Now that I am here, in the Open Source world, I am finding so much more than an operating system with enough programs to keep me going. There is so much stuff out there. I made a promice to myself that I would try to keep some records of my learning so that I can write some documentation that might help some others that have come from a similar level of ignorance about computers to me. I have kept the records but getting around to writting the documentation always seems to compete with so many...

The world of computing and that outside the house really are so much bigger than I can see and I find that there are plenty of things in the world that help to keep me distracted and insulated from learning about my environment. Linux, however, exists in a very different space. Working with Linux I feel challenged, welcome and encouraged to expand my own understanding about computers and the world of technology at large.

In a world with so many locked doors and a dollar price on...