Neop2Lemus's Journal: My (near) but dissappointing Linux experiance

Well, I just got turned away from an introductory Linux course by a fat bastard. Here's the story, i want to blow off some steam.

Some computer club at my university put up posters advertizing a linux introductory course - free cd and manual. I saw the posters yesterday and decided to go. Today, they magically had added that you had to buy tickets. When I went to buy tickets they were sold out but I was condescendingly told (by the above mentioned guy) that I might be able to get in by dropping by though I wouldn't pick up a cd or manual.

Needless to say, when I got there, he was condescending to all fifteen of us without tickets waiting in the hall and wouldn't let us in, despite that fact that some people who had tickets hadn't turnt up, or that it was a huge classroom and there was plenty of room. The two other students who were handing out the manuals and cds, I think, genuinely felt sorry for us, and were as polite as this fearless leader wasn't.

So I'm back to square one again.

For the record it was Knoppix Linux. I guess I'll just go at it myself sometime. If anyone can point me to a site for newbs, I'd be gratefull.

By the way, is there such a thing as a spell checker which I can access by highlighting and RC'ing the mouse? Opening MS Word is a pain everytime I want to spell check...