I enjoyed BASIC programming (on a TRS80 Model IV, waaaaaay back in the day when we saved programs to cassette tapes!) and later became fairly proficient in MSDOS. I am a long-time fan of Apple Computers (anyone else miss the Happy Mac greeting?) and have used Windows since Win95 because it was necessary for work. Several years ago I worked for a company in the electronics field and a software engineer taught me some basic tasks on a UNIX system. This is my first venture into Linux, and I'm jazzed about it.
My background is in accounting and applied psych; I'm looking to shift into the world of IT, specifically data analysis.
Like many others, I'm quite concerned about online security and privacy and have implemented many steps in protecting myself and the people I know.
I've been researching different distros and learning the terminology of the Linux world for about a month. At this point I've successfully installed LM on an older Toshiba Satellite laptop (full replacement of Windows 7 and the Toshiba bloatware) and, with some assistance here, as a dual boot on two desktop machines (one with Win10 and the other running Win7). I think my SOs are surprised by my geeky glee when I share what I've learned and my small but meaningful-to-me accomplishments!
Current goals: find (and support) open-source replacements for Windows apps and learn Terminal commands, you know, for fun
