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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m a very recent addition to the
CLUE list, and a newbie to Linux, so I thought I’d fire an email out and say
hello.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ve got a fairly extensive
<SPAN class=SpellE>Windoze</SPAN> background and have managed to muck my way
through a <SPAN class=SpellE>Debian</SPAN> installation recently, which has
created far more questions for me than anything. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I can surf the Internet and check email,
but that’s pretty much about it; I’ve got a Promise card and a 200 gig hard
drive physically installed, but haven’t been able to figure out driver
installation. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m getting ready to
slap a 2<SUP>nd</SUP> network card in the box (an old 350mhz I had laying
around) and the walkthroughs don’t look too difficult to configure it as a
firewall (whether or not me configuring it will result in a secure firewall is a
different issue).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’d like to get
this computer functional as my firewall/web/ftp/email server and this user group
looks like a great place to start.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Like I said, I’ve been a Windows sys
admin for the last four years or so. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Linux looks like a fun tool and a good
expansion on my skill set, as most of the network appliances I work with are
running an embedded flavor of Linux.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I’ve got a background in document management/litigation support, as well
as spending the last three years working for myself providing computer services
to small businesses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More recently,
I accepted a job at Listen Up as the IT specialist. I’ve been working with some
pretty slick technology (which is why I accepted the position).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Camera servers that you can hard wire
four cameras in to and it outputs the images on a web page; you can use
something like this to view your vacation home when you’re away, for
example.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>400 disk DVD changers that
you can browse from the touchpad in your kitchen; the units are Internet enabled
to automatically pull an IP address and download movie descriptions and cover
art that you look at while you’re choosing a movie. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whiz-bang, bleeding edge geek toys, and I
thought it would be fun to use Linux beyond the GUI HTML
interface.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Looking forward to meeting
y’all.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If anyone might have some time to answer
some knucklehead newbie questions or maybe get together to help me work on this
box, that would be most appreciated.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks!</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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