I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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Sweet!
I didn't start collecting Linux distributions until about 2003 when I started with Red Hat 8.0 and printed out the ENTIRE installation manual. That thing was so thick it filled a 3-ring binder and I only read a portion of that.
But when it came time to install I did the proverbial toss-the-book-over-my-shoulder, damned the backups and just installed it with crossed fingers and bated breath.
Now I just do that when I am switching distributions!