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| DATE | 2001-12-27 |
| FROM | nylxsmlr@mycouponmagic.com
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Introducing myself
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Hello members of New York Linux Scene and the Hangout List,
My name is
Michael L Richardson. I am serving as co-Treasurer and Chair of
the
NYLXS
JOURNAL.
I am new at doing service in the Linux World. I would like to
take a moment to say a little bit about myself. I found the Holy
Grail
(Linux) while looking for something better than what I was using (my
first
computer was a Gateway P-5 200 running Windows 95 which I had
bought in
Nov.
1996). Two (2) days after I set it up I got a virus [I really did not
know
that Window's loves viruses]. In January 1997 I could not boot the
computer
(error message said "Can not find FAT Tables". Wondering what
FAT was
doing
in the Computer, I called tech support. They said reinstall Windows
95.
That was the start of my fun and games with "EVEL KNIEVEL"
(what I called
my
computer). In 1998 (after many reinstalls of Windows 95 among
other
problems) I found Red Hat 5.1. It promised not to crash and the
price
was
right. I installed it. With Linux I have had to learn to do more than
point
and click with a prayer. I just installed Linux-Mandrake 8.1. I have
been
going to GNUbies, LXNY and NYLUG meetings (some I had no
idea what was
being
discussed, some I still have no idea). I am currently 49 years old,
single, no children that I know of. I currently work for the New York
State
Liquor Authority (in a non computer field). I realized that the only
way
for me to really learn about Linux and Open Source is to get more
involved.
NYLXS is a good place to do so.
My e-mails are: nylxsmlr52-at-mycouponmagic.com
: mrichardson-at-abc.state.ny.us
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New Yorker Linux Users Scene
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