Welcome to the community @cliffmidi, good to have you here! 
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Hello my name is Nynah can’t wait to learn more than I know
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Welcome to the community @Nynah, glad to have you here! 
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Welcome to the forums @Nynah and everyone. We are glad you can join us. 
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I use How Linux Works – I would give it about 7/10
and just to help my fading memory, I also keep Linux Pocket Guide but my version is the first edition and I notice that the one I just linked to is the 4th edition. I am ashamed to say I use this quite a lot. 
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Hello @cliffmidi ! Welcome to the forum. Things seem to be pretty dire where you come from, I hope you’re OK. 
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Hi @Nynah ! Welcome to the forum! I also want to learn more than I know, so it’s good to have you here as an expert on this. 
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A warm forum welcome to @5iber @BigPapaJ @cliffmidi and @Nynah . Welcome BACK to @Bartski !
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I’m on old former engineer. Started programming in the 70s when I was a kid. I retired from (pure) tech a couple years ago but I still maintain an interest in tech & dev. I’ve been playing around with different Distros on wsl on Windows trying to determine what I like. Planing on building a dedicated Linux machine for fun and for business.
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Welcome to the community @evolkire, great to have you join us!
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Hello, my name is Jerry, from NC, been using Linux for 25+ years, but am really nothing more than an end user. I want to change that. Learning python is just the beginning. Thanks for the invite from @hydn glad to be here!
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Welcome to the community @DsturbD, and the forums!
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Simply a retiree, taking a look at the youth madness and dreams
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Welcome to the community @lexter, awesome to have you join us!
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Hello, 70+ year old retired Air Force veteran here. Used Windows from dos days, though not real proficient at it, Coleco Adam, Commodore Amiga, through to Windows 11. (First “programming” I did was with punch cards and a card reader). Experimented with Linux starting with Ubuntu (not sure which version), then tried Mint which I just didn’t care for (don’t know why), then to Kubuntu which I did enjoy. Only stayed with windows due to a custom built pedigree program for tracking livestock. I am now using Fedora, again, not sure why just felt the need to experiment I guess. So far so good as they say. Now on to learn more about linux and how to know what to do when.
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Welcome to the community @Wholelife449, we’re glad you’re here! 
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A warm welcome to @evolkire @DsturbD @lexter @Wholelife449 we are honored to have you join us and how to read your views, feedback and questions. Make yourselves at home.
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Greetings Jerry, a.k.a. @DsturbD and welcome to the forum community. There is nothing at all wrong with being an end user. Someone who has been able to use Linux software for over 25 years undoubtedly picks up a few things over the years.
For starters, reading blogs, forums, and publications is a good way to learn and try out a variety of applications. You’ve indicated an interest in learning Python.
A few years ago, after I had been retired for a few years, I decided to create my own Digital Clock project and my goal was to write several Digital Clock scripts or programs in several languages, ranging from a simple Bash Shell clock to a Perl, Python, Java, TCL, and C clock.
When I get some time I’ll share a couple of the Python variations; they are not large applications; they mostly benefit from combinations of date/time functions and graphical borders provided by the library functions in each language.
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Actually, I did have a laugh, but it’s only just now, whilst writing this reply to you, that it’s really sunk in, haha. 9 months, pregnant, yeah – got it ;D
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@Wholelife449 Welcome to our forum community; great to have you as a 70+ year old retired Air Force veteran here. Looks like our beginnings with the punched card and card reader are similar; in high school I also used punched paper tape and a paper tape reader on a an ASR 33 teletypewriter. Glad you got to use more and more Linux over the years and we’re happy to have you with us!
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