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> > Greetings to everyone here at D&C GLUG! Helloo 8-) > 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 would be interested in listening to the free music, do you have any sites where I can illegally download some MP3s ;-) > 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. Back when I were a lad... Caldera/Slack/RedHat/Debian/Gentoo/Ubuntu in that order ;-) (I've been around a bit) not tried Arch.. I am running on a Quad core Phenom 9950, but it's got to be said, Ubuntu is NOT as fast as Gentoo, might move back.. > 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. For SETI I presume ? > 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. I've looked in to this in the past, one of the hurdles I've found is that of insurance.. eg: what happens if we burn some hall down..? I would love to help out in the organisation of meetings, I think that semi regular meetings are a good idea, though probably best to avoid the first saturday of the month as thats when Paignton meets seem to be happening.. -- Neil -- 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