From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ntmail.avint.net ([198.165.75.239]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16eVta-0001Wr-00 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:42:58 -0500 Received: from ebnotebook ([209.128.49.155]) by NTMAIL.avint.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-52622U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:11:24 -03-3 Message-ID: <028c01c1bc35$c5cdec20$9b3180d1@ebnotebook> From: "Ed Barnes" To: References: <025301c1bb65$079857c0$9b3180d1@ebnotebook><15479.2167.968894.6400@h005004cf6187.ne.mediaone.net><025801c1bc2b$a4cbcd80$9b3180d1@ebnotebook> <15479.12777.468175.238212@h005004cf6187.ne.mediaone.net> Subject: Re: new subscriber just testing Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:15:57 -0330 Organization: College Of The North Atlantic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Ed Barnes" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Dave. Thank you for the reply A few months ago I did lurk on this list with intentions of diving into Linux feet first, however; those intentions did not come to fruition due to the fact I was quite busy with school. So, once I realized that my intentions of several months ago wouldn't come to fruition in an immediate sense I unsubscribed from the list. I am completing an I.T. program and will graduate in May. My program failed in my opinion to address the power of Linux both as an alternative to Linux from a general user point of view when the x-windows tools are used, and more important to me as someone who has no desire to use x irregardless of the fact I can't at the moment because I am blind, it failed to address Linux as a powerful networking operating system and its admin. My only Linux experience with the Linux operating system is that gained from using a few shell accounts over the years doing the things that most users with minimum permissions do, send mail, use lynx, and stuff of that nature. I want to play with admin type stuff in the hope I will earn about it and just generally develop Linux skills because I feel that they are marketable. Not to mention the fact that I think "Uncle Bill Gates" must be the devil's brother for all the crap Microshaft does, so if I were a profficient Linux user I might skip using Windows at home and only use it in whatever job I get after I graduate. Now, becoming a total convert is probably a year or two away, however; I plan on trying. Thanks for reading and replying to my test. Have a good week-end. Ed Barnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hunt <" To: Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 2:38 AM Subject: Re: new subscriber just testing Hello Ed, Are you new to the list? Maybe you've been lurking for a while? What's your experience with os's like Linux? -Dave Ed Barnes writes: > thanks much _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup