randancing
September 23rd, 2008, 01:08 AM
I am, as you can tell, new.
I have been searching the Ubuntu forums and just now found the LoCo forums. It seems like a good idea, but I have some questions.
There seem to be 36 moderators, but only 26 posts in almost 11 months. I find that hard to come to grips with unless there is another secret forum that is used by the oathbound members, and is kept away from the general population.
From the technical posts I have read, I know that this forum is 'way' over my head.
I have no idea what an #IRC chat is or how to get one. I suspect, given the technical level of the users,as compared to mine, that that is for the best. :lolflag:
The Wiki seems to have some suggestions, but no Wiki. Again, perhaps there is another website or Wiki that is off the grid. It doesn't matter to me if there is, as it is none of my business, but it seems a waste of some really good space just to have sitting there unused.
I am not being aggressive or assaultive. I am not a trouble maker. I am just lost.
I have roamed around the web looking for Linux user groups in the last couple of days, and I found four sites with listings and requests from almost 200 different individuals in this area that were looking for a group. Most LUG web pages were 5 or more years since the last update. The one group I did find whose web page had been updated within the last 5 years, wanted $10 just to tell me who they are. That seems a little tight^%%$# to me. Not the money. The tone. I think it probably does to many others. This is an overwhelming process to someone who is basically a Windows invalid who is more used to point and click. I think there are a lot of people like me, people who do not do IT, or Design Nuclear weapons or spacecraft, for a living, who are starting to use Linux because of Ubuntu. Is there any portion of the forum that is geared towards them?
If anyone knows of such a forum or website, I would greatly appreciate a shoutout or a pointer.
Thanks
Jim
I have been searching the Ubuntu forums and just now found the LoCo forums. It seems like a good idea, but I have some questions.
There seem to be 36 moderators, but only 26 posts in almost 11 months. I find that hard to come to grips with unless there is another secret forum that is used by the oathbound members, and is kept away from the general population.
From the technical posts I have read, I know that this forum is 'way' over my head.
I have no idea what an #IRC chat is or how to get one. I suspect, given the technical level of the users,as compared to mine, that that is for the best. :lolflag:
The Wiki seems to have some suggestions, but no Wiki. Again, perhaps there is another website or Wiki that is off the grid. It doesn't matter to me if there is, as it is none of my business, but it seems a waste of some really good space just to have sitting there unused.
I am not being aggressive or assaultive. I am not a trouble maker. I am just lost.
I have roamed around the web looking for Linux user groups in the last couple of days, and I found four sites with listings and requests from almost 200 different individuals in this area that were looking for a group. Most LUG web pages were 5 or more years since the last update. The one group I did find whose web page had been updated within the last 5 years, wanted $10 just to tell me who they are. That seems a little tight^%%$# to me. Not the money. The tone. I think it probably does to many others. This is an overwhelming process to someone who is basically a Windows invalid who is more used to point and click. I think there are a lot of people like me, people who do not do IT, or Design Nuclear weapons or spacecraft, for a living, who are starting to use Linux because of Ubuntu. Is there any portion of the forum that is geared towards them?
If anyone knows of such a forum or website, I would greatly appreciate a shoutout or a pointer.
Thanks
Jim