[xubuntu-users] Is there a list for *ABSOLUTE* beginners with Xubuntu?

[David Walland]

I went onto this list, hoping to learn from it but I'm *SUCH* a newbie with
Linux/X/Ubuntu that it could mostly be written in Outer Mongolian without
reducing the amount of meaning I get from it.

I'm 66 and have worked with computers on and off since 1964, so I'm no
novice.  I was fairly expert on BBC Micros in the 1980s and was also
programming in hex on the 6800 at that time.  Since the PC revolution, I've
been just a user and I simply can't seem to get off first base with
Xubuntu, which I have on a laptop so ancient it defaults to 1998 if the
onboard battery fails (often).

It runs surprisingly quickly on an older version of Xubuntu (10.04).  I can
use it for ordinary "user" things but can't manage to get Office Libre to
load (it *downloaded* OK!) onto the machine and the error messages don't
use words memorable enough for me to record them (they flash on screen and
then disappear before I can do anything sensible!)

Is there any local group in the NE of England I could join for mentoring?
 I really want to learn Linux/Ubuntu and run my XP machines on it from next
year - all I need is some help to get me up to where I can learn alone.

Videos are no help as I'm hearing impaired from birth and can't concentrate
on both hearing and grasping content at the same time.

Regards,

David Walland
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