[xubuntu-users] Is there a list for *ABSOLUTE* beginners with Xubuntu?

[Ali Linx (amjjawad)]

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013, David Walland <davidwalland at googlemail.com>
wrote:
> I went onto this list, hoping to learn from it but I'm *SUCH* a newbie
with Linux/X/Ubuntu that it could mostly be written in Outer Mongolian
without reducing the amount of meaning I get from it.
> I'm 66 and have worked with computers on and off since 1964, so I'm no
novice.  I was fairly expert on BBC Micros in the 1980s and was also
programming in hex on the 6800 at that time.  Since the PC revolution, I've
been just a user and I simply can't seem to get off first base with
Xubuntu, which I have on a laptop so ancient it defaults to 1998 if the
onboard battery fails (often).
> It runs surprisingly quickly on an older version of Xubuntu (10.04).  I
can use it for ordinary "user" things but can't manage to get Office Libre
to load (it *downloaded* OK!) onto the machine and the error messages don't
use words memorable enough for me to record them (they flash on screen and
then disappear before I can do anything sensible!)
> Is there any local group in the NE of England I could join for mentoring?
 I really want to learn Linux/Ubuntu and run my XP machines on it from next
year - all I need is some help to get me up to where I can learn alone.
> Videos are no help as I'm hearing impaired from birth and can't
concentrate on both hearing and grasping content at the same time.
> Regards,
> David Walland

Hello David,

I have just started a new project:
http://iamnewtolinux.blogspot.com/p/about-iamnewtolinux.html?m=1

It might help you a bit. If that was not helpful at all, let me know. I can
be at your service and help you as much as possible. I'm travelling right
now so once I'm back home to my PC (this is mobile) then I will do my best
:)

There should be a Loco Team but I can't get the link now.

Your machine from 1998? You might want to have a look at Lubuntu. How much
RAM do you have?

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