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Hi folks! I was just about to try and make a response to a thread with no responses, but somehow my reply was intercepted by the "Why not introduce yourself as your first post?" query box, and I wasn't entirely sure what I was about to post, nor where it would show up. So, I backed out and came here deliberately to make sure what I was about to post went where I thought it was going.
Long time user, first time answerer here, hoping to adopt the intent of the Hippocratic oath and "above all, do no harm." We'll see. I guess that depends on how the poor asker I'm about to respond to feels about my answer, huh?
I wish I had made some notes about when I started using Linux. I only have guesses now, but RedHat 7.1 was my first distro, and I think it was either just out or at least the current version - I remember upgrading to 7.2 when it was released.
I started out mainly intending to build a network server for the small company I worked for, and was fortunate to discover the Linux Network Toolkit, a very comprehensive, clear and complete introduction to what to do and why when setting up a network from scratch. An amazing book, a little dated now, but a fine example of what a good author can achieve. Given my understanding or lack thereof of Linux, networking and network services at that point, it was extraordinary what I was empowered to do in a remarkably short time. The credit belongs entirely to Mr. Sery.
And now I'm here, retired, and messing about mostly with small SBCs like Raspberry Pis and ODROIDs. Yada yada.
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