On 4/16/07, Bryan Whitehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nearly 28. Been using gentoo since version 1.0 (maybe pre-1.0 but can't remember). I started using linux back when slackware fit on a bunch of 5.25" floppies.
ooohhh.... you are an old time Linux user. i am 26 and i started using Linux 1.5 years ago with Fedora Core 3 and did dual-boot my system with Windows XP and after 6 months i got rid of that crappy OS and made my system fully GNU(ish) . it was Celeron 600 MHz . i loved GNOME too much at that time. after some months, i had some trouble with my new D-Link router and felt totally frustrated when i tried Fedora's sysconfig GUI tools and for the 1st time in my life i got a chance to meet my 1st configuration text file "/etc/resolv.conf", next one i hit was "/etc/hosts". it was really difficult and coool.... at the same time because i felt i am controlling my machine which was never possible with Windows. after some more time passed, i installed Debian and used it over a long time and just 3 months ago i started hating Desktop things, i looked into some other distros and used many: gnewSense, KATEOS, SOURCEMAGE, Lunar, Arch and lots of others and my hatred towards Desktop based system grew in large proportions. i tried Gentoo this time and did quit, it looked too weired to me, finally i landed with Arch and ran Xfce on the top of it as Arch Linux forces a user to manage his system using command-line tools BUT that was not what i was looking for. it seems like i had "the GNU OS effect" a.k.a "the UNIX effect" a.k.a "command-line addiction" wired into me and when i read this: http://ironphoenix.org/tril/fvwm/ i came to know i was not the only one, so i finally quit the Xfce and landed onto Window Maker on Arch. i was not satisfied yet and my journey reached at Gentoo Linux, NO Xfce, NO GNOME ....no GUI tools and menus..... i feel good now, i am running Window Maker for now but will switch to another Window Manager where i will make design-use by own hands, like FVWM, IceWM or Sawfish,i am just reading the different articles on these. i think one day i will land on GNU Screen with RatPoison but for now a Window Manager will rule:-)
I now work full time at a startup in the silicon valley watching over 4 datacenters full of CentOS machines (and some Solaris).
good got any job for me there... ;-) may be i could make some money and buy an LCD monitor, for keeping eyes n good condition -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
