Hi James! Welcome to our forums. 
Hi, I am pretty techie but I am new to Linux, I took my Windows 10 off computer and downloaded Linux Mint, and it is running good. My only problem is I downloaded the drivers for a Canon printer but unsure of the steps after extracting file and using the right command to get the file to run. I currently have the printer connected directly into computer but I want to use the wifi so it don’t have to be directly connected. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Hey @Learning123 welcome aboard!
This is not the correct section for ask support, feel free to open a dedicated post in #linux-support channel
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Hi all! I am Surojit Mondal from India. Pursuing B.Tech in Information Technology (final year starting), I am starting to explore Linux ecosystem. Currently I use WSL in my Windows pc…hoping this community will be really helpful in my journey of transition 
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hi!
i’m p-house from wellington, NZ. I work in vfx here but mostly WFH. I stumbled upon this forum when looking to upgrade our home network to something a bit nicer and up to date…
I’ll try to keep my noob question to a low limit - but i do apologise in advance!
Thanks,
p-house
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Hi @p-house and @mondalsurojit welcome!
I’m in the middle of trying to upgrade our home-office network as well. I posted that Home Lab article over 5 years ago. I’ve kept updating it with changes over the years.
However, this is the first major update. Where I’ve gone from 1G router/switch with 1G LAN ports… to 10G (SFP+) WAN and switch uplink and multigig ports LAN. Started keeping a log of it here.
I will be posting 3–5 articles about this experience. Looking forward to sharing and learning as much as I did the last time. Nice to meet you.
Hi all 
I am KN from Hong Kong. Great to be here! Just got a thought of joining Linux Community. Googled, signed up !
I am into Helpdesk for about 5 months now. Tried few linux commands in Ubuntu, currently walking with Kali. I got intrigued how quick and in interesting ways things can be done with command line. I am in love with linux 
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Welcome to the forums! Feel free to join some groups. Check out some of our most popular topics.
Hi everyone!
I’m a self-taught beginner with a strong enthusiasm for Linux and server administration. I’ve been diving deeper into this world, especially focusing on setting up and managing email services designed for professional and collaborative use—not for bulk sending.
I currently have a production server running, and I’ve successfully managed to get emails delivered properly even to strict providers like Yahoo, which has been one of the trickiest (and most rewarding) challenges in my learning journey. I’m also working with a VPS on IONOS and a dedicated test server where I keep experimenting and fine-tuning configurations.
I’m exploring tools like Proxmox, Mailcow, HestiaCP, Plesk, SOGo, Seafile, Mattermost, and OnlyOffice/Collabora. My long-term goal is to offer managed services for small businesses and resellers as an alternative to platforms like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace—but with more control, privacy, and lower costs.
I joined this community to keep learning, ask questions, share experiences, and grow alongside others on a similar path. Happy to be here!
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Welcome, @levi1225 . I have run my own mail server for nearly 30 years, first on Sendmail, now on Postfix. I enjoy the challenge of keeping spam off my server (I currently get 0 spam, and usually fewer than 10 spam attempts per day), and I also have my server configured to allow me to send from my gmail and iCloud addresses, as well as my personal address, all from my server.
I have also run my own web server for just as long. At first I ran Apache, then Apache with vhosts, but this point, the web server hosts only Docker images (one per virtual host), using Traefik for routing.
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Welcome @levi1225 Great to have you here. Sounds like you’ve made serious progress with email delivery (Yahoo is no joke!). @unixdude has had great success with this. I could be wrong, but I think starting a new mail server and gaining good IP/senders reputation has become more challenging in the past decade. But understandably so because of the exponential growth of SPAM and malware.
We would love to follow your journey, might encourage others like myself to give it a go. Free to open a new thread in #linux-support where we can help, learn and follow progress.
Looking forward to hearing more about your setup and your journey toward offering managed alternatives.
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Hi Sascha. Welcome to our forums. Honored you have you joined our community. Feel free to look around at some of our most popular topics or start a new topic by sharing a bit more about your daily work pc setup, home lab or anything technical that you feel comfortable sharing.
Hello guys & girls. I am from Argentina, my name is Pablo, I work in tech basically hardware and networking installation since … uhhhh … about 30 years ago. LOL. Started with low level networking about 5 years ago, Linux was a hobby for me these last years, slowliy learning more… but in 2022 I started to study security, red team/blue team, defensive etc. So deeper level of linux was needed. And here I am, always trying to learn more to do a faster and better work.
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Hello There,
I’ve been using Linux Operating system since year 2006 when I was graduating student at my college schools, I tested some Linux Distro on my Old PC, I was amazed that it runs faster than previous OS (Windows), I use Linux for maintenance, backup files, and other technical fixes like other windows-pc was corrupted and infected with some malwares or viruses. file recovery, and other technical stuff using CLI Terminal and I love to use my Linux-Computer as alternative pc because I personalized my desktop, some of my friends cannot use my pc because they cannot understand how it works, that’s what some funny story thing. Until now I have my Linux installed on my personal laptop, and I am happy that may son is using it. I have a lot of good-a-Very Good experiences as I use Linux system every day, I am not an expert but still learning more, I want to learn more… hoping this community could give and fulfill my hunger of learning… Thank You.
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Welcome to the forums guys. Looking forward to learning more about your setups, projects, etc.
Hi from Spain
I like GNU/linux (currently I’m using Ubuntu), the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and programming. Currently, I know Python, Haxe, HTML, CSS and I am learning C++.
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@javiereo, Welcome to our humble group. Good Luck with the C++ thing 
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I was a computer technician in schools working with BBC micros and then Windows PC’s. The PC’s were networked using a Novel server and then later with Windows servers. I retired in 2008 and started using Linux as my main OS soon after that. I rarely use Windows now
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Hi @leafydiode
Welcome to the forums! Would love to hear more about your current setup. Please feel free to share it here: Share your OS, Distro, Desktop setup - (screenshots, photos)