Introduction
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Wed Mar 2 09:00:55 UTC 2011
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 10:37 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm an Austrian IT professional living in Montpezat, a small village in
> > South France. I'm 100% GNU/Linux since 2001, and I made my first steps with
> > Slackware 7.1 on a battered 486.
> >
> > My company (http://www.microlinux.fr) focuses on installing Linux and Free
> > Software networks for professionals, e. g. small town halls, public
> > libraries, schools, small offices and the likes.
> >
> > I've been using various distributions for the job, including Slackware,
> > Debian, CentOS and Fedora. Some time ago I gave Ubuntu 10.04 LTS a spin on a
> > few sandbox machines and found the results encouraging. Right now it's
> > running on both server and desktops at my office, and I'm planning to move
> > my main dedicated server to 10.04. I like the idea of running basically the
> > same distribution on both servers and desktops (less to learn, duh :oD).
> >
> > I published two books about Linux under my pen name (search amazon.fr for
> > "kiki novak"), one focusing on UNIX basics, the other (co-authored) about
> > Ubuntu on the desktop (9.04 at the time). I'm currently planning a series of
> > three paperback books about Linux, from complete beginner to server admin,
> > based on 10.04.
> >
> > Cheers from the sunny South of France,
> >
> Traitor! I remember you from the CentOS list and - oh, yeah, I'm here now, too.
Another fugitive from the rpm world? Trust me, it was like getting a
divorce when I switched to Ubuntu from Red Hat / Fedora. I just couldn't
stand the pain any longer. I can't say I've looked back. Ric
--
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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