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On Friday 16 January 2009 06:40, sszhriir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Posted by "Stewart Starbuck" <sszhriir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Greetings to everyone here at D&C GLUG! > > As I'm new around here I thought I might post a quick introduction about > myself. > > I'm currently a first year Computing student at Plymouth Uni, and have been > using computers for almost as long as I can remember. (Indeed, my third > memory is of playing Elite on a BBC Micro, although it had been out for > several years by then.) > > I've been using GNU/Linux for about 3 years, and a member of the FSF for 2. > Wherever possible I try and use Free Software, and that includes much of > the music I listen to. (Thanks to things like CC-BY / CC-BY-SA / FAL.) > > I've tried quite a number of distros in the past. My first introduction was > to Ubuntu (which is now one of my most disliked, thanks to the mess that > was gobuntu.), then moving on to try Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, LFS (That was > fun), gNewSense and now finally Arch. I'd like to continue using gNewSense, > but because I'm a fan of seti@home I really need to make use of 64bit, > which sadly gNS currently doesn't provide. I've come to love Arch however, > and have been using it for a good many months. > > When I'm not studying I tend to find myself building GNU/Linux Clusters in > my room. I don't have much room (being in a student house and all), but > found that Paper Trays are ideal cases for a cluster. > > Now I have only just started looking around the site, but it appears most > of the meetings take place in Paignton? I'd be happy to try and organise > some meetings (even if just social ones) in Plymouth if anyone is > interested, especially if there are any other students around. > > Now I'm hoping I can make myself useful here. I'm constantly learning new > things about GNU/Linux, but wherever I can I'm more than happy to offer any > support, either here or in person. > > Well I think that's about it. Thanks for reading! Welcome - though I am a bit worried that you claim to be a student and up at 6.40 am! It was never like that in my day mumble mumble.... Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html