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uberamd

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From: Minnesota

Registered: 2012-08-12

Posts: 2

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Glad to be here!

Just wanted to briefly introduce myself. My name is Steve though online I go by "uberamd".

I've been using Linux since the mid 1990's. I want to say my first forray into Linux was when I was about 9 years old (~1998), I installed Red Hat Linux on my Packard Bell desktop only to discover that the xserver wouldn't start! Oh boy, troubleshooting X settings at the age of 9 with nothing but a Linux for Dummies book was quite the task. Eventually, after getting all of my monitor refresh, resolution, video, etc. settings right I was presented with a lovely GUI. It's amazing how closely the DE Red Hat used resembled Windows. It basically had a "start menu", but with the Red Hat logo on it.

I did a bunch of distro hopping in the 90's: Caldera, Red Hat, Slackware, Debian, SuSE, and who knows what else. I dabbled in FreeBSD in the early 2000s and used a lot of Ubuntu (until Unity came out), Red Hat, Fedora, and OpenSuSE.

At work dabble in Linux Server admin, VMware clusters, and development. I use OS X as my primary work OS because it has a nice blend of development applications, UNIX support, and nice looking hardware. I can't wait until #! works natively on my Retina MBP.

At home I've got a desktop running Windows for purely gaming purposes and Linux Mint XFCE for getting stuff done. #! runs on my Lenovo T60 and it runs very very well on it. I really love using #! because of its simple interface and Debian core. Getting a vanilla Debian install to look and work as good as #! is something I'm too lazy to do, so I'm glad you fine folks took care of the leg work for me

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- uberamd

VastOne

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From: #! Fringe Division

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 9,732

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Re: Glad to be here!

Welcome to CrunchBang and the Community uberamd, we are glad to have you!

Nice intro and quite the history...

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rhowaldt

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 4,396

Re: Glad to be here!

welcome to the community!

fthpl

#! CrunchBanger

From: Turkey

Registered: 2012-06-01

Posts: 150

Re: Glad to be here!

Hey uberamd,I'm Fatih.Nice to meet u.

And also Welcome to Crunchbang Community!

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ivanovnegro

Ivan #000000

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 5,269

Re: Glad to be here!

Welcome to #!. Have fun!

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vicshrike

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From: /Darkside

Registered: 2009-02-13

Posts: 2,433

Re: Glad to be here!

Great intro uberamd! Welcome to these very forums, they are an oasis of knowledge and fun! And you seem to fit in perfectly, so I do hope you will like your stay&play here.

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