So, there are lots of threads about common problems such as installing, network connections, browser problems, USB problems, audio, printers, etc. The threads are all very active, forty in the last three hours just in Beginner Talk. Some acronyms that I am still getting accustomed to seeing are WINE & GNU. I find it funny that the community likes to name things after what they are not. Wine is not an emulator and GNU is not Unix. “Thanks guys, glad we cleared that up.”
My first thread into the Ubuntu Forums and I am already a fan of this community. One of the sticky threads in the Absolute Beginners Forum is calling for a Users Day, June 5th, where veterans of the community teach beginner topics to new users. It seems that the idea grew out of discussions in November of last year and had some success in January. Anyway, it appears to be great timing in conjunction with our course, as if there were not enough venues for finding assistance as we get Ubuntu OS running on our PCs. Past topics were installation, getting help, command lines, partitioning, and more. To participate in Users Day, people must log in to an IRC session for Q&A with the community. The last time I tried using IRC was probably ten years ago. I might prefer the asynchronous method of using the sticky thread: New to Ubuntu? Start Here…
For more on Users Day, try here
