[Rnb] Introduction

Fri Mar 12 23:05:52 UTC 2010

Hello to the Redditch & Bromsgrove LUG!

I have been meaning to join a LUG for far too long now, so no better 
time than the present!

Just a little about me, I work within electrical engineering 
[switchgear] where we use mainly MS software... but outside of work, 
Linux is my system of choice!

I have been using Linux since 1999 where I started to experimenting with 
Red Hat and SUSE. My experience was very limited back then but by 2002 I 
had moved onto Mandrake which really caught my imagination, to the point 
where I was logged into Linux far more often then any MS operating 
system at that time.

 From 2004 onwards I have been using Linux exclusively having COMPLETELY 
cut all ties to any Microsoft OS's (for me, 2004 was the year of the 
Linux desktop!).

Since then I have used all the main distributions at some stage 
(Fedora/Red Hat, open SUSE, Sabayon, Ubuntu/Debian, Mandriva) with 
mainly KDE and Gnome.

Today we currently have Linux Mint as our main system, chosen purely on 
the basis that my wife and children use this daily and I want them to 
get the most out of their experience with Linux, with it being one of 
the most user friendly distributions I have come across. I also have 
installations of Ubuntu ultimate edition and Sabayon which keeps me 
occupied!

I would like to meet up with and keep in contact with like-minded 
individuals who use use Linux, to share thoughts, ideas, problems, news, 
and gernerally my enthusiasm for Linux and open source software. I am 
also very keen on retro gaming – so if you are into the old 8 and 16 bit 
home computers and consoles, you are in good company!

I'm sure I will post some more soon, and it would be great to hear from 
any one else.

Kind regards,

Doug Mills.