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wish i'd found this sooner. read thru and it looks like fun so here goes.
age = 33 &1/2 (or so)
sex = m
experience = learning, let me explain, about 4 years ago i finally decided what i want to be when i grow up, so i started classes at the local cc. i hadn't been in school in a doz. years so i talked to the instructors to find out what to brush up on. their first ? was can you use a computer? i said i don't even own 1. they said you'll probably fail this course. so i bought a box sat down and began to learn. that was windows 98. today i'm running slack and happy about it. just recently i introduced that instructor to mandrake 9.1. we became fast friends during my college days. he's giving it a go, and the college is actually teaching some linux classes. i'm going to volunteer to teach some when i know enough. (wow, that was a mouthful.)
marital status = happily married to the (imo) most wonderful woman in the world.
occupation = architectural detailer/local computer guy ( i get the tough ? like my mouse won't move..ha!)
that about sums it up. bet you guys are glad i finished ha!
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Originally posted by Freakygeek55
That is a great way to get into computers....
if that was for me i couldn't agree w/you more. my only regret is that i didn't find this wonderful land of learning 10 or 15 years ago. i might even know as much as someone like trickykid a well respected moderator here, ...doubtful though. haha
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Yes that was to you.. well I got with Linux alittle over a year ago, I have used it now for over a month as my main OS.. I have got most of my software working in it..
Trickykid is indeed knowledgable in linux, and so are alot of the guys and gals on here who have been using linux for a very long time, somtimes they can confuse me..
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