I started life as an archaeologist before retraining in IT and have wide experience of work in the voluntary / not for profit and continuing education sectors in Scotland where I am usually based. This has included database design, hardware support, software support, website design and tuition.
From 2009 - 2010 I was in Nairobi, Kenya as Assistive Technology Tutor with the Kenyan Society for the Blind. Then came two years in Ethiopia, working with the Addis Ababa HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control Office and the Ethiopian Midwives Association. My most recent stint abroad was another two years in Papua New Guinea as Provincial Capacity Building ICT Advisor on a United Nations Development Program / Ministry of Finance project. For now I am back in Scotland and a part time Open University tutor.
You can visit my website at http://tinyurl.com/visimpscot .
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Another rookie mistake can be relying on the built in package manager of your chosen distro, it is appealing and seductive, making adding or removing applications easy (as it should be). Unfortunately the program versions available in repositories far too often lags behind the latest versions, sometimes a long way behind.
Fair comment Greg. I always give advice on security practices after fixing stuff, while the pain of for example losing some data is fresh in their minds but to begin helping people you need to start with where they are before moving on to where you would like them to be.