On Sunday, 19 June 2016 14:29:32 BST Peter Merchant wrote:
> On 18/06/16 22:46, Tim wrote:
> > On 18/06/16 22:27, Patrick Wigmore wrote:
> >> My name is Patrick and I have just subscribed to this mailing
> >> list. I've been meaning to for years but only just got around to
> >> it.
> >>
> >> I have been using Linux-based OSes on personal systems for about
> >> ten years, mainly on laptops as my day-to-day desktop OS. My
> >> current and fairly long-standing desktop distro of choice is
> >> Kubuntu (14.04 at present), though openSUSE was my gateway drug
> >> and I prefer Debian on servers. I've also been using OpenWRT
> >> lately. I have dabbled lightly in several of the other mainstream
> >> binary distros over the years.
> > Hi Patrick, welcome to the group. There are a couple of Kubuntu users
> > that I know of in the group so you wont be alone. Personally I can not
> > get on with the *buntu family of distro's for some reason. I prefer to
> > run a Debian based distro, currently SolydX 64bit EE is my current PC
> > (there is a SolydK version which is KDE desktop, the X is XFCE desktop).
> >
> > I also cycle, I can be seen astride a mountain bike from time to time,
> > it is not a pretty site I can assure you.
> Welcome, from another kubuntu user - now on 16.04 - Skipped 15.
>
> And a cyclist. Prefer cycling to motoring.
>
> Hope to see you at a meet soon, now that you are home for the summer(?)
Patrick,
May I add my welcome as the 'other' Kubuntu user (although I have been known
to curse it from time to time, but I stick with it because when it works, I
like it).
Hope to see you at a meeting.
--
Terry Coles
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