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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 > > How about being STILL up at that time..? -- 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