<><> ||<>|| = Xoanan's Page = My earliest experience with computers was during the early 1980s. At that time, my dad had bought (giggle) the TRS-80 color computer(giggle!). I did learn a little BASIC from that machine, but that was about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer I heard about Linux from a friend at the office. At that time, I was taking a computer course for the company. Around that same time, the MS Blast was making headlines and I was busying myself by helping some of our customers to get through it. Naturally, I was intrigued by alternative OS's as they are less prone to viruses. One of my other friends told me about Ubuntu when I mentioned my troubles with RedHat 6(which was old by that time) I attempted to install the Dapper Drake release on my old Dell (L1000R, which originally had Win ME on it), It failed due to lack of RAM, so last year, I sent out for the Edgy release of Xubuntu, and I have been running Xubuntu ever since that time. Update: I have since this time, ditched the Dell(but not the HD) and I am using a Gateway with 1GB of RAM on it. The speed is nice. Trying to edit some Window Manager Themes. == Xubuntu personal goals == In keeping with XFCE, I believe in a light weight OS that is easy on older systems(like mine). Efficiency is important. Learning programming languages through various resources on the net, and through Ubuntu. Eventually, the more I learn, I hope that it may help to make a career one day. == Useful Links == Here's a few good sites I have heard about through the forums http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=616875 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5499486 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TennesseeTeam https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Development/Academy/IntroToPython https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Development/Academy/ ---- This is a good book to use for reference http://books.google.com/books?id=OWxsVjef1iIC&dq=Ubuntu+Linux+toolbox&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=kZt_TMiOLoWKlwfpwI3DDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw ----