On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:05:20 +0100 Jacqui Caren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am also curious about how long members have been 'into' linux > (or other computer technology). > FYI: BD March 1960 > > I started Poly 1988ish and remember working with "Autocode" at Poly! > In those days 4K was a lot of memory, core was still being used > in PDP's and Commodore Pets were still SOTA. Hello Jacqui I retired from work in 1984 and took home with me the OS/2 ver 2 system I'd been using to administer a Novel network of 50 windows boxes. I continued using OS/2 for a few years upgrading versions for as long as IBM supported SOHO users. I installed from a stack of floppy disks an early version of Linux (Slackware?) when it became apparent that OS/2 didn't have much of a future and liked what I found. I had no real knowledge of any MS system as my first intro to computing was on Concurrent CP/M systems and I stayed with CP/M via various Amstrad systems before I retired. I then used a CD based Linux from a company in Southampton whose name I forget, then used Redhat through to version 5.1, very briefly tried Mandrake & SuSE but they all suffered from 'rpm hell' or YAST. Someone in the LUG mentioned Debian as a 'solution' and I haven't used anything else since. I have looked at some of the derivatives (on live CDs) but haven't been tempted to stray from "the one true faith" As my sig suggests I rather like windowmaker -- John Lewis using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
