Ubuntu

First blog assignment was to read through some of the posts on the Ubuntu User Forum in the Absolute Beginner Talk forum. That is definitely me - absolute beginner! As such, of course the first thing that caught my eye was the "New to Ubuntu? Start here..." sticky post. Looks like lots of links to useful information when we move forward on installing Ubuntu. after skimming over the resources there, I started browsing the problem posts. I don't consider myself to be a pessimist, but I am kind betting on something going wrong at some point. I subscribe for the "hope for the best, prepare for the worst" school of thought :) I though arming myself with some knowledge of potential problems might help me freak out less when they happen to me! Looks like I could facing all sorts of issues, such as wireless connection no longer working, mouse and keyboard no longer working, screen resolution problems, and even the screen simply going all black and the monitor going to sleep. Okay, so deep breaths. Hopefully none of this will happen to me, but it was cool to see how responsive and helpful some people are on the forums. That makes me feel better!