Long in the tooth Systems engineer working for a wireless networking company in Waltham, Mass.

I first got into Linux in 1994 when I was in Healthcare. I was challenged to make a way for nurses to access policy and procedure manuals from PCs and Meditech terminals with special chips in them to allow access to telnet sessions. I was a member of a freenet in Fredericton, NB, Canada and they were using Lynx so I decided to try that package and make the manuals HTML based.

Another IT staff member and I cobbled together a PC called Franky (short for Frankenstein...parts from everywhere. IT'S ALIVE!). It worked like a charm and I was hooked.

Still am. I am amazed at how Linux has taken off and still maintained the open source attitude. I am still amazed how Linux people treat each other, whenever I meet another person that is heavily into Linux, there is this openness. Linux people are quick to help each other out.

Hi and welcome to LQ It's good to see more people join. The sense of community that Linux users have is always amazing and it's great that it continues to thrive.