Hello From Elkhart

[Newbird]

Hi from Osceola !!

Very much a newB to Linux but I like what I'seen.
A friend at church gave me a copy of the Christian version of UBUNTU and I have it loaded on an old Pentium III 850MHz. It installed without any problems and I have been playing around in it.

Much to learn !!!

[simon.a.ruiz]

Excellent, welcome aboard, Newbird!

[irish_flu]

Good to meet you, Newbird! Hopefully you'll find these forums a friendly and helpful place.

[cjm5229]

Hi Newbird,
Glad you liked it! See you at Church, if you need any help just ask. We'll see if we can get some of the others at Church into it.
Carl

[heathenx]

Interesting thread. I guess I didn't realize that many of you are this close to me. I'm over here in Middlebury...all alone...no one to play with.

[Newbird]

Hi Carl and all the others.
I'm looking forward to a fresh install on a computer I'm building.
Nothing special but a lot faster than the PIII I'm using now.
I've played around with a few of the many versions of linux but settled on UBUNTU.

So I'm still a bit confused on some of the command line uses.
Is there a good beginners guide?

Thanks all !

[simon.a.ruiz]

Here's a reference: http://www.vorian.org/cli.pdf
Here's a tutorial: http://www.linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

Ask <strike>if</strike>WHEN you're confused

Concentrate on a few simple commands and master them before moving on to more complicated stuff.

The command-line is like any language, except far more logical and consistent. Learning the grammar is far more essential since computers can't accomodate accents. Like language, you will be more expressive on the command-line the more of a vocabulary you develop—the more commands you master.

I just took the Linux Professional Institute 101 exam, and before I took it I was chatting with the guy who wrote The Book (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpicertnut2/)—or at least the guy with first name credit on it—who mentioned that even he had come across some commands he'd never known while working on writing the book...

Incidentally, going to community events like the Ohio LinuxFest is a great way to meet some pretty awesome people.

[Newbird]

New computer up and running
Install was a breeze and updates all installed

Let the fun ( learning ) begin.
I've already stubled into an issue so off I go in search of a solution....

[jamescw]

Hahah! It definitely is a small world.

Welcome to the team, everybody!

And—definitely—if you have any questions, drop them here or/and on the mailing list. We're all here to help each other out!

Simón

hello simon my name is james. i am having proplems connecting to the intrernet and would likr to know if you have any tips. i live in elkhart. i have ubuntu installed on dell with 760 of mem and two hard drives of 40 and 20 meg. i have verizon dsl and am using two ps with a linksys hub. i am an older man and i am having proplems seting this up . any help would be nice. my email is n9mzx60@yahoo.com.

[jamescw]

Hi from Osceola !!

Very much a newB to Linux but I like what I'seen.
A friend at church gave me a copy of the Christian version of UBUNTU and I have it loaded on an old Pentium III 850MHz. It installed without any problems and I have been playing around in it.

Much to learn !!!

hi this n9mzx60 i am having problems connectivity to the internet. can some one give me some tips to help me abit. i live in elkhart.