White male, 43, wife, daughter, Berkeley, by-his-bootstraps SQA for 10-years, seeking refuge & promise of a more interesting career in the ICS masters program at Mills College, progressive politics, Christian pacifist (Quaker). Enjoy listening to KPFA, going to hear folk music at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and playing chess (www.pogo.com addict).
I'd love to find a local Linux group and meet people in person. Tried BAD once, very nice people, but by the end of the night I felt like the only person in the crowd who hadn't ever written a device driver. I'll try again sometime when they meet in the north bay, would also like to hear about other local groups. On the "Why RedHat?" topic, here's a true story: A friend is a freelance database developer. He bought a new multimedia PC. Couldn't get peripherals to work w/Debian (I gave him a Potato CD), spent $90 on SuSE, installed, is totally delighted. Personally, I've tried RedHat, Slackware, and Debian, had some exposure to SuSE. RedHat and SuSE are very big and feature rich. If they work great on your system, you're delighted, but they can be hard to customize. If they don't work, good luck. I abandoned RedHat after my 7.0 system was hacked by script kiddie. I really like Slackware, I still use their emergency boot floppy in preference to others, but only Debian has this user group. -- Paul Mackinney | Who profited from Sept 11? [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.copvcia.com/
