szeli
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l see this Opensource community is gettin quite alot of ppl interested in Linux n Opensource. so y not we start a thread to share hw we got into it and hw it has/had/will play a part in our careers/lives?
i'm never a guru jus a casual user.. nevertheless let me start e ball rolling
1st heard of Opensource in poly (96-99) SP batch bt was too blindly downloadin freeware n coping wf projects to actualli research more. was nonetheless intrigued by e power of e Opensource movement n community..
fast4ward2 2002, finally ORD frm NS, havin a helluva time tryin to gt a proper job..
1 day gt a call from a BMT buddy.. started chatting bout hw2 b more employable. he pushed e idea - y nt pick up Opensource n Linux, sure will take off sooner or later so he had bought this 'PC World Linux Minibook' complete wf Redhat 7.1 n Mandrake 8 from Borders a few days back.. Needless2 say, i expressed my interest n my good fren gladly made me a copy of everything!
it didn't really made me employable but the fun i've had with it was unquestionable.. was too stuck in e shell of M$oft. bt i learnt a great deal bout e workings of an OS.. alot of cursing n swearin @ y the howtos n faqs n man-pages always seem2 miss out very important stuff for e newbie.. bt guess i had to learn e hard way.. haha
finally gt a programming job where i cud play around wf Opensource stuff like Linux (of course!), CVS, UltraMonkey (High Availability n Load Balancing), Zope (Python Application Server)... made my day!
well din last too long though, e company wound up n now i'v landed in a helpdesk job.. hell mayb nt so related bt i try2 keep up abit.. try2 find/use all e Opensource alternatives n try n gt e chance to use them in my workplace (dun tell my boss i'm surfing net! ) sadly nowadays dun really play e normal desktop Linux alot, bt still got my IPAQ fitted with Familiar Linux
i've still got hell lot to learn.. heh n i encourage more ppl to join me in my Opensource journey or love affair as i put it in e title of this thread!
share yr experiences!
cheers,
szeli
i'm never a guru jus a casual user.. nevertheless let me start e ball rolling
1st heard of Opensource in poly (96-99) SP batch bt was too blindly downloadin freeware n coping wf projects to actualli research more. was nonetheless intrigued by e power of e Opensource movement n community..
fast4ward2 2002, finally ORD frm NS, havin a helluva time tryin to gt a proper job..
1 day gt a call from a BMT buddy.. started chatting bout hw2 b more employable. he pushed e idea - y nt pick up Opensource n Linux, sure will take off sooner or later so he had bought this 'PC World Linux Minibook' complete wf Redhat 7.1 n Mandrake 8 from Borders a few days back.. Needless2 say, i expressed my interest n my good fren gladly made me a copy of everything!
it didn't really made me employable but the fun i've had with it was unquestionable.. was too stuck in e shell of M$oft. bt i learnt a great deal bout e workings of an OS.. alot of cursing n swearin @ y the howtos n faqs n man-pages always seem2 miss out very important stuff for e newbie.. bt guess i had to learn e hard way.. haha
finally gt a programming job where i cud play around wf Opensource stuff like Linux (of course!), CVS, UltraMonkey (High Availability n Load Balancing), Zope (Python Application Server)... made my day!
well din last too long though, e company wound up n now i'v landed in a helpdesk job.. hell mayb nt so related bt i try2 keep up abit.. try2 find/use all e Opensource alternatives n try n gt e chance to use them in my workplace (dun tell my boss i'm surfing net! ) sadly nowadays dun really play e normal desktop Linux alot, bt still got my IPAQ fitted with Familiar Linux
i've still got hell lot to learn.. heh n i encourage more ppl to join me in my Opensource journey or love affair as i put it in e title of this thread!
share yr experiences!
cheers,
szeli