How long does "newbie" apply to me?

hndsm1 · 02-11-2015, 12:11 PM

When does one know they are no longer a newbie?

This is my original post, part of the newbie process.

veerain · 02-11-2015, 12:14 PM

Welcome to LQ!

Have a nice time.

See the link Site FAQ on the right side or this url.

hndsm1 · 02-11-2015, 12:18 PM

thank you,
I can tell already this is going to be a very useful place to spend some time. This is my first forum so it will be some time before I know it's full potential. I hope everyone is patient with my newbyness, newbynous?

m.a.l.'s pa · 02-11-2015, 03:25 PM

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How long does "newbie" apply to me?

I've been using Linux for nine years. So I'd say "newbie" should apply to you for at least nine years.

JWJones · 02-11-2015, 03:51 PM

Spend a month using only the framebuffer, coreutils and cli-only apps, not GUI, and you will graduate from newbie.

Habitual · 02-11-2015, 04:32 PM

When you quit calling your self one?

fogpipe · 02-11-2015, 04:38 PM

Im a newbie too. Been using linux since about '96 and every time i come up against something i dont know, linux or otherwise, im a newbie. Happens everyday.
Welcome

Fred-1.2.13 · 02-11-2015, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JWJones

Spend a month using only the framebuffer, coreutils and cli-only apps, not GUI, and you will graduate from newbie.

This^^^^^^ Spent my first 10 years in the CLI only running Slackware email and web servers as well as Linux routers.

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Originally Posted by fogpipe

Im a newbie too. Been using linux since about '96 and every time i come up against something i dont know, linux or otherwise, im a newbie. Happens everyday.
Welcome

And this^^^^^ Now after 20 years of Linux I still head back to newbie-ville more often than I would like to admit!!

Playing with FreeBSD now and am solidly living in newbie-vile! And loving it! Something to be said for stepping into it knowing nothing and having to figure everything out!

frankbell · 02-11-2015, 08:10 PM

Everyone here was once a newbie, and, as fogpipe points out, often still is. After ten years, I now consider myself a sophomore desktop Linux user.

I do hope to figure out regex and globbing some day. Right now, they still make my eyes glaze over.

Edit:

Also, "LQ Newbie" is not the same thing as "Linux Newbie."

btmiller · 02-11-2015, 09:39 PM

I've worked as a Linux admin professionally for over a decade, and I still learn new things everyday. Everyone is a newbie at something. It's not a term of shame at all.

jefro · 02-11-2015, 09:53 PM

I wouldn't pay too much attention to that.

Others may only use it to tailor an answer in some very few cases. Otherwise it's meaningless. Few people read that.

aaryan24 · 02-12-2015, 02:59 AM

Hi everyone, I am also newbie to linux

Looking forward to learn new things...

roro · 02-12-2015, 05:57 AM

this is a good time to post my first message. I inscribed to this site today and although I use this operating system for many years every day I learn new things and then I always feel newbe.

Soadyheid · 02-12-2015, 06:13 AM

Just checked (Thanks veerain, post #2)... It looks like when you hit 30 posts you become a "Member"

Doesn't really stop you being a Noob though.

Play Bonny!

TenTenths · 02-12-2015, 09:53 AM

There are plenty of areas where I still consider myself a n00b, for example anything to do with running a Linux desktop.