What is one step up from a newb?

[budman7]

Thank you wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N00b

I think I'm a computer non-n00b, but still a semi-Linux-n00b.

I am such a noob when it comes to knowledge about noobs, n00bs and newbies.

But now that I have read that wiki page I have upgraded to being a newb when it comes to knowledge about newbs.

I just had to

[TheFourthBeast]

I just had to

dang noob.

Anyway, I'm compiling a list of things for newbs (not noobs) to try and do in linux. So send me your suggestions along with your registration number.

[Dolda2000]

To me, the step from being a newb is when can solve the vast majority of problems (and not just problems as in stuff that don't work, but problems as in stuff that you just want to work better) yourself, without having to depend on others; when you know where to look and why to do things in a certain way.

When you know how to do these things yourself, it means that you have a much more subtle understanding of the philophy and semantics of a system, rather than just looking at the top of it.

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

To me, the step from being a newb is when can solve the vast majority of problems (and not just problems as in stuff that don't work, but problems as in stuff that you just want to work better) yourself, without having to depend on others; when you know where to look and why to do things in a certain way.

When you know how to do these things yourself, it means that you have a much more subtle understanding of the philophy and semantics of a system, rather than just looking at the top of it.

does discovering the magic of YaST count?

[zeeone]

I remember learning to use BOTH hands to load one of those 8 inch floppy disks. Thanks goodness the 5 1/4 came out a few months later.

[Dapper Dan]

I've got a drawer full of 5 1/2 floppies that came with our first radio automation system, a 1991 DOS based unit that still runs as good today as it did when we bought it. It has two Antex sound cards almost the size of the case itself!