tomsparks
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)
Amiga Forever 2012 Plus Edition (workbench 3.X)
Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only)
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