Hi All, I'm catching up on my reading of this list (I've got as far as May!) and I've noticed there was a thread for introductions... so I've decided to introduce myself.
My name is Matthew, and I'm an Electronics Engineer based around Maidenhead (not far from Windsor). Due to my job I have the pleasure of using Linux (Redhat Enterprise 3.0 to be precise) and Solaris on a daily basis-- simulating our chip designs is a big job, so we need something reliable enough and adaptable enough to do it (although we do have to run Windows for Office apps and Outlook email client). I spend all day coding VHDL (a bit like Ada, but for describing and modelling LSI Hardware) and Verilog (a bit like nothing else on earth, but basically for the same job). Shamefully enough I have been using Ubuntu since the 10th Warty pre-release, and this is my first posting to this list. I've been using Linux since 1997 when my employers of the time gave a PC to take home and do some development work on, I've been using it exclusively since 2003 when I suddenly realised I had not booted my PC into Windows for 2 years, and then discovered it wouldn't any more. I am old enough to have seen Linus' post to the USENET news groups announcing the first public release of his little project. Knowing little of computers and nothing of operating systems I was left wondering why some twerp in Finland was bothering to duplicate DOS... (I know better now) The main house computer runs Dapper LTS; I'm renting a server from BudgetDedicated (www.budgetdedicated.com) which also runs Dapper (used for running the family's mail system, and also an irregularly updated web log-- very boring unless you are a member of the family and completely unrelated to anything to do with computers so I have no posted the URL) and I've got various other gadgets that run various other flavours of embedded Linux. I've been meaning to try and find some way of contributing back to the community for the immense benefit I have received from running GNU/Linux and the various applications running on top of it over the years, but unfortunately have little time-- and my wife is currently expecting our first child, so some time in the next few weeks I will have even less time. Anyway, Cheers! Matthew -- Matthew Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ubuntu-uk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
