First computer use was over a 300 baud modem to the national lab to play adventure on reams of expensive government thermal paper. First personal computer was a Timex Sinclair and typed in a lot of programs, then on to Atari 800 where I admit I played more games than anything else, same story with Atari ST 520. Extensive DOS knowledge but mostly to get games running correctly ;) First attempt to load linux on a 286 (w/287 math co-processor) in 1991 was not successful, full time linux user 1997 (RedHat5). Built my first machine in 1994 (with my buddy`s help) which was a 486 DX2 66MHz machine running Windows 3.11 (the first Windows worth a damn). Microsoft Xenix user for work in 1993, but soon on Windows NT after that 386 based server crashed. Registered my first domain in 1996 and built a corporate website by hand, intranet webserver on Mandrake with GeekLog and learned PHP to customize over time. Built many websites since, some by hand some with packages like Wordpress, etc. more recently going back to basics with flat file sites. Oracle DB user / admin but wouldn`t call myself a true Oracle DBA. Mysql admin experience. Currently run mostly Ubuntu machines, but have a bootable Arch USB stick I quite like as well.
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