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On 02/01/13 22:18, George Parker wrote: > Come the "festive season" I sort of go into a family induced coma and > I've just caught up with the Web Site etc thread. What have you guys > been on since I was last here? Will I turn on my computer and find my > DCLUG folder, and thus my life, empty? > > I'm in my 70's now and, I suspect, am not alone on this site. I > started making my living in electronics in 1962 and my first computer > was a 6 foot rack of valve units, each being a 4 bit register decoding > IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) codes. (Yes, I was in the RAF). > Electronics then bit you if you weren't careful. I ended up in IS > managing the introduction of data warehousing (if you don't know don't > ask. It's boring). And now I can do as I damned well please (if she > who must be obeyed will let me). > > And what I please is to avoid Microsoft and Apple at all costs and run > Linux (which I insist on pronouncing Lie-nux. I can get by in French > but I don't pronounce Paris as Parie when I speak English.) Most of my > basic knowledge comes from Linux Format. I want the DCLUG at my back > as a second line of defence. First line is Google. My third line is > my small library of Linux books which I find almost useless, unless > you already know the answer but have temporarily mislaid it. (Also > known as senior moments, whatever your age). I do run Windows XP in > virtual box because that is the only way I can run my scanner and I > run Wine for Microgrfx Flowchart but everything else Microsoft I have > found a way around. > > I am not really interested in a web site for the LUG or the meetings, > although I have been to a few in Paignton. But, my life would be > diminished without the email posts. > > I can no longer be bothered with electronic projects, (oh, Practical > Wireless, where are you)(does anyone want some double sided PCB > material? components? wire?) but I want the interaction with like > minds as to how I manage my computing. Hmm I am sure someone may be interested :) > > The list consists of working professionals, evangelists, gifted > amateurs, Microsoft refugees, people who can't leave well alone and > lurkers and I believe that the emails are the common cause. I have an > ancient laptop, I have bought a tablet, I am poking a stick into the > Facebook nest and I will move on but there are only so many hours in > the day so for me the DCLUG posts are my rock. Don't screw it up, > please. > > George > I don't think the list is going anywhere, so no need to panic :) A few of us a working on the site at the moment :) Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq