SacValleyDweller
April 27th, 2009, 07:28 AM
Im not sure if Im supposed to do this here, seeing as there is a similarly themed thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=388359) in "Florida Team (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=225)," but I'll give it a go and hope that I'm not fouling up in my first post.
My name is Glenn, and I am a relative beginer to Ubuntu.
When contemplating the operating system for my new laptop back in October of last year, I heard Vista was not the best (being "Big Brother-ey", needing Antivirus software, etc..) and the virus free Mac was slightly out of my budget. A freind I met in my Intro to Computer Science class was an avid Ubuntu user. According to my friend and what I was able to scour from the internet, Ubunto had little to fear from Viruses. So, wne I bought my Laptop, my friend helped me put Ubuntu on it (I believe version 8.7, and partition the drive on it so that Vista would run on it too if I ever needed it.
I am currently embarking on a Bachelors degree in Computer science (probably quite the task as I'm a beginner to most everything computers, save web surfing and Microsoft office apps) When Im at school, Ubuntu is the only operating system I use.
At home, My computer is an 8 year old macine with Xp on it that needed a new hard drive in '05. I use it because I cant get the Laptop to connect to my home internet.
As my name may imply, I live in the Sacramento Valley, California, USA.
I make my account here so that I can get help if need be when I can't get in touch with my friend.
And that's my story.
My name is Glenn, and I am a relative beginer to Ubuntu.
When contemplating the operating system for my new laptop back in October of last year, I heard Vista was not the best (being "Big Brother-ey", needing Antivirus software, etc..) and the virus free Mac was slightly out of my budget. A freind I met in my Intro to Computer Science class was an avid Ubuntu user. According to my friend and what I was able to scour from the internet, Ubunto had little to fear from Viruses. So, wne I bought my Laptop, my friend helped me put Ubuntu on it (I believe version 8.7, and partition the drive on it so that Vista would run on it too if I ever needed it.
I am currently embarking on a Bachelors degree in Computer science (probably quite the task as I'm a beginner to most everything computers, save web surfing and Microsoft office apps) When Im at school, Ubuntu is the only operating system I use.
At home, My computer is an 8 year old macine with Xp on it that needed a new hard drive in '05. I use it because I cant get the Laptop to connect to my home internet.
As my name may imply, I live in the Sacramento Valley, California, USA.
I make my account here so that I can get help if need be when I can't get in touch with my friend.
And that's my story.