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Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:01 am
by herrTravolta
Hello, Reading here since the beginning of last year, it's time to introduce myself:
I come from Berlin, formerly East Berlin. My first love for computers arose during my vocational training in 1986.
At that time, we in East Germany dreamed of the Commodore C64 and Commodore Amiga.
After some mediocre attempts since the 90s (Suse Linux, Slackware), I have been using almost exclusively Linux on my 'machines' since 2024.
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:07 am
by j2mcgreg
Welcome to the MX Forums.
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:51 am
by mxer
Welcome aboard. :)
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:52 am
by Eadwine Rose
C64 and Amiga WERE awesome though! :D Welcome to the forums.
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:23 am
by Adrian
I started my computing with a ZX Spectrum communist clone...
Welcome to the forum!
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:38 am
by richb
Welcome.
My start in computing was building a Heathkit H89 and then z100. Fun soldering the motherboards.
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:55 am
by Germ
Welcome to MX!
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:47 am
by CharlesV
@herrTravolta Welcome in!
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 3:32 pm
by m_pav
Welcome aboard. Nice to see a lurker come out of the shadows.
So despite your toying with open source in your eariler years, have you have only recently jumped ship from proprietary titles? What was the catalyst for you to do so?
Re: Time to introduce myself
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 3:54 pm
by oops
Welcome.
My first try into Linux was RedHat (from a CDROM)... but from Windows 3.11 and Win98 the step was very high for me.