Just a quick hello from someone who's just joined.
Backgound: Married 49 year old male (no kids) currently living in Norwich. I've been working with computers (mostly commercial software development plus some system admin. and support) for nearly all of my working life. Most of that has been with IBM mainframes and PC Windows networks of various kinds. I currently work at the Stalham office of an outfit called Kewill (www.kewill.com). My wife thinks I've totally lost it because I come home and relax by doing what I've been doing at work all day! I've had a home computer since the days of the good ol' BCC Micro. I was lucky enough to work on a Unix based system (Sun) about 10 years ago and ended up as the sys. admin. (oh! happy days! :o) ). I've been a Unix fan ever since.
Reason for joining: After many years of saying "This year I'm going to install an Intel version of Unix on my PC" I finally got round to putting Mandrake 7.0 on early last year. I immediately started to try and customise it to suit my hardware and ran into all sorts of problems. I'm now in the midst of trying to install my own flavour of Linux from the Linux From Scratch project http://www.linuxfromscratch.org and having moderate success. I hope to learn enough from this to have a bit more success tailoring Linux for my own use. It would be nice to link up with other Linux afficianados in the area and swap war stories, experiences etc. and perhaps be able to help others out where possible.
Regards, Keith Watson Email: mailto:kpwatson@luna.co.uk Web site: http://kpwatson.ontheweb.com ____________ The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. Zen Saying ____________ This email and any files transmitted with it is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify your system manager.
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