[plug] Hello to everyone

[Trent Lloyd]

Welcome =) glad we got more linux users coming to perth, feel free to pop 
along to a meetings, details available at http://www.plug.org.au/ but you 
probably already knew that =P


At 11:38 AM 28/11/2001 +0800, you wrote:
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>Hello,
>
>I've just joined the mailing list (as I just found out about plug).  I have
>recently moved to Perth and don't really know anyone here who is into
>computers in Perth.  I thought I'd just write a little about myself.  I hope
>I will get a chance to meet other like-minded people.
>
>Here's a little about myself:
>
>I've been using Linux for about two years now.  When I first started using it
>I thought "were've you been all my life?".  I finally had a OS which had a
>decent command line (shell).  I quit using Windows immediately and have never
>looked back.
>
>I've got a Toshiba 2800 laptop (700Mhz PIII,128MB ram, 8GB hdd, DVD and built
>in ethernet).  I use Debian Woody and Gnome.  The applications I use most
>often are Kmail, Konqueror, Lynx, Mozilla and Gabber.  I also use Xine, Xmms
>and mpg321.  I have a Psion netbook (hand-held with a keyboard) which I
>connect to my Laptop via PPP to my laptop so I can browse and telnet into my
>computer when my girlfriend wins the fight for the laptop.
>
>I like music and movies but I don't watch TV.  I live in Leederville so I go
>to the Luna to watch the double features every Monday.  I like to drink beer
>on the weekends.  I am interested in free speech and civil liberties.  I
>program in C, C++ and Java.  I'm currently working on an open source project
>called Grapevine (www.grapevineproject.org) which is a distributed
>peer-to-peer storage network based on the Freenet project
>(www.freenetproject.org).  I'm looking for work at the moment but it's been
>pretty quiet all over the world.
>
>I am also wanting to get another computer set up to run as an X-terminal and
>play music.  The massive 7 inch screen on the Psion is not very gratifying -
>also it runs an obscure OS called EPOC.  Does anyone have a good cheap source
>of old and crusty computers?  I looked in the Quokka and there were still
>people who think a 486 is worth something.  Weird.
>
>Anthony Jones
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