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<p class=MsoNormal>I just thought I’d punt out a quick email to introduce
myself. So, hi.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>My names Jason and all being well I hope to be down in
Nottingham by month end. I’ve been trying to get to grips with
Linux for a while now and can poke my way around some parts easily
enough. I hope to get into more interesting stuff once the move is over
as I am sick to the back teeth with my XP box (the current media/dev work-horse)
and I’d love to get Myth etc running, maybe even a few lower-level things
like a VPN. So expect lots of questions about trans-coding, file systems
and routers in the future. <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>My day job is a Java developer for a software house doing
document management, business automation and the like. We make some use
of virtualisation and that’s something else I’d like to look at
more closely. I’m convinced my Ubuntu box runs images faster than
the Win7 one. Maybe I am just biased.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>At the moment my biggest headache is about broadband
providers. Virgin seem to offer good speeds, but are far more expensive
than O2 (which can give me a static IP and an international calling
package). The worry for me with O2 is VPN problems, as I will be
telecommuting VPN is vital and I have seen lots of reports of them not allowing/breaking
VPN access. Anyone have experience of either?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>J.<o:p></o:p></p>
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