I KNOW NOTHING AT ALL-Ubuntu 12.04

[nydia Ballesteros]

I am completely underwhelmed, i can't believe the responses, from everyone
It's deviantly  true Ubuntu is a community.  Thank you so much! Nydia


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
<lyz at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:58 AM, nydia Ballesteros
> <ballesterosnypet at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello my name is Nydia i'm a 36yr old women living in Arizona. I have
> just
> > started using Ubuntu and i love it but i don't know alot about it or how
> to
> > use it. My knowledge of computers is very basic to no real
> knowledge(1994).
> > In the last months i got a computer from my husbands work and a tower
> from
> > my sister that she was going to throw away, and with offline reading and
> > some internet from my daughters school, i but the two together myself to
> get
> > them to work. I had never had a computer before or any of todays
> technology
> > including cell phone,but now i have become so drawn to it, i need to know
> > more. Ubuntu is what i heard about on youtube so i bought just the cd
> brand
> > new without the book from someone online.with all this being said really
> i
> > know NOTHING! I hope to start online classes in Jan.(just finished
> FAFSA)for
> > computers and also hope to start working from home doing customer
> service.
> > I don't know if i can use Ubuntu to take my online  classes and i don't
> know
> > what  classes to take because there are different categorizes,but i want
> to
> > know everything. Working from home i dont know if i can, reading their
> > website Ubuntu was not a program listed and when i spoke to someone
> about it
> > she didnt what Ubuntu was and has refferred me to someone else.So i don't
> > know all of this, on top of that i don't  know if i have enough
> > memory,enough ram(my tower its kinda scary the side doesnt fit well so
> > somethimes wires are exposed, panel was bent and would go back on right,
> i
> > have to stick my finger in the tower a bit to turn it on). I have so many
> > questions.Sorry if i sound crazy, i don't even know if you can help me
> > answer these questions. I'm sure its education on Ubuntu only which
> would be
> > fine,i want to know the very least the basic of Ubuntu but perheps you
> could
> > refer me somewhere to find it out.PLEASE HELP!!!!!
>
> This mailing list tends to focus on more formal educational outlets
> for Ubuntu (schools, adult learning programs, etc), but in addition to
> Steve's recommendation you might want to check out the local Ubuntu
> team there in Arizona: http://azloco.org/
>
> Looks like they are having an installfest in at the University of
> Advancing Technology in Tempe tomorrow:
>
>
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/2581-az-loco-south-installfest/
>
> I'm sure they'd be happy to answer questions there. You can also reach
> out to them on their mailing list:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-az
>
> I've met their team leader, they are a very friendly group and local
> help may be useful to you :)
>
> --
> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2
> http://www.princessleia.com
>
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