2008/10/7 Becky Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > I'm Becky, and am new to the HLUG. Er well quick intro I guess... I am 16, > female, kinda odd, and love Linux.... My distro of choice is Mint. > Erm well I go to a boarding school for kids with Asperger's (a form of > Autism) in hampshire, but I actually live in Shropshire, so I'm hoping I can > attend most of the meetings. > Sorry if my emails are a bit odd, I read all the rules on the HLUG website > about posting and keeping it neat and stuff, and I'll try to keep to them. > If I post things a bit wonky, would appreciate it a lot if you'd tell me. > Looking forward to becoming a part of the HLUG community! > :-) > Becky >
Hi Becky, Although I do not have time to attend the meetings, I have attended a few, and everyone is very friendly. I did not find everyone jumping up to say hello to a new person, but they were all happy to chat about stuff if I approached someone at random. I learnt about vital stuff I did not know about before going, for example "Frozen Bubble" !!! I don't know how you intend to travel to the meeting, but one option is to ask on the LUG mailing list for a lift. If someone offers, for security I would double check with some of the Hants LUG commitee members how well they know the person before jumping in a car with them. You can't be too careful nowdays. My involvement in Linux is that I am a Linux kernel developer and I also contribute to a number of different open source projects. Kind Regards James -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------