[Wylug-discuss] Hello!

[James Holden]

Hi Step!

Welcome to the group!

It sounds like you've already made a lot of progress using Linux and 
it's great that you've come this far.

There's a really broad mix of people who participate so there's lots of 
experienced people as well as other new users who may face some of the 
same challenges as yourself.

We have an active set of mailing lists. Most activity is on wylug-help 
and wylug-discuss, but you should subscribe to wylug-annouce too. There 
are mailing list archives are at 
http://list.wylug.org.uk/pipermail/wylug-* so you can read what's been 
discussed lately.

We also meet up once a month on the second Monday. Usually we meet at a 
room in Leeds University and have one or two talks either given by 
Wyluggers or guest speakers. Then we head off to the pub for more Linux 
and non-Linux discussion. The talk are always open to all and free of 
charge.

The next meeting is on the 8th of August, but traditionally the August 
meeting is a pub only one. I think we have some food provided this year, 
so it'd be a great opportunity to make it your first meeting.



Regards,


James



Stephanie Bailey wrote:

>Hi,
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>I'm new to both Linux and the group, so I thought I'd introduce myself :)
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>I'm Stephanie, 29, living in Leeds. A little while ago I did a PGDip conversion course in computing which has the combined benefits of teaching you a little bit about everything and being of bog-all practical use, except for maybe making me less scared to mess with my computer! Honestly I think I have learned more about how my PC works in one week of using Ubuntu than in the whole year at Wolverhampton ;) But one of my lecturers there got me interested in open-source, so at least there was some benefit...
>
>Feeling very proud of myself for figuring out how to get my USB ADSL modem working, fixing screen res, setting  up Japanese input, installing a lighter desktop... Yes, pretty small potatoes I know, but having fun tinkering and looking forward to learning more! 
>
>Anyway, hello!
>Steph
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