I am collecting stories about how people got started using Linux. Please share yours. if you send it to TClug I would like your permission to use it on my blog. http://www.ron-l-j.com/blog/ Here is My Beginning Linux story. I have been into Linux for seven years now. I enjoy programming, setting up servers, and a good challenge. It all started for me in Iraq of all places when I was getting pissed at windows and I was sitting next to an HQ programmer. We talked about computers, and he started teaching me about Linux so I booted it up. I thought it was strange at the time but I kept the disc. I went back to it a few times and in 2006 my xp laptop crashed. I fixed the boot loader with an Ubuntu live disc. Then dual booted for a while. It did not take long until I bought the Ubuntu unleashed book and got interested in programming and servers. I would use Ubuntu and try out all kinds of Linux. now I have over fifty Linux/Unix books. I am currently working on PHP and Smarty templates along with Apache and Mysql. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101231/3ac154ad/attachment.htm