Hi All, now is as good a time as any to 'delurk' I guess :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 March 2010 19:44, Steve Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@bagofspoons.net">steve@bagofspoons.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On the drive home today I was pondering putting together a little questionaire<br>
so we can get to know a bit more about the membership. Here's some thoughts on<br>
possible questions. I'll provide my answers later<br>
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1. Who are you? Give as much/little info about yourself as you like<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm Nathan, and I've been working in IT for 15 years. These days I coax servers (mostly Linux, some Windows and ... SCO :S) and networks along, and occasionally build new architecture for a largish multinational.</div>
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2. What's you general computer experience? When did you start using them?<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>The first computer I had access to was an IBM PS/2 Model 30 - which belonged to my father's work. I promptly took it apart because I wanted to know how it worked and the rest is history ;) Since then I've moved from DOS to Windows to OS/2 to Windows to OSX with a liberal sprinkling of Linux.</div>
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3. When/why did you start using Linux?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I first used Linux in 1994 - Slackware it was, based on kernel 1.2.3. I was at University and wanted something to play with when I wasn't able to access the Unix servers on campus. </div>
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4. Is Linux your main OS?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Linux is my main OS at work - OSX for home. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
5. What distro/desktop do you use?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've been using Ubuntu for a while, but have recently dipped my toe back into Fedora - still not sure if I'm staying with Fedora .. Ubuntu is quite a slick experience .. and Fedora is not so good with multi-head Nvidia setups! :P On the work front, we exclusively use RHEL/CentOS, depending if we require support or not.</div>
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6. Do you still need to use another OS? Do you use dual boot, virtual PC,<br>
Wine?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't have much choice at work unfortunately. Some of the software we use is exclusively Windows and whilst I can do without some of it, our Enterprise email archiving system has no client for Linux hence I'm stuck running Outlook in a VirtualBox Windows 7 environment.</div>
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7. Do you play games? What OS/console?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I do play games, mostly on the console these days (XBox 360), but still play the odd game on the PC, usually in Windows.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
8. Do you write software?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I try. I'm not overly good at it. But I enjoy it :)</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
9. Do you hack hardware?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nope :) </div><div><br></div><div>Nice to meet you all :)</div><div><br></div><div>Nathan.</div></div>