[Gloucs] Intro

[Keith Edmunds]

Hi all

Having read this LUG's mails for some time and even posted a couple of
times, I suppose I should officially delurk and introduce myself. I'm Keith
Edmunds, and I've been using Linux one way or another since around
(I think) 1991. Back then I downloaded, at probably 19200 baud (or
maybe even 9600) on my dialup line, an 'a1' floppy image, an 'a2' floppy
image, and so on. Then, using a new (to me, then) program called
rawrite.exe, I created a bootable Linux disk and booted Linux for the
first time. Amazing. Here was an operating system that ran on a PC and was
a REAL operating system. Even back then Linux supported virtual consoles,
so you could log in once, Alt-F2 and log in again, and have jobs running
on both consoles. I remember being disappointed that this was only a hobby
operating system because it showed so much promise. It seems advanced
from the realm of "hobby operating system" since then... Compared to
Windows 3.0 at the time, it's hard to describe how /exciting/ Linux was
when it first appeared.

Anyway, enough reminiscing. Time moved on, and I'm now running a Linux
consultancy company in the Forest of Dean (we recently relocated from
Reading). Still loving Linux, of course. In fact, we'll be recruiting a
support/consultant person in the near future, so if it's OK to do so, I'll
get a copy of the job details posted here.

Looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you in the near future.

Keith

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Keith Edmunds

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