Just wanted to say hello
 

Hi
So I'm new to this place, although not really new to linux.
I'm using Ubuntu for over a year now.
I started because that other most used system, got really on my nerves. So I started looking around. From what I had heart Linux was used fairly rarely. So there would be an even smaller group that would use what I need, if that existed at all.
Because, since I'm as blind as the proverbial bath, I need a screen reader to do more than switch a computer on. Surprisingly enough, it didn't take me long to find Gnome with Orca and Ubuntu. So I tried it out, it worked, I stayed. Without any real knowledge of anything except what one knows if SHe uses a computer regularly to do the everyday stuff..
Well Firefox and Thunderbird worked the same way they always did. So I could look for answers fairly easily.
So after a while I understood how a terminal worked (Nobody needs a mouse for that.) And configuration files, you don't need to be a programmer to understand these. They're written in fairly plain english.
So I started to push and tweak, and install and remove, and produce the occasional katastrophe.
Well, that's the way it still is. I use that machine for the usual stuff, like mails, browsing the internet, burning cds.
But I also love messing around, trying out stuff.
Although I've learned a lot over the last year, there's a whole lot I still don't know or understand. So I guess I'll ask more questions than I'll be able to answer.
Well, we'll see.
take care, Guenni

Hello, and welcome to LQ! Glad to hear you're having fun tweaking your machine...that's one of the strengths of Linux; it's freely changeable and customizable to any degree.

...even if it gets a little frustrating sometimes. But that's what LQ is here for! ;)