On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:19:16 -0500
Hal wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 04:03:24 GMT, "Cybe R. Wizard"
Cybe_R_Wizard@WizardsTower wrote:

The one that I use is Debian GNU/Linux.

I'm still trying to learn Windows. I hate new software. Things I
can beat with a hammer or twist with a wrench come closer to matching
my skills.

Regards,

Hal

I, too, am more inclined to be a mechanical tinkerer. I love to build
things, including computers and ponds. At the same time, that's one of
my favorite things about Linux, it's complete adaptability, a tinkerer's
dream. One guy controls his telescope out in the yard with his Linux
machine in the house with programs he wrote himself. Another just made
an embedded Linux system to play mp3s in his car. A fellow in Louisiana
is working on making his own personal wearable, fully connected Linux
computer and, working with his university, writing and testing
Linux robotic programs for self-propelled tractors for use in
large-scale farming. Now if I could just get my /own/ mind around that
programming stuff...

Of course, being a tinkerer, I break my installation once in a while...

BTW, did you know that the NSA has made a custom Linux distribution as
the base for it's own in house secure systems, then turned around and,
in the true spirit of Open Source software, made the source code and
all security enhancements available for download?
http://librenix.com/?inode=645

Cybe R. Wizard -still a duffer
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