Welcome, Linda! Glad to have you amongst us. Obviously, much of the content I provided for Che applies to you, so I won't repeat myself. ☺
I will say that I have a Nexus 4 with Ubuntu Touch on it and it's lovely. I have started learning development and it's remarkably simple, even for someone used to programming. Surely, lower level access will require C++ knowledge, but other than that, it's as simple as markup! If you need some help learning, let me know, and don't forget about the Ubuntu Phone team/mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone They just released a new porting guide: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/porting-new-device/ that may be helpful if you don't have one of the targeted devices. The best advice I can give to people like yourself who are advocates of Linux because of their good experiences is contribute, contribute, contribute. There's a place for everyone, whether you like to do support, documentation, artwork, marketing, testing, bug triage, development, etc. As I said to Che, I'm happy to help you find your place. There is time requirement or anything like that. We're all volunteers here ☺ Oh and I forgot to tell Che, there are a plethora of interesting breweries in Eugene. Though Ninaski tends to be the most well-known, I suggest Oakshire: http://oakbrew.com/ Again, welcome! On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Linda Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > My name is Linda, though I usually respond to S0rceress0 online. I live in > Corvallis, Oregon with my husband Che (Kereltis). I am first generation > American being born in So California. I have done many many types of work > from menial jobs to professional. My most notable positions were as a Soux > Chef for The Velvet Turtle, a firefighter for the California Conservation > Corps and a Gunners Mate in the U.S. Navy.I much prefer my life now as a > writer and researcher. > I got into Linux partially as a desperation measure. I was familiar with the > concept of Linux, and worked on Unix machines as a teenager, but I still had > windows machines until my Dell XPS started displaying symptoms of > motherboard failure from overheating. Installing Ubuntu 10.10 saved it from > certain doom. At that time I was unable to watch only a few shows here and > there online. I found that technology moved rapidly from then on and before > long I was able to use Netflix. I continued to use Windows 7 on my desktop > computer, though I found I used it only for gaming and for watching an > occasional movie that Netflix did not have. Using Linux, whichever distro I > happened to appreciate at the moment, became so fluid and easy I swore than > when I could watch shows and game one major MMO, I would switch to Linux > permanently. > When Netflix became native, and World of Warcraft installed easily on Ubuntu > 14.04, I decided that the conditions had been fulfilled. I will never use > Windows again. In several of my college courses I also convinced several > other people to give Linux a serious shot through a series of tough college > essays on UEFI and open source benefits. > I would still classify myself as a joat. I know a little of several > programming languages, and enough knowledge in Linux to feel competent with > a generous amount of terminal commands. I cannot call myself an expert in > any single area, but I do continue to learn. My newest interest is the > Ubuntu Phone. I am fascinated by the thought of creating for it. > I am a pretty big geek gurl, I love games and Star Trek is almost a biblical > archway for me. (Hate those continuity errors though!) I write like there is > no tomorrow, and though I am religious, my religion is tempered by the > knowledge that anything in that religion could be answered at any time by > science, and I am more than willing to give way to it. > I cook gourmet food, I brew beer, and I really REALLY love good whiskey. I > am looking forward to a time when every single person on the planet has > access to education when ever they so please, and I think Linux will help us > get there. > > -- > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > -- @wxl | http://polka.bike Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or
