Most of the content on Wrongthink assumes that readers are already competent with Linux and computers. There hasn’t been much here that speaks to the beginner, and we should respect that we all started out somewhere. If you’re just coming into the Linux and libre software side of things cold, with little familiarity to speak of, the starting hurdles can seem like unscalable walls. Some forum interactions had recently reminded me of this, so it’s time for me to try to put myself in the s...