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  1. 07-14-2010 #1
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    Hi im new

    hi im new, and its new
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    Welcome to the forum. Are you new to linux or just new to the forum?
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  3. 07-17-2010 #3
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    Smile I'm also new!

    Hi. I'm known as Nigel ^ to my friends and I'm also new!

    I'm new to both the linuxforums.org forums and to GNU-Linux.

    I've been using GNU-Linux for about a year, having got sick and tired of Windows, after running Cygwin.

    At the time of this post, I'm running Debian 5.05 and Fedora 13 "Goddard" on Sun/ Oracle VirtualBox on a Windows XP rig. The reason for this is that it's not my PC and I can't afford to buy a new one, though I've got about ZAR R3500 saved as of this post ...

    I'm planning to run another ~20 distros as well, so that I can find the distro (if any) that's right for me. I've been using Windows for about 10 years, so I tent towards using a GUI. However, I've been programming for about 4 years (Java, VB .NET, C#), so I'm also a fan of the bash shell.

    I'm in the process of fully migrating to GNU-Linux from Windows because I'm sick of Windows and because GNU-Linux (among other things)

    01. has multiple powerful and scriptable shells
    02. is highly configurable
    03. can run without a GUI ; GUIs are unnecessary for some tasks (such as copying and deleting files)
    04. supports multiple scripting and programming languages
    05. has really powerful and interlinkable tools
    06. is FREE/ opensource !
    07. has better software than Windows and a larger variety of apps to choose from
    08. is targeted by fewer malware/ virus writers than Windows
    09. has file-specific and directory-specific permissions/ security
    10. doesn't require a reboot any time a service (daemon) is installed/ updated/ stopped/ started
    11. has a larger and more savy support community (forums, mailing lists, news groups, etc) than Windows



    ^ not my real name.
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  4. 07-17-2010 #4
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    Welcome to the forum.
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    hi i'm new also.
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  6. 07-17-2010 #6
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    Welcome Virtuallinuxuser and yohtna. Glad you could join the party.
    Last edited by MASONTX; 07-17-2010 at 12:20 PM. Reason: typo
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    Thank you, MasonTX. Much appreciated. I think your posts have been helpful to me previously, although not by your direct responses. Respect!
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  8. 07-20-2010 #8
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    Welcome One and All. I'm glad to see that this Forum is continuing to grow.

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