|-----Original Message----- |From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org |[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mary Ayala |Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:33 AM |To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' |Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Contributing to Open Source | | |I am very interested in this aspect of things. I do not come from the |Computer world, I actually have a degree in Geography with my Computer |Knowledge coming from GIS (Geographic Information Systems). I |taught myself |DOS and Windows, because in part, they were really simple. I have |this job, |because I have a knack for getting computers to do what I want them to do. |I do want to learn Linux, but I'm restricted by my lack of |knowledge on Perl |(which you all use a lot of) and command line Unix. I will be <snip> So? My degrees are in Ancient Mediterranean Languages, can't get much more irrelevant than that :) I don't know Perl, didn't even know as much Unix as you say you do when I started using Linux 3 + years ago. (some people would say I still don't, but that's another story). I started out with a machine that I could crash and play with to my heart's delight. That, lots of how-tos and searching the newsgroups. I wish I had known about this group then, I would have saved hours of work, but probably wouldn't have learned as much :) Don't be afraid to try things and see if they break, just keep a backup of the config files before you start to play--I never did and ended up reinstalling more times than I care to remember, and a reinstall on a 486 takes a l-o-n-g time. Happy playing. James