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update my volunteering position
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= Tom Sparks Lightning Ridge, Australia "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" == About Name == a general description of the person goes here == Behaviours == === Learning === === Use === === Sharing === === Adoption === |
= Tom Sparks = '''"It's a nerdy thing I like to do"''' == Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia == == Warwick, Queensland, Australia (selling house) == |
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== Why using Ubuntu? == == Why a challenge? == == Life Goals == == Experience Goals == == Social networking profile == == Suggestions == === Web === === Desktop === |
== About Me == * I discovered floss software about 2000 * I started playing around with ubuntu about 2006/7 after hear about Windows Vista * I started fully using ubuntu about late 2009 * Now the whole house is Ubuntu powered :) * I am also retro computer user currently I have 4 computers running ubuntu (xubuntu) * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV|MythTV]] eeepc nettop b202 xubuntu 10.04 (lost in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Queensland_floods|Queensland's floods]]) :( * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbmc|XMBC]] eeepc netbook 701SD xubuntu 10.04 * eeepc netbook 901 xubuntu 10.04 * Compaq laptop xubuntu 10.04 * Desktop xubuntu 10.04 == Some of my retro computer hardware: == * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500|Amiga A500]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_1200|Amiga A1200]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam440ep|SAM440]] running [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_4|Amiga OS 4.1.2]] * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iziP0cQhOFY|Roland DXY-1300 pen plotter]] * [[http://www.cutok.com/|Cutok DC330 cutter/pen plotter]] == Some of my Retro Computer software: == * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_4|Amiga OS 4.1.2]] * [[http://www.amigaforever.com/premium/|Amiga forever 2006 Premium Edition]] (workbench 3.X) * [[http://www.amigaforever.com/plus/|Amiga Forever 2012 Plus Edition]] (workbench 3.X) * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_versions#AmigaOS_3.0.2C_3.1|Workbench 3.1]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_versions#Workbench_2.0.2C_2.04.2C_2.05.2C_2.1|Workbench 2.04]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_versions#Kickstart.2FWorkbench_1.0.2C_1.1.2C_1.2.2C_1.3|Workbench 1.2]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin4D|Aladdin 4D 5.0]] == Wanted: == * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC_OS|RiscOS system]] ARMini * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_%288-bit_operating_system%29|GEOS system]] (Commodore 64 / Commodore 128) * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST|Atari ST]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIGS|Apple IIGS]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Macintosh|Apple Macintosh]] (68k/PPC only) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7|System 7.5.5]] I currently volunteer 2 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday) at my [[http://www.lightningridgecommunity.com/|local neighborhood center]] with computer related issues, I try to promote FLOSS software as much as I can (under review) I have converted about 11 computers in the community and count to xubuntu :) I don't know if the people are still using ubuntu after I install it |
Tom Sparks
"It's a nerdy thing I like to do"
Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia
Warwick, Queensland, Australia (selling house)
About Me
- I discovered floss software about 2000
- I started playing around with ubuntu about 2006/7 after hear about Windows Vista
- I started fully using ubuntu about late 2009
Now the whole house is Ubuntu powered
- I am also retro computer user
currently I have 4 computers running ubuntu (xubuntu)
MythTV eeepc nettop b202 xubuntu 10.04 (lost in the Queensland's floods)
XMBC eeepc netbook 701SD xubuntu 10.04
- eeepc netbook 901 xubuntu 10.04
- Compaq laptop xubuntu 10.04
- Desktop xubuntu 10.04
Some of my retro computer hardware:
SAM440 running Amiga OS 4.1.2
Some of my Retro Computer software:
Amiga forever 2006 Premium Edition (workbench 3.X)
Amiga Forever 2012 Plus Edition (workbench 3.X)
Wanted:
RiscOS system ARMini
GEOS system (Commodore 64 / Commodore 128)
Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) System 7.5.5
I currently volunteer 2 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday) at my local neighborhood center with computer related issues, I try to promote FLOSS software as much as I can (under review)
I have converted about 11 computers in the community and count to xubuntu I don't know if the people are still using ubuntu after I install it
tomsparks (last edited 2013-07-03 20:18:36 by CPE-58-164-1-122)