[Sussex] Just introducing myself: Frances

[Gareth Ablett]

From: Fleming, Frances [mailto:Frances.Fleming at edfenergy.com]
Subject: [Sussex] Just introducing myself: Frances
 
> Hi all!
> 
> Hope everyone had a good Easter break.

Thanks and welcome to Sussex Lug

 
> I've just found out about SLUG and am looking forward to joining in :)
> 
> I've been casually using Linux since about August 2004 and had been
> reading up about GNU/Linux/Open Source since Red Hat 9 came out, and
> liking what I saw.
> 
> I've installed, one at a time on my tiny 10GB hard drive: Red Hat 9
> (great), Mandrake (failed), Lindows (too sparse), Zandros (failed),
SuSE
> 9.0 Pro (brilliant) and SuSE 9.2 Pro (even more brilliant). The SuSE
> distros were boxed sets with full manuals, picked up from the Linux
User
> and Developer stand at the last couple of London Expos - did anyone
from
> SLUG go at all? I went both days each time. Incidentally, the
helicopter
> sim was super cool :)

I went last year and the 2 years before that, we often arrange for a few
of us to meet up there depending on the days we are going. Oddly enough
I cant remember the helicopter although I do remember the F1 sim last
year.

> 
> For live distros I've tried SuSE Desktop and Dyne:bolic.
> 
> I can get on fine with VI and am interested in getting to grips with
CLI
> - searching and maintenance and stuff. I ran into quite a lot of
> problems with a previous install, having tried to cram too much on :(
> 
> My current time investment primarily goes into learning Umbrello (data
> modelling), Kivio (diagramming), Apache, MySQL and PHP, with the GIMP,
> Karbon14 and Blender coming close second and Open Office Writer/Calc
> close third. I'd also like to get into Scribus.
> 
> At work I'm a full time developer in - sorry ;-] - ASP, MS IIS web
> server and MS SQL Server database, with the Select data modelling tool
> and Visio diagrammer. I'll soon be plunging into ASP.NET and XML.

Don't worry I have to do the same at work.

> Well, see you at the Moot on Thursday.

Not sure I can make it this month but hope to see you in the future.

Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

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