I have always been highly interested in Business and the whole Open Source Ethos, I hate waste, hate chucking kit out I guess part of me has always wanted to get a business off the ground. but I want to be able to give something back to people wether it will be Linux / Open Source training / Cost effective machines / hardware training and diagnostics
I'm always keen to learn new stuff, have a passion for Linux, orignally came from a Windows background grew up using 3.1 thesedays I Keep my options open and use both Windows and Linux both have there strengths and merits I'm not one of these people who sticks to one Operating System sure Microsoft has it's anal ways of doing things and I grew up having to put up with the Whole ME, Vista, Hell but with newer versions of Windows such as 7 and 2008 R2, Things have come on leaps and bounds, Especially with Server 2k8 R2 and setting it up without a GUI ( Server Core) and using Powershell to administrate the system I kind of think Microsoft are changing there approach, Although Server 8 and it's Metro interface is horrendous :) NO GUI please :) and the cost of deploying Windows in the enterpise is still very expensive. Linux to me is a Swish Army knife I like how you can customize it to suit your needs, remove any additional bloat Specilaize the Distribution to suit your needs wether it will be Server setup or a media station. When I first was introduced to Linux a few years ago, I will not lie my intial reaction was " Linux wtf is Linux? " then it has been a love affair ever since :) Making the initial transition from Windows to linux for me was a very daunting experience, Linux felt very alien to me I had to change the way I thought about using the Operating System yep I actually had to engage my brain cells and think :), I remember the days of being first faced with a terminal window and learning basic concepts such as command line navigation, package management basic commands such as LS, GREP, TOUCH, How to | commands, enviornment variables, run levels, how the file system is laid out, I'm not a Linux wizard today, Everything I have learnt has been self taught and I continue everyday to develop my skillbase right now my distribution of choice is CentOS, If anyone is new to Linux then you can't go wrong with the following materials and of course plenty of hands on time. These resources would be very useful to anyone new to the LUG UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK - FOURTH EDITION ( One of the most informative books I have read) COMPTIA LINUX+ COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE - Roderick Smith Train Signal LINUX+ Videos - Very informative teaches you the basics and how to BASH Script So that is the history of myself :), I am highly interested in continuing the development of my Nix skills, and am highly interested in any business opportunities or projects you guys propose I am keen to learn, very driven and very ambitious and would love to learn more from the Linux gurus. Lastly has anyone picked up a Raspeberry Pi yet? me want want want > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:18:42 +0100 > From: james.dut...@gmail.com > To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] An introduction, a blag and well a bit of general > chit chat > > On 24 March 2012 21:25, Bryn Jones <bryn.jon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Anyway..... Anyone got any kit they don't need, want, think is useless..... > > I'm here!! Anyone that wants to talk to me about business and setting up > > CIC's please do! Anyone want to offer some time (when I get some sessions > > running!!!) say Hi. Anyone got a cordless phone they don't need I'd really > > be pleased!!! Hopping to the wired phone I have is uhhhhh irritating and I'm > > always too late to pick it up!!!! > > > > Just out of interest, at work they have a purchasing policy. > Each piece of computing equipment they purchase must have a full cycle > cost associated with it. > I.e. Purchase, support and disposal. > The problem with this, is it normally means that the equipment then > goes back to the manufacturer or sent to approved destruction center. > They are then not allowed to "recycle" the laptop in the sense of > giving it to someone else who can still make use of it, or give it to > the employee for home use. The reason being, that they then cannot > assure that it will eventually be sent to approved destruction center > when the time comes. > > How would you get round these sorts of problems? > I think that if you could build up some sort of arrangement with the > "approved destruction center", you might then get all the equipment > you need for very little effort. It would probably be something like, > they might lend you the PC for an extra year or two, but you have to > eventually return it when you or your users cannot make use of it > anymore. > The trouble is, that is just more work for the destruction center, so > I cannot see why they would help you. > > Kind Regards > > James > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------
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