Joining the forum

Hello, everyone -

I'm going to say I'm new to Linux, though I've dabbled in various installations over the past 10 years or so. The problem is that everything I do at work is Windows-based, so I've never really devoted the time to learn any distro well enough to start really getting things done in it. I hope to change this, and now have Ubuntu 9.04 & 9.10 installed alongside W7. I do a lot of teaching in audio format for the blind. It's an odd niche program called "Handihams", that teaches ham radio to people with disabilities. We are at handiham.org. I know that there are lots of accessibility features available in Linux, so that is reason enough to learn it in my line of work. However, there are also more and more ham radio applications that run in Linux.

At the moment I am just getting the Ubuntu installations a bit more functional, trying to make sure the basics are working. My plan is to try something new each day and see if I can become at least moderately competent in audio recording, FTP, and a few ham radio applications.

Thanks for reading!

wa0tda at the arrl domain dot net

Hello wa0tda,

a big hammy welcome to LQ and a wish of great success with your Ubuntu setup.

A word of advice: you should remove your email address from your post and/or signature, since that invites the spam machines with open arms, to start sending you loads of junk mail though you can put your email addy into your profile if you like.

Cheers, and enjoy the LQ forums,

Sasha

Originally Posted by GrapefruiTgirl Hello wa0tda, a big hammy welcome to LQ and a wish of great success with your Ubuntu setup. A word of advice: you should remove your email address from your post and/or signature, since that invites the spam machines with open arms, to start sending you loads of junk mail though you can put your email addy into your profile if you like. Cheers, and enjoy the LQ forums, Sasha

Thanks - I've edited it a bit to make it harder to machine-harvest, but really it's probably waaaay too late for that, since it's been out there in podcasts, publications, e-letters, and who knows what for a dozen years or more. A Google search will bring up pages, sigh...