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Hi guys,

• I'm a part time university student and fulltime linux (ubuntu) programmer. I've only encountered linux for less than a year but my learning curve has so far been great. I inted to continue to make it a trajectory - I just don't know where it will land me eventually. When I started using computer (windows 3.x), Bill Gates was the only name I knew in the software world. Curiousity drove me to know about Richard Stallman and Linus Trovald. During the Internet age I also learnt of geeks who made a fortune out of the OSS; the likes of Jerry Yang, Larry Page and undoubtedly Mark Shuttleworth. Most surprising thing of all is the fact that most of the SAP's I rely on are actually UNIX based. So, why not make a switch to linux? I first installed Ubuntu 5.10 shipment on an old toshiba PC that it's Windows 98 had failed to boot properly. I had anticipated sweating over the keyboard recompiling kernels and wasting precious work time. But due to the awesome simplicity of ubuntu- I was up and running in barely 45 minutes. Well things never went smoothly at first like playing an mp3 of which i did some troubleshooting and configuration of the soundcard- (things i considered "rocket science:)".

  I currently programme in C, C++, python, Java, Jvascript, PHP, HTML, Zope and will learn any other programming language that I will find fun and enjoyable. Anyway, I've not yet developed anything usefull except currently programming an apache for the the university's students union. I am shopping for an entreprenuership opportunity over the internet where I can put these skills to the ground. Also as a part time student I'm currently looking for a job. For the time being, I'm taking up the leadership and contactship role for the KenyanTeam.

(to be continued.....)