Newcomer from New Zealand

[arcadiaa]

Hello Linux Mint community,

I'm relatively new to Linux, but not completely. I've tried Ubuntu in the past like most, but it never really appealed to me. I tried it again recently and saw that, in my opinion at least, things had taken a turn for the worst (Ubuntu I mean, not Linux in general. Linux is amazing.) Decided to look for other beginner-friendly distros and found Mint. Did some reading, tried it out, and haven't looked back as of 3-4 days ago.

I look forward to learning a lot from everyone here and becoming more competent with my PC. I am I.T. qualified but of course regardling WIndows and Server so Linux is a whole other world in that respect.

Cheers.

[jesica]

Good day and welcome to Mint

[The-Wizard]

Welcome to the Mint family forums

wizard

[xenopeek]

Hi arcadiaa, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for joining the forums!

Be sure also to check out the Community website (tutorials, hardware and software reviews, ideas), and the Cinnamon Spices website for adding even more themes, applets and extensions to Cinnamon.

You can also chat in real-time with other Linux Mint users. In the Mint Menu, in the Internet section, start the application XChat IRC. You will automatically get connected to #linuxmint-chat for general chat and #linuxmint-help for support with other Linux Mint users.

Have fun with Linux Mint

[mysoomro]

Hello Linux Mint community,

I'm relatively new to Linux, but not completely. I've tried Ubuntu in the past like most, but it never really appealed to me. I tried it again recently and saw that, in my opinion at least, things had taken a turn for the worst (Ubuntu I mean, not Linux in general. Linux is amazing.) Decided to look for other beginner-friendly distros and found Mint. Did some reading, tried it out, and haven't looked back as of 3-4 days ago.

I look forward to learning a lot from everyone here and becoming more competent with my PC. I am I.T. qualified but of course regardling WIndows and Server so Linux is a whole other world in that respect.

Cheers.

Hi arcadiaa!! Welcome to the Linux Mint and Linux Mint forums! Linux mint is a really good choice..
And I agree with you.. Most of the institutes in Pakistan too just teach and train students in propriety software.. That's why even most of the computer science, IT and computer engineering students here don't know much about free and open source software..

[animaguy]

Hello and Welcome,

I had a friend on college from New Zealand and he would refer to himself as a "Kiwi".

Glas to have you on board.