Hello! Nice to meet you all. I am a new member to the Linux community. I had some brief exposure to Unix in college but I’ve been a Windows user for years. Recently, due to a Windows update screwing up my install, and a re-install giving the same problem on updating, I threw my hands up and turned to Linux. My husband, an electrical engineer, had tried Linux (Red Hat I think) years ago and found it very hard to get things working. This time we tried Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. It did take a little setting up but I am very impressed! I like it very much. I found it easy to use and almost as intuitive to a new user as Windows. At this moment I have been using it for almost 2 weeks and I do not think I will be going back to Win XP anytime soon. I hope to learn a lot through this experience and I look forward to the interesting discussions I will find here.

Sincerely
Laura

Welcome to LQ! Hope you enjoy the wonders of open source and that we can help you with anything you can't figure out on your own

Thanks! I really want to learn more. I used to be a pro at Windows and I’d like to be with Linux eventually.

Hey, I love your username. Douglas Adams fan?

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Yes, sort of, but it also refers to any advice I give here.