Heh, nice domain name, Helen. :-) On 29/09/2007, Helen Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone is allowed to join this list and you are welcome if you share our goal > of > wanting to increase the involvement of women in Debian.
So I did this, quite inadvertently. My flatmates, a couple, were seeing how I was using Debian, and they got interested. Being total newbies, I thought they would be better off with n00buntu, but there were hardware problems, lockups, and fed-up I said, "that's it, you're getting Debian *stable*", and so it has been. I installed it for them, set it up, and wished them look. It's been good to them. I didn't expect this, because by her own admission she isn't much of a computer geek, but it turned out that the female component of that couple has gotten much more into Debian than he has. She's been learning quite quickly and loving it. She's even curious about free software philosophy and ordered a wireless card with a Ralink chipset just to get it working with free drivers. I spoke to her about this mailing list, and she seemed mildly interested. By the looks of it, quite a few DDs or maybe just devs in general. I can't imagine she would ever be interested in coding, but then again, I was surprised that she has been this committed to Debian to begin with. Maybe she'll be a DD too some day. She is a very meticulous and analytical. Maybe some day. :-) - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
