On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:01:26AM -0600, Justin Prior wrote:
> Greattings All,
>
> I am an intermeidate/beginner Linux user. I am completely self taught and
> have installed about every distro you can name (Gentoo, Debian (and
> variants), Slackware (and variants), Mandrake, Red Hat, Fedora, Suse, etc)
> and my 2 PCs (one IBM 300PL and an Athlon 2400 system I built myself). I
> can do a fair amount of things from the command line (edit files, file
> management). To get to the point, I want to come to a meeting but feel
> that I would be overwhlemed with technical jargon and be shunned. Maybe I
> am being stupid/irrational but the fear exists none the less. Don't get
> me wrong, I read plenty and try to grow my understanding of things but my
> job is nontechnical and my skills seem to outpace our computer folks at
> work to a certain degree. What can I expect at a meeting? Will I be
> lost? Thanks for any and all comments and/or suggestions.
I definitely make it a point to shun newbies at meetings! ;-}
Seriously, most people in the Linux community are exceptionally helpful,
and willing to explain points you don't understand. The people I really
shun are the snotty ubergeeks who don't have time for ordinary users,
and they don't usually come to meetings.
You _will_ encounter jargon and such you don't understand at meetings.
But you're more than welcome to raise your hand and get it explained
during the meeting, or snag the meeting leader afterward and ask
questions. I often spend time after the main part of the meeting
answering newbie questions in private.
Paul
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