Thought I should say 'hiya'

[SimonTS]

Hi from wet Bristol,

I've been on the forums for a couple of months now, asked a couple of questions and helped a few folks too (I hope). I used to use Linux from about '99 to '03 in a few different forms, but never got to replace my Windows systems with it. Been away for a few years, but recently came back and as the only machine I've got is my Dad's 6-year old laptop I decided to bite the bullet and got Linux full-time. Tried out various distros - OpenSuse, Fedora, Ubunutu, Puppy, ... but settled on Mint after seeing how complete it appears to be. Currently using Gnome as my system isn't really powerful enough for KDE, but hope to get a better PC before too long.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to everyone here, especially to Clem and his team for producing such a fantastic O/S.

[The-Wizard]

A Girt big elloew to ee' , theese be welcome to the mint family forums, [just mind the rough]

wizard

[SimonTS]

Thanks Wizard. I may be from Bristol, but I'm not a Bristolian. Born Germany, lived here, there and everywhere (pad brat). Happy enough living round here though, despite the slightly dodgy 'Farmer's Ba$tards' accents.

[tdockery97]

Welcome to the Mint forums SimonTS. I'm sure you will also want to visit our Mint Community Website at http://community.linuxmint.com/. You will find real-time help in our IRC channels. Just go to Menu>Internet>XChat IRC and when you open it you will automatically be taken to our #linuxmint-chat and #linuxmint-help channels. Have fun with Mint.

[rivenathos]

Welcome to the forum!

[Oscar799]

Hello SimonTS,
Welcome to Mint Forum
There is a lot of useful information for new and not-so-new users here -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=38355