Hi All,
I am a very recent addition to MLUG. I have been involved with computers
as an enthusiast and also on a part time and hobby basis since circa
1982 (Commodore VIC20, C64, AMIGA, ... PC's ... etc.). I have also
worked for a couple of years with a local company as a programmer on a
UNIX machine. My primary profession does not involve computers at all,
although there are a lot of them on the Aircraft. I am currently in my
third year BSc Computing and Information Systems (University of London)
and during my recent studies have become very interested in Open Source
Software. I have used for the past four years OpenOffice.org and in the
past 8 months Firefox and Thunderbird.
I have also in the past delved into BSD (little Torito) and also SUSE
Linux (I think it was 6.2), to name a few, but never actually made the
leap to permanently working with Linux or other free OS. My mind is now
made up and I will be installing Gentoo on a new machine within the week
and also Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) on a brand new Notebook.
I could not help but send an e-mail when I saw Brian Restall's message
regarding www.tossad.org. I would seriously like to set up an OSS
consultancy in Malta to help anybody interested to make the transition
to OSS. I truly believe that this is the future and we must make a start
towards this future now. It is initiatives like www.tOSSad.org that will
start to make this possible. MLUG also has the very important role of
increasing Linux awareness and assisting those persons who take the
plunge. Keep up the good work all of you.
I would like to get more involved in MLUG in the future, but feel that I
still have a lot to learn before I can make a positive contribution. I
look forward to accessing the MLUG web-site for information and
attending an MLUG meeting sometime soon.
Very Best Regards,
Alan.
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Captain Alan Muscat
403. 'Zephyr',
Mikiel Ang. Grima Street,
Pembroke STJ 07
MALTA.
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