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• Born September 4, 1987

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Personal Linux Story

Back in the summer of 2003 I began contemplating intalling linux on a new computer I was about to assemble, since I was running short of cash for a new copy of Windows. I started searching around for a distro. I tried:

• Redhat
• A version of Windows I legally obtained from a school website, but i couldnt stand it
• Knoppix
• Ubuntu 5.05

When I installed Ubuntu for the first time, I was connected to my home network via wireless, and was having some major problems with it not connecting, so i fell back to Windows >_< for a couple months. I then decided to move my router and DSL modem up to my room. Again I installed Ubuntu (5.10 Hoary Hedgehog) which i had just ordered from ShipIt, and VOILA it was a success. I've reinstalled a few times, with different setups and GUI's. At one point i remember having KDE, XFCE and GNOME installed, and would frequently logout of Gnome and play around in KDE, which I quickly grew to hate. I thinks its due to the excessive amounts of customization that I was obsessed with and never actually was productive. I currently use Gnome, with Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft and am very happpy with it.

Interests

• Linux
• Drinking
• Reading
• The Internet

Skills

• C++ Programming (4 years experience)
• Nunchuck skills (pretty much my whole life)
• HTML (3 years)
• Sweet Computer Hacking Skills (chicks dig guys with skills)

Learning

• Linux (FedoraCore5, Ubuntu, Knoppix)

• Microsoft Windows 2k Server
• PHP

• JavaScript

• Programming in General (C++, Java, Assembly Language)

Current Books

• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : Mostly Harmless
• Digital Fortress - Dan Brown

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