Linux Mint Forums

Skip to content

Hello Mint Forums Users!

Welcome to newcomers! Don't hesitate to introduce yourself.
Forum rules
Post a reply

Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby mr_element on Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:52 am

Hello everyone!

My name is George. I study computer engineering and programming and I am 24 years old.
To be honest if it weren't for a university project , I would've never goten involved with Linux but whilst talking to a Linux-fan buddy of mine he introduced me to Linux Mint. He said it was the perfect starting for a begginer like me , and you know what he was right!

The installation was easy (although Mint13 gave me some trouble with dual booting along with Win8 , partitioning and some GRUB issues) and the environment is very user-friendly. It runs smoothly on my system and I love how much support I've found online to several issues I had. I also managed to do some things that I couldn't perform on Windows.

e.g. A flashtool my smartphone uses has drivers only for up to Win7 so having Win8 made impossible to flash new roms,kernels,patches etc. Thankfully there was a Linux version of this tool and I managed to run it and do my job perfectly well.

Some concepts , meanings and commands remain still unknown to me but hopefully with your help I will catch up! Untill yesterday I didn't even know "ls"! It's different and it's beautifull (I'm talking about Mint here). I like the versatility and the revamped UI of the Cinamon Desktop. I hope I'll get to know some of you better and maybe find some new friends while solving each others' issues!

Kind regards,
George! :)
If you ask, you look like a fool for the amount of time your question needs to be answered.
If you do not ask, you will remain a fool for ever.
User avatar
mr_element
Level 1
Level 1
 
Posts: 8
Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:05 am
Location: /Greece/Thessaloniki/Kalamaria
Top
Linux Mint is funded by ads and donations.
 
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby catweazel on Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:00 am

mr_element wrote:Hello everyone!

My name is George. I study computer engineering and programming and I am 24 years old.

My name is George. I studied computer engineering and programming and I am 84 years old. :mrgreen:
Mint Donor #3606
kubuntu 13.04, kernel 3.9.4-custom-i7-3770K-PREEMPTIVE,
Intel i7 3770K, 16GB 2133MHz XMP,
4 Samsung 840 PRO 128GB SSDs in RAID0,
8TB HW RAID10, dual 24" Acer X243H,
Gigabyte nVidia GTX 680 Super Overclock
User avatar
catweazel
Level 6
Level 6
 
Posts: 1254
Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:44 pm
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby anandrkris on Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:15 am

Welcome to the Mint family, George. :)
You have landed in the right place. Even I'm a recent Windows convert and must concur that Linux is an amaazing great platform to learn about systems.
Wish you happy learning and I am sure you will share your learnings to others as well.
Cheers,
If there is a drive, there will be a path
User avatar
anandrkris
Level 4
Level 4
 
Posts: 398
Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:13 am
Location: Chennai
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby mr_element on Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:20 am

TehGhodTrole wrote:
mr_element wrote:Hello everyone!

My name is George. I study computer engineering and programming and I am 24 years old.

My name is George. I studied computer engineering and programming and I am 84 years old. :mrgreen:


Why am I not getting this joke?! :( :?:

anandrkris wrote:Welcome to the Mint family, George. :)
You have landed in the right place. Even I'm a recent Windows convert and must concur that Linux is an amaazing great platform to learn about systems.
Wish you happy learning and I am sure you will share your learnings to others as well.


Thank you very much! :)
If you ask, you look like a fool for the amount of time your question needs to be answered.
If you do not ask, you will remain a fool for ever.
User avatar
mr_element
Level 1
Level 1
 
Posts: 8
Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:05 am
Location: /Greece/Thessaloniki/Kalamaria
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby The-Wizard on Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:06 am

Kalimera

welcome to the mint family forums

yasus
wizard
asus M2N-MX board, AMD x2 6000 amd/ati graphics 4x1mb ddr2, 21" HD screen
Mint 14-64 cinnamon

"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that i don't know the answer " [Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001)]
User avatar
The-Wizard
Level 7
Level 7
 
Posts: 1580
Joined: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:12 pm
Location: Bedforshire, ENGLAND
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby phlux on Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:59 am

Welcome to the forums, George! My name's Kevin, and I'm new here as well!

I like how you mention that your buddy said Linux Mint is "good for starters." I've been wanting to touch on that subject for a little while now.

I consider myself an advanced Linux user, but I converted my laptops from Gentoo to Linux Mint, and made the process final yesterday. I'm very happy with my decision so far, and I have found that the community support here is excellent. I just wanted you to know that as you grow and become more comfortable with a Linux environment, I encourage you to step outside of the box and do some exploring around. Compile things from source (basically the main reason I used Gentoo in the first place) and see how things tick. Spend some time in the terminal. You'll be surprised at how much you'll learn in a short amount of time, and how much more efficient the CLI can be sometimes!

Good luck to you on your Linux journey. I hope Linux Mint stays kind to you!

P.S.: Since you've recently discovered 'ls,' go to your home directory and issue 'ls -lah' to see all files in your home directory and their sizes in a readable format. You can use this to find larger files that might be taking up too much space in a given directory. I use it when I forget to use logrotate :mrgreen:
Image
User avatar
phlux
Level 1
Level 1
 
Posts: 24
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:49 am
Location: Houston, TX
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby jesica on Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:59 pm

Good day and welcome to the forum
freedom for excellence
User avatar
jesica
Level 7
Level 7
 
Posts: 1906
Joined: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:54 am
Location: South Africa
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby xenopeek on Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:22 am

Welcome aboard George :D Knowing your way around Linux is useful in your line of work, as it means you will be able to work on projects running on Linux, BSD or UNIX servers also. A basic knowledge of the command line and how to find help (manpages) goes a long way to being comfortable on those other environments also. A good introduction to the command line: http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/
mr_element wrote:
TehGhodTrole wrote:
mr_element wrote:Hello everyone!

My name is George. I study computer engineering and programming and I am 24 years old.

My name is George. I studied computer engineering and programming and I am 84 years old. :mrgreen:


Why am I not getting this joke?! :( :?:

TehGhodTrole is I think the oldest programmers here, though occasionally he forgets his real name :)
Image
Linux Mint 14 Nadia / 64-bit / Cinnamon
User avatar
xenopeek
Level 20
Level 20
 
Posts: 10557
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:58 am
Location: The Netherlands
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby mr_element on Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:21 pm

xenopeek wrote:Welcome aboard George :D Knowing your way around Linux is useful in your line of work, as it means you will be able to work on projects running on Linux, BSD or UNIX servers also. A basic knowledge of the command line and how to find help (manpages) goes a long way to being comfortable on those other environments also. A good introduction to the command line: http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/


Thank you very much for that! I will have a look at it right away! Actually I've been thinking that this is kind of what I needed to get started!

xenopeek wrote:TehGhodTrole is I think the oldest programmers here, though occasionally he forgets his real name :)


In that case I've got a lot to learn from him! I hope I will benefit from his knowledge!
If you ask, you look like a fool for the amount of time your question needs to be answered.
If you do not ask, you will remain a fool for ever.
User avatar
mr_element
Level 1
Level 1
 
Posts: 8
Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:05 am
Location: /Greece/Thessaloniki/Kalamaria
Top

Re: Hello Mint Forums Users!

Postby Brahim on Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:43 pm

Welcome home! Live green, eat green and be green:D :D
Image

Linux Mint Mate/Cinnamon + Ultimate Edition
User avatar
Brahim
Level 5
Level 5
 
Posts: 745
Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 10:12 pm
Location: Tunisia
Top
Linux Mint is funded by ads and donations.
 
Top
Post a reply

Return to Introduce yourself

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group