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| == Warwick, Queensland, Australia == | == Warwick, Queensland, Australia (selling house) == |
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| * I started playing around with ubuntu about 2006/7 atfer hear about Windows Vista | * I started playing around with ubuntu about 2006/7 after hear about Windows Vista |
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| * I am also retro computer user | |
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| * mythtv eeepc nettop b202 xubuntu 10.04 (lost in the queensland floods) :( | * mythtv eeepc nettop b202 xubuntu 10.04 (lost in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Queensland_floods|Queensland's floods]]) :( |
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| 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://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]] |
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| I currently volunteer my time at my[[http://www.lightningridgecommunity.com/|local neighbourhood center]] with computer related issues, I try to promote FLOSS software as much as I can | 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 |
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| I have converted about 10 computers in the community and count to xubuntu :) | 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
Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia
Warwick, Queensland, Australia (selling house)
"It's a nerdy thing I like to do"
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)
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
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)