Hello to you nerds (Is that the right term),

I shall reach my 80th birthay on Mondoy! My youngest son has bought me a new Acer computer and it is a Linux!!! I am a retired professional machanical engineer. Previously working for British Railways and a water authority. so I have used computers for some considerable time, but alway with Microsoft.

I have plaid around with my new desktop and have found it very interesting. However, teaching this old dog new tricks is proving very difficult. I have joined this organisation in the hope of getting some help!

I hope it works! I know nothing now but I don't want to reboot to windows yet

Regards from an ancient Bitton

Welcome and Happy Birthday.

What is the name of the linux that is on the computer? Ubuntu, Fedora? Something else?

Welcome to LQ James.
Stick with Linux on your Acer,it may take a bit more time to learn but it is worth the effort.
And if you need any help post back here at LQ.

Voila! Welcome and howdy captain.

It's never too late to learn, I hope you will enjoy your stay here.

Good luck.

Thangs for your reply and greetings.

The computer is an Acer Aspire. AX1301. With an os:- LINPUS LINUS x windows. My main problem is that my broarband provider (British Telecom) does not support Linux! So my,though my new computer can be hard wined or wirelessly connected, I cannot get online!

An Ancient Brit.

If it came with the OS preloaded, it should get a wireless signal. It may be that you need to put in the security settings from the router. Probably best to start a new thread in Linux-General or -Newbie to get that fixed.

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