Anita Lewis
Computers are a hobby for me. I use a computer with Windows at work, but at home Linux is on my machine.
I’ve been using it since 1998 when I first installed RedHat 5.2. I started out on a Compaq 486 that had MediaGX for video. In a nutshell it meant that X wouldn’t work out of the box. I went to xfree86.org and got in contact with the author of the driver and he directed me to XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO. If you ever want to read something fun as a total Linux newbie, give that a whirl! Richard Hecker is his name and he authored the cyrix driver and moved on to become a developer for Debian. After he helped me I knew that I would try to help others in the same way. He was my introduction into the Linux community. He didn’t spoon feed me, but he nudged me on my way. There have been many others since him and I’ve done my best to return the favors by “paying forward.”
During my time of figuring out how to make X work on my machine, I learned to love the command line. I encourage you to take time to learn a little bit with that black and white screen or at least to bring up an xterm and try some commands. You may need it some day; so it’s good to have a little skill there.
I was at Basiclinux.net (No longer exists) from 1998 until 2005. That was where I got my start. I’m one of the admins here at LinuxBasics.org which 3 of us began in 2004. I still remember what it’s like to be a newbie. Whenever I try something new in Linux, I go through that same feeling again. It can be aggravating, but it’s all part of the fun.
I have a site at http://ajlewis.org where I have a little bit about my interests in Reiki, Health, and Productivity methods. I also talk a little about my spirituality there.
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Welcome to LinuxBasics.org - The online community that helps people to get Linux installed and running.
During this tour, we will guide you through our website, which has many facets which wait to be explored
The biggest project we are running is our Linux course, based on the LBook.
The book is stored in wiki-format, which enables us to update and correct it as we go.
Discussion for the course is on our Forum
Our Forum is used for discussion of Linux and for questions and answers.
Search the mailing-list that was used prior to the Forum.
The questions and answers from the list are stored in the list's archives in order to help others with the same problems.
Every weekend, we meet to chat in IRC. These meetings are NOT mandatory, but are a nice chance to get to know each other better.
IRC is also a great tool to solve many problems, since it is very quick and easy to ask for more details if you need them.
The tutorials are one of the oldest sections on the LBo-website.
Here you find explanations on how to do specific tasks in Linux. Many of the tutorials were created after a certain problem
has been discussed (and usually solved :) on the mailing-list.
The tutorials are categorized in
In the links section, you find outbound links to other valuable resources.
One of our later additions to the site. We maintain a mirror of the Linux Documentation Project. This is our contribution to the "home of the HOWTOs"
Another later addition is the LBlog which focuses on how to do stuff on the Linux Desktop. It begins with the basics on installing Ubuntu.
Using the integrated site-search, you can search the tutorials, the LBook and all other wiki-pages
Simply type the search term into the box in the upper-right corner of our webpages
As a community, we depend on your feedback and collaboration. So, if you have something to share with others, please contact us. If you have a suggestion for a topic you would like to see covered here, please add it on the Wishlist.
There are many ways to contribute: You can answer questions on the Forum, you can write a complete tutorial or just a step-by-step documentation on how you completed a specific task using linux. Ask questions if the information on this site is not clear, tell us if we got something wrong, spell-check our writings, whatever.
We are looking forward to meeting you at LinuxBasics.org
Anita, Jisao, Sam and Stefan