how we got here

[Bran Everseeking]

I started with a tandy HX with not one but two 720 K drives  dos
2.something if I recall correctly.  8086 or 8088

486 with pc-dos 7 then os/2 2.11 os/2 warp 3 and warp 4   I made use of
x on that and played with free and net bsd

PIII dual booted win 95 and warp 4 until family folks got their own
machines then i Ired of cobbling together support for os/2 and ran win
2kpro for about six months before installing Breezy 

Laptop 1.7 ghz Pentium M class dual booted xp (for access at
University) and ubuntu until the connection issues with linux were
resolved with help from a Linux user on faculty.  since then the
proprietary requirements  have gone away and access is easy.

running 8.10 on the same venerable lappy today.

seems that I managed to skip generations of processors by using better
OS's  I was running a two line bbs on warp 3 and 4 while having the
machine serve as the main computer.  for a short while the bbs was even
telnet-able.

The computer has always been about writing and communication for me so
I am only and incidental computer geek

Ubuntu has been easy for me but I have been self taught from cli Dos

Bran

-- 
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being
overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and
sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege
of owning yourself." -Nietzsche