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+A Usual Opening
+===============
+:author: Aaron Ball
+:email: nullspoon@iohq.net
+
+== {doctitle}
+
+Hello All,
+
+For a typical opening post to a new blog, I shall describe in a typical,
+boring, and mundane way my purposes and intentions for this blog.
+
+If any of you have been using Linux for a duration shorter than that of your
+own life (or post-womb), you have undoubtedly realized that documentation on
+most Linux products is not readily available (nor is it even available in most
+cases). You also understand that when being inquisitive, the "RTFM" response
+usually leaves in one's own heart an empty hole roughly the size and shape of a
+loved one.
+
+While frustrating and repelling as these hindrances can be, Linux remains to be
+a distant and strangely enticing operating system. The notion of free software
+for all just seems too amazing to drop $2,500 on an apple (yes, I am absolutely
+biased). Despite the shortcomings that come with software less-tested than
+software with a revenue stream (in most cases at least), most people are
+willing to forgive a little more in the absence of a price tag. After all, a
+fully operational and functional computer that costs only what was paid for the
+hardware is hardly an offer to be scoffed at.
+
+[[who-am-i]]
+== Who am I?
+
+_Professionally,_ I am a systems admin (Windows and Linux) as well as a
+developer (PHP, Javascript, C# and ASP.Net, Joomla, Drupal, and SharePoint).
+
+__Personally__, I am a spoiled Windows user that near the beginning of 2009
+decided to give Linux a chance at being my primary operating system. I have
+since then settled on Ubuntu Linux and have yet to look back for anything other
+than good documentation.
+
+I understand that the mentality of much of the Linux community is that if you
+don't know how to use it now, you're not smart enough to figure it out and
+therefore should not use it at all. Ubuntu/Canonical seeks to have a different
+view on these things. They understand that if Linux is ever to have a market
+share close to that of even Apple, it must be user friendly and have some way
+for the end-user to get tech support somewhere other than online forums
+(outside of the Ubuntu forums of course).
+
+_Through this blog I hope to express the troubles I have run into in my
+transition from Windows to Linux as well as the solutions/substitutes I have
+found while researching said troubles._ Should anyone have any questions,
+please contact me via the comments section or via my e-mail.  I will happily
+assist if I can (remember, I am still a sub-par Linux user).
+
+Thanks for reading everyone.
+
+
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