Hello from Newfoundland
Submitted by Hal9000v8 on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 15:01.
Enjoying the podcast. Best of luck with it.
I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 on an old Compaq PII 233MMX with 256MB RAM and a 13GB HDD. It is my learning system and personal web server <haliburton.homelinux.net>. My main computer is a Dell 2400 with Windows XP Pro, 768MB RAM, and 2.2GHz CPU. When I upgrade this one, it will become my new Linux system, and the Compaq will be running Xubuntu for my mother.
I've been messing around with Unix and Linux for a dozen years, but still a very novice user. Having started computing on a Tandy MC-10 several centuries ago, and later a CoCo3, plus a PC user from back in the MS-DOS 3.3 days, I'm no stranger to a command line.
I need Windows for several applications, so can't fully make the transition. Maybe one day...
Peter
Hey Peter thanks for
Hey Peter thanks for stopping by the forums. That is awesome that you are running a web server from home. Good stuff! I was just wondering what programs were holding you back from making the big dive. I've got a few myself that I have to use a virtual machine for (photoshop mainly).
Whats your poison? :)
Chad
Can't Live Without Apps
For work and personal I need CAD (CivilCAD), mapping/navigation (GPS Trackmaker, GPS utilities, Nobeltec), and so on. Personally, Brothers Keeper genealogy is something I can't do without. Games like Silkroad and Anarchy. There are others too. When I have a more powerful and capable Linux computer I will try to find substitutes, but right now on the PII 233, it is not worth it.
Peter
Old School - Like it!
MS-DOS 3.3, Feel ya man, those were the old days, remember it well. Enjoy your news section in the new shows, would be great to hear you and Chad do the news together!
Keep up the great work.
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