[Chester LUG] Introduction...

[Michael Crilly]

Hello,

	My name is Michael Crilly. I currently live in Runcorn and I've started
picking up copies of Linux Format which listed this mailing list.

I guess I'll start by outlining my current Linux experience and setup:

My main box is a Pentium-D 940 3.2GHz with 2gB of DDR2 PC5300, an 80gB
SATA II HDD for the OS and two 320gB SATA II HDDs for storage of media,
etc. The box also holds an nVidia 8800GTS 320mB which was originally for
gaming on Windows but then license fees, bugs, updates, etc annoyed me
so I've moved over to Fedora 8 now; not just for obvious, immediate
benefits but simply to stay legal (I only have one legal copy of XP). I
also wrote my first Fedora "specific" bash script for installing, in one
go, media capabilities onto a clean Fedora 8 installation.

I also have a laptop which runs an AMD Turion with 1gB of RAM and an
120gB HDD which also holds an F8 installation.

I've actually been using Linux on and off for a few years. I'm certainly
no expert - I'd probably say I'm not even an intermediate level user -
but I can get things done in Linux; add MP3, DVD, basically media
support; create documents and spreadsheets, etc. I have a few remote
Linux setups as well in the form of VPS. So, in short, I'm certainly not
a novice.

I'm currently learning Java and studying for my A+ in an effort to get
my foot into the IT market (anyone got any jobs going?) I work for
Vodafone at present as a CSP.

If you have any questions, then please, ask.

Thanks for reading!

- MC.