On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:24:44 +1100, Asherah Entorion wrote:
> My first root was 12 years old on a RH 7.1, and at the moment four
Debian
> 3.0's and I'm 13.
>
> "ray" <ray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:3fc798c9$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Keith Clark wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:01:21 -0700, ray wrote:
>>
>>
>>>RedPill wrote:
>>>about 45
>>
>>
>> Thanks, now I don't feel so bad. ;->
>>
>> I started using "mini conputers" with "massive" 5 MB removable hard
drive
>> platters and *core* memory when I was 20 though. I've always missed the
>> elegance of Data General's command line tools, so when I started using
>> Linux for work it didn't take long to appreciate the power. Now it's my
>> main home OS for video editing and just about everything a home user
uses
>> a PC for including gaming (and yes I compile my own kernels). I still
>> can't do things I could do with Data General's command line though
(mostly
>> I miss being able to write scripts that could say, search for certain
file
>> types, pass the filenames to a file then use the file as a replacement
for
>> command-line input to other tools - maybe it's possible in bash but I
>> haven't figured it out if it is).
>>
>> Guess this is as good a place as any and it's sure an appropriate day,
to
>> say "Thanks Linus and all open source developers, you rock".
>>
>> --Keith
>
> I started out programming for real for Department of the Army at Yuma
> Proving Ground in 1975 on old IMB system. We later graduated to Univac
> 1108. Later moved to PDP systems. I moved to White Sands Missile Range
> in 1983, working on PDP-11/45. Later migrated to Vax 11/780, and in
> early 90's to DECstation 5000 (we got the first ones installed in the
> sales region). After few years, ****ted to DEC Alpha, and finally moved
> to DELL RH system a couple of years ago. It has been interesting.
1999 22 years old
Mandrake 6.5... Ah the days when getting a zip drive to work was my first
big challenge. :-) Had never touched anything but M$ OS's over the
previous
seven years. Now onto bigger challenges such as DVD authoring which is
still in its infancy yet. Running 9.1 and waiting for Mandrake with 2.6
kernel to be released.... :-)
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