Re: [Nolug] Time to add some diversity to this list. Dadgummit!

On Tue July 13 2010 3:18 am, Augustus Gurtler wrote:
> M

I'm trying to figure out exactly who you are (Ben or Augustus). But I know
Fritz, if that helps (he's on this list).

That said, in the old days most Linux users were system administrators; most
most are just regular users. Welcome aboard, you'll fit right in.

--Joey

>
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> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org <owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org>
> To: nolug@nolug.org <nolug@nolug.org>
> Cc: Ben Bullard <benbullard79@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tue Apr 20 19:53:32 2010
> Subject: [Nolug] Time to add some diversity to this list. Dadgummit!
>
> Hello.
>
> After joining this list some months ago and noting with some humor it's
> recent explosion of activity thought it time to say hello. By diversity I
> mean that I'm not an IT person or student. I'm a printing pressman of some
> years who uses/prefers Linux rather than the magical wonders of Redmond.
> That being said I don't give a crap what anyone else uses. I do give a crap
> that users have a choice. I grew up in Mississippi [Jackson] of parents
> both of whom were born in Mississippi [many generations, DAR, SAR and so
> forth]. Lived most of my life in Denver area but moved back here in Jan.
> '09 because this is where, or close to where, my family lives. Couple of
> years of college but most training and education is through family, work,
> continuing education, and on the job or resources provided by the job. Oh,
> yes, and most importantly UOHK.
>
> FWIW one brother in Miss. is a died in the wool Ubuntu user. Other brother
> here in NOLA is openSuSE/Windows XP user. I'm Fedora, and Mandriva user but
> do have openSuSE partitions currently as well. Started LInux with Fedora
> Core 3. Tried Ubuntu and Kubuntu [and a ton of others at one time] but just
> prefer Fedora and/or Mandriva. Most every one else in the family doesn't
> know or care that there is anything other than Windows or Apple. Dear Old
> Dad had a very original Macintosh and other Apple boxes as time went by.
> Did Graphic Design on Apples till blindness and old age caught up to him.
>
> Bet Y'all can't wait to see what stupid questions a stinking Printing
> Pressman can ask on a list like this...
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ben Bullard

-- 
Joey Kelly
Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
http://joeykelly.net
504-239-6550
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