If you chart my posts in the usergroup, it pretty much follows the
pattern of "ask for help", go dark for a while, "ask for help again." go
dark again.
The part in between that goes unseen is the part where I'm intimidated
by my OS and have to ask someone more knowledgeable about every little
thing that comes up just so I can do basic things. Whether it is the
kaliVM setup (still haven't done that), VPN setup, or even just getting
my terminals to actually reach github, I feel quite powerless and stupid
everytime I try to do something on this laptop. So I put things off. I
put things off I need to learn to secure my own system or to do the
things I want to do with it. As a novice CS student, starting with Qubes
was probably a mistake but I believe now, as then, that learning this OS
would give me an edge when I get to my career field. That said its rough
at times, and its been a lonely experience thus far.
Here's my ask: I would really appreciate one person, any person really,
who I can at least talk to about Qubes in general. I don't expect you to
hold my hand or to be my one stop shop for tech-support or something.
It's just tiresome being the only one I know who runs this OS and there
is no sense of community for me when my only interaction is asking for
help on a random google group. If you are up for guiding a noob through
this hard ass learning curve or at least being someone I can chat up,
email me at setemera...@posteo.net.
All I can offer to the community in exchange is my help rewriting
documentation based on my experiences. Since I'm having such a hard
beginning as a novice user, I'll definitely remember what tripped me up
getting started and can share that with the community.
As far as taking action to handle the hard things first, expect to see
me posting on here a lot more. No sense in being intimidated by a piece
of tech I can learn if I stay on it. Thank you and be well.
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