Two confessions: 1. I am actually from Scotland not NZ but have lived here for the last (almost) ten years. 2. I am a very basic computer user.
Some background on the second; when I was at school in the 80's we had a couple of IBM machines and a McKintosh (which was mostly ignored) to learn about computing. The thinking then was that this was the future.
I remember being taught a bit about dos, all that *.* stuff and used to play around with basic. It didn't really get that interesting for me until Windows 95 and my first (real) home computer. I say real so as to discount the Vic 20 and Toshiba MSX I had previously owned! Ever since, I have used Windows machines but only for surfing the net, checking email, downloading music/films etc. - basic stuff where I have only ventured into making changes to certain settings guided by "what happens if I select that" sort of mentallity. Again, very basic.I accidentally got turned onto Linux Mint as I had considered throwing out an old laptop I hadn't used for years as it was slow and ran XP. I happened to come across a link entitled something like, "looking for an alternative to XP?". I blew the dust off this machine, got my RAM upgraded to 1Gb (the laptop's max!) and installed Mint 13. Wow - this thing actually works again!
I have to say that people on this forum have been incredibly patient and helpful and have renewed an interest, or at least a curiosity, in computing. Especially vis-a-vis using the terminal and entering commands. This has been interesting, fun and educational. Ironically so far, since getting this laptop working again I have spent more time with it just looking at this forum
So I am hoping that maybe this will become a hobby and I long to find out more about using the terminal and how and get back to where my education should have gone 30 years ago. As you will see I am now on Rebecca (so to speak) and enjoying that even more.
On the first point; NZ is a great place to live but very expensive. I wouldn't really want to live anywhere else though, minute from a beautiful beach
The time difference means that by the time I get up in the morning someone has usually answered my forum question Don't get me wrong though, I might live in NZ, but I'm most definitely Scottish
So, very briefly, that's where I'm at. Glad to meet you all.
hagey.
