Hi Dave. Thank you for the reply A few months ago I did lurk on this list with intentions of diving into Linux feet first, however; those intentions did not come to fruition due to the fact I was quite busy with school. So, once I realized that my intentions of several months ago wouldn't come to fruition in an immediate sense I unsubscribed from the list. I am completing an I.T. program and will graduate in May. My program failed in my opinion to address the power of Linux both as an alternative to Linux from a general user point of view when the x-windows tools are used, and more important to me as someone who has no desire to use x irregardless of the fact I can't at the moment because I am blind, it failed to address Linux as a powerful networking operating system and its admin. My only Linux experience with the Linux operating system is that gained from using a few shell accounts over the years doing the things that most users with minimum permissions do, send mail, use lynx, and stuff of that nature. I want to play with admin type stuff in the hope I will earn about it and just generally develop Linux skills because I feel that they are marketable. Not to mention the fact that I think "Uncle Bill Gates" must be the devil's brother for all the crap Microshaft does, so if I were a profficient Linux user I might skip using Windows at home and only use it in whatever job I get after I graduate. Now, becoming a total convert is probably a year or two away, however; I plan on trying. Thanks for reading and replying to my test. Have a good week-end. Ed Barnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hunt <" <wx1g@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 2:38 AM Subject: Re: new subscriber just testing Hello Ed, Are you new to the list? Maybe you've been lurking for a while? What's your experience with os's like Linux? -Dave Ed Barnes writes: > thanks much _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
