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Re: [SLE] Interesting
- From: steve reilly <sfreilly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:54:17 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200610311953.28990.sfreilly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 17:16, Ed McCanless wrote:
Hi,
I guess I am a late bloomer, I started becoming familiar with the linux world
in 2000, when my win 98 gateway was so infested with spyware and viruses, I
literally had no choice but to look for other alternatives. Wound up with
red hat for a bit, then settled for suse.
This list is a god send for me, As my distro of choice has been suse all these
years. I have 6 pcs at home and most of them have a different distro on it.
(yes one with xp media and suse 10.1on a dual boot laptop, my son is mmorpg
addict, and my main desktop is 10.1, server on debian etch, the rest change
constantly) This is more or less a hobby for me, but I have been active
with pcs back when the trs-80 color computer was in its heyday. remember
os/9? Im going to date myself now, but I started programming with rpg3 back
in HS, grad in 86. along with first starting out with a tape recorder as my
only medium for storage. I use to spend most of my nights on bbs's all over
the country using a whopping 300 baud modem. THOSE were the days!!
I would like to suggest we all remember the day when we first started in this
os called linux. I truly believe that the image we portray on this list will
attract or send packing the people who will increase the market share of
linux. we all would like to enjoy mainstream software, and manufacturer
support for linux wouldnt we? If you have the knowledge, why not share it?
there are some people in this world who have no interest in learning of the
inner workings of an os, they just want to turn on a pc, and have it work!
There are a few distros out there that are SO close to this right now, you
used ubuntu or sled 10 yet?
> Stevens wrote:
> > After subscribing to this list a few weeks ago I have noticed several
> > things interesting about it:
> >
> > * It generates more messages by far that any other list. Thank God I
> > have a decent email client.
>
> We were warned of this on the list page. It does have it's ups and
> downs, however.
>
> > * It serves to remind me daily of the nature of puter geeks (I have been
> > one since 1979), which is to always tell someone how to build a watch
> > when they ask for the time.
>
> I got my official start in '68 studying FORTRAN, but didn't get my first
> computer 'til 1980, not much behind you. Much detail is needed by most
> beginners. And, some folks, like me get 2-3 or more years behind
> periodically. I find details helpful for catch-up and for making the
> transition between systems.
>
> > * Along that line is the generation of massive amounts of chaff which
> > has to be sifted through to get to the answer, sort of like picking fly
> > shit out of pepper.
>
> Even geeks like to talk.
>
> > * I view all this as some kind of late-in-life penance for the sins of
> > my youth.
>
> It does not have to be a chore.
>
> > * In spite of all the above, I am slowly amassing a filtered list of
> > worthwhile reference data that is actually useful and I just want to
> > say "Thank you" to all of you who are helping in the effort.
> >
> > Fred
>
> Hope you have as much Linux fun as the rest of us.
>
> -- ED --
--
SuSE Linux 10.1 ~ Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-smp #1 ~ Kmail 1.9 ~
Registered Linux user: 412217
http://reillyblog.com
7:27pm up 17:37, 2 users, load average: 2.22, 1.66, 1.46
Hi,
I guess I am a late bloomer, I started becoming familiar with the linux world
in 2000, when my win 98 gateway was so infested with spyware and viruses, I
literally had no choice but to look for other alternatives. Wound up with
red hat for a bit, then settled for suse.
This list is a god send for me, As my distro of choice has been suse all these
years. I have 6 pcs at home and most of them have a different distro on it.
(yes one with xp media and suse 10.1on a dual boot laptop, my son is mmorpg
addict, and my main desktop is 10.1, server on debian etch, the rest change
constantly) This is more or less a hobby for me, but I have been active
with pcs back when the trs-80 color computer was in its heyday. remember
os/9? Im going to date myself now, but I started programming with rpg3 back
in HS, grad in 86. along with first starting out with a tape recorder as my
only medium for storage. I use to spend most of my nights on bbs's all over
the country using a whopping 300 baud modem. THOSE were the days!!
I would like to suggest we all remember the day when we first started in this
os called linux. I truly believe that the image we portray on this list will
attract or send packing the people who will increase the market share of
linux. we all would like to enjoy mainstream software, and manufacturer
support for linux wouldnt we? If you have the knowledge, why not share it?
there are some people in this world who have no interest in learning of the
inner workings of an os, they just want to turn on a pc, and have it work!
There are a few distros out there that are SO close to this right now, you
used ubuntu or sled 10 yet?
> Stevens wrote:
> > After subscribing to this list a few weeks ago I have noticed several
> > things interesting about it:
> >
> > * It generates more messages by far that any other list. Thank God I
> > have a decent email client.
>
> We were warned of this on the list page. It does have it's ups and
> downs, however.
>
> > * It serves to remind me daily of the nature of puter geeks (I have been
> > one since 1979), which is to always tell someone how to build a watch
> > when they ask for the time.
>
> I got my official start in '68 studying FORTRAN, but didn't get my first
> computer 'til 1980, not much behind you. Much detail is needed by most
> beginners. And, some folks, like me get 2-3 or more years behind
> periodically. I find details helpful for catch-up and for making the
> transition between systems.
>
> > * Along that line is the generation of massive amounts of chaff which
> > has to be sifted through to get to the answer, sort of like picking fly
> > shit out of pepper.
>
> Even geeks like to talk.
>
> > * I view all this as some kind of late-in-life penance for the sins of
> > my youth.
>
> It does not have to be a chore.
>
> > * In spite of all the above, I am slowly amassing a filtered list of
> > worthwhile reference data that is actually useful and I just want to
> > say "Thank you" to all of you who are helping in the effort.
> >
> > Fred
>
> Hope you have as much Linux fun as the rest of us.
>
> -- ED --
--
SuSE Linux 10.1 ~ Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-smp #1 ~ Kmail 1.9 ~
Registered Linux user: 412217
http://reillyblog.com
7:27pm up 17:37, 2 users, load average: 2.22, 1.66, 1.46
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