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:martha.nzdev at gmail.com <mailto:martha.nzdev at gmail.com>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >         Hello,
>     >
>     >         Thanks for the warm welcome.  I do want to help out with the
>     >         testing.
>     >         I'll ping you when I catch you at the irc.
>     >
>     >         Cheers,
>     >         Martha
>     >
>     >
>     >         On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Ara Pulido
>     <ara at ubuntu.com <mailto:ara at ubuntu.com>
>     >         <mailto:ara at ubuntu.com <mailto:ara at ubuntu.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >             Hello Martha!
>     >
>     >             Be very welcome to the community!
>     >
>     >             What kind of areas would you like to be involved?
>     >
>     >             A nice way to start helping out is with testing Ubuntu
>     >             (both manually
>     >             and automatically). Help in that area is always welcome
>     >             and it is a nice
>     >             way to start learning how Ubuntu works.
>     >
>     >             Please, ping me anytime on irc (ara) if you want to know
>     >             more about.
>     >
>     >             Cheers,
>     >             Ara.
>     >
>     >             On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 14:32 +1300, Martha Stoughton
>     wrote:
>     >             > Hi,
>     >             >
>     >             > I'm Martha and I'm new to ubuntu-women.  I'm glad that
>     >             there's a move
>     >             > to encourage women to participate in ubuntu
>     development.
>     >              I'm a
>     >             > software engineer with several years of experience and
>     >             would like to
>     >             > learn more about ubuntu and be of help to the
>     community.
>     >             >
>     >             > Martha
>     >
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