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[ukchris]

Hi, I am a new *nix user who installed ubuntu 11.10 as the primary OS on a spare laptop yesterday. It all went well after some initial questions regarding how to keep a factory restore partition and some bootloader confusion (thanks to the folks at #ubuntu-beginners and a variety of posts on this forum).

I only tend to use this machine for media viewing and the 'net but I suspect I will be delving into a few other bits and pieces on the way so apologies in advance for any daft questions!

So far though I am getting on well with the OS and have got all my "hobby" stuff working well. I am looking forward to finding out more about what ubuntu has to offer.

[ubudog]

Hi, I am a new *nix user who installed ubuntu 11.10 as the primary OS on a spare laptop yesterday. It all went well after some initial questions regarding how to keep a factory restore partition and some bootloader confusion (thanks to the folks at #ubuntu-beginners and a variety of posts on this forum).

I only tend to use this machine for media viewing and the 'net but I suspect I will be delving into a few other bits and pieces on the way so apologies in advance for any daft questions!

So far though I am getting on well with the OS and have got all my "hobby" stuff working well. I am looking forward to finding out more about what ubuntu has to offer.

Awesome.

Welcome to the forums!

[JustinAnyhowStep]

Hello, my name's Justin and I'm from Sinagpore.
I'm a self-taught programmer (C++, PHP, Javascript, C#, a bit of Java and a bit of AS3) and decided to forsake Windows and get Ubuntu because I have this weird feeling (misconception, maybe?) that getting involved may help me become a better programmer =P

There aren't any programmers in my social circle (literally none!), which makes me feel lonely at times; lonely, as in, I can't go to anyone easily when I have debug issues or when I want to learn something new.

C++ was the first language I learned and I do not regret it one bit; although, I felt like ripping my hair out when I first started. I only tried AS3 because it was required for a test for the GAMBIT summer programme at MIT (which I got accepted into, will be going over this June, yay) and Java because a friend of mine needed help for his programming assignment (he is not a programmer).

Oh, dear, I'm ranting.
I'll probably have a tonne of questions to ask around the forums, I look forward to learning =)

(I'll be using Ubuntu after it downloads in about 12minutes and installs in ???minutes.)

[Reptillian]

I am new to this forum thinking my father should switch to Ubuntu since he cannot maintain his Windows computer at all and lacks a lot of knowledge about security. I"m a Windows user though I have nothing against Linux though I believe every OS is vulnerable though some settings and OS are harder to exploit than other. We both plan to get a external hard drive. I plan to print out pages he can look at so he can find out whether he have been compromised or not, it's unlikely but never hurts to know.

Side note- I think my wi-fi adapter in this computer is acting a bit weird. Scanned for hidden rootkits+hidden services using live CDs and comodo essential cleaning software and nothing suspicious to look at. There's 5 bars at most times and it drops to 4 bars for about a second while other 8 wi-fi location surrounding this neighbor disappear and appear. I also use a really restrictive setting on this Windows computer because I am always a bit paranoid and acknowledges 100 percent security is a big myth.My investigation shows everything is normal except for the 4 bar and 5 bar random shift.

Would Ubuntu live CD would allow me to see if the adapter acting similar so I can scratch it off the list to confirm it has to do with the adapter? Yes it's wireless.

[SparkyPrawn]

Hello, I'm SparkyPrawn and I'm an alcoholic
(cue 'hi sparkyprawns')

I'm rather new to linux, only briefly using 10.04 on a few systems, until I decided to install 11.10 on a partition about a month ago. I visited this forum a few times to troubleshoot, always telling myself I'll register the next time I'm on.

Well, It's finally the next time and I registered, and I hope to see you around

[ubudog]

Welcome to the forums all of you.

[capricornday]

Hello there..

I'm from indonesia
Thanks to Ubuntu Forum to give me the best solution of ubuntu problems.
My first distro was mandrake/mandriva linux,
but after my boss introduced me to Ubuntu 8.04, i fall in love to ubuntu until now.
And this forum was the first forum i signed to get answer of my problem.
Thank you so much!

[mraandtux]

I'm from Mainland China and I'm a active member on ubuntu-cn forum (which is this: http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/ ), this account is activated on May 2011, but I rarely login to ask or answer.
I'm start to using Ubuntu on December 2009 by using 9.10, I install it with Wubi and I capture it by video. Then I try 6.06 LTS, 10.04 LTS, 10.10, 11.04 and of course 11.10. I also try other systems by Live USB.
That's my Linux story.

[Nubzilla]

hello
ive been tinkering with ubuntu since 2008 but recently started really using it now i want to run it on my ipod touch 3rd gen but cant find any thing so i figured this would be a good place to start sorry if im in the wrong thread if any one would point me in the right direction i would appreciate it
thanks Nubzilla

[ubudog]

Welcome!