Hello and welcome

jamie.dobbs at paradise.net.nz jamie.dobbs at paradise.net.nz
Tue May 23 15:41:34 NZST 2000


Hello and welcome to the Wellylug mailing list - the official mailing 
list of the Wellington Linux Users Group.
I thought that I should welcome everyone to the list and explain my 
ideas for it, and in some cases my ideas for the group itself.
Initially it is intended as a low to medium traffic list with posts 
about topics to discuss at meetings, questions about problems that 
people might be having, interesting tips & tricks that people have 
learnt etc.
Perhaps to kick things off everybody could do a brief introduction of 
themselves, telling us a little about their background, computers and 
operating systems that they have used, their experience with Linux 
(if any), what they hope to get out of the group and ways in which 
they think they might be able to help the group. I will start by 
posting a brief intro about myself below.

Hi, I'm Jamie and I've been using Linux on and off for about 12-18 
months now. I started using it because I hated Windows 95/98 crashing 
on me all the time and wanted to find something a bit more stable and 
from reading various things I came to the conclusion that Linux was 
the way to go. I've been using Linux exclusively for about a month 
now (ie. haven't booted into Windows at all!) and I'm loving it.
My history in computers began at the tender age of eleven when I saw 
my first PC at the house of family friends - from that initial 
sighting and helping the friends children type in and check listing 
from computer mags - I was hooked. Now a number of years later (a 
number fast approaching 20!) I am still as hooked as ever and have a 
passion for computers, both for work and for play. Computers I have 
used include ZX81, Spectrum, Dick Smith System 80 (A TRS80 clone for 
those who remember them!), Vic20, C-64, BBC Micro, Apple 2/2E, the 
original IBM PC models, Mac's and many many models of 'PC' ; this 
means that I have used a wide variety of Operating Systems also but I 
feel most comfortable with Windows, DOS and Linux (although I cannot 
profess to be an expert in these, I do know more than enough to get 
me by).
I hope that the group will be able to be a nice, friendly environment 
for people who want to learn about Linux and get the most out of 
their systems can get together exchange information and ideas and 
generally have a good time. I also see the group as bringing Linux to 
those who don't have it by having Installfests where people can bring 
their hardware along and have a copy of Linux installed and then get 
some help configuring things such as X-Windows. 

Initially these installfests will be RedHat and Mandrake based as 
that is the 'version' of Linux that I am most familiar with - but 
hopefully there will be other in the group who, like myself have been 
experimenting with Linux for a while and have their own preferred 
distribution. I will help the group by providing time, passion and 
commitment to it. I will also burn CDs of RedHat, Mandrake and other 
distro's for group members for a small fee to cover the CD and time, 
the proceeds from which will go to the club.

Well thats a bit of an intro to the group and to myself. I'd like to 
take this chance to thank people for joining this list and I hope 
that we'll see some more introductions and exchanges of information 
soon. I also look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our 
first meeting at the Johnsonville Community Centre, at 7:30pm on 
Monday 12 June - more details and maps can be found on the website at 
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lug/

Cheers

Jamie




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