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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everybody !!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am an Italian computer user and till a week ago I
was tied to my Windows 2000 Professional.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a C/C++/Visual C++ programmer in
Windows, I know some BASIC, PASCAL, HTML, etc..</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just dropped in the world of Linux with huge
amaze and will do discover it furtherly. (I dreamt about bash! I am in love with
it! Even if it is only 7 days I am using it !!!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have know both Win2000 and Linux Mandrake on my
Laptop PC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know enogh about computer (I started programming
Basic at 6 and I am now 21) and so I would like to learn some good tips about
GNU-Linux, about which I am almost totally ignorant.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to know which programs are the
best to keep on my Linux system, and how to make it work best (I've seen
KDE for just a few hours but I think It is a bit slow and so is for my modem
connection which goes at more than double speed on my
Win2000, etc..)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to find some good on-line book or
other stuff of interest that I could put my eyes on.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really hope to find my way in the reply you will
give me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really hope that GNU-Linux will become grater
than great as it is and would like to give me free-help to everyone who needs
it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to everyone who read this mail till this
last word !!! </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>