[Cialug] Noob here, first message to the group!

[Aaron Pilgrim]

On 07/22/2013 03:17 PM, jim kraai wrote:
> "I'm rather bored with tech geeks who just wanna discuss Windows and Games."
>
> Nice!  Welcome!
>
> At heart, I'm a mathematician.
> My first job as a UNIX sysadmin (AIX var) was during college in 1990.
> I'm a Relational DB enthusiast and SQL expert.
> I'm an off-and-on Linux user starting 1999.
> I've spent half of my career as a programmer and half as a tester, each in
> mostly smaller companies.
>
> If you ever want to discuss any of the sciencey-ologies, you'll find plenty
> of thoughtful, capable people in this group, also.
>
> --jim
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:59 PM, aaron <ampilgrim85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 07/21/2013 11:12 PM, Rob Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Aaron:  We are all noobs in our own unique ways.  The CIALUG is such a
>>> great org IMHO because we can accept one anothers' noob-i-ness and
>>> continue
>>> to help each other.  Let us know if you can come to one of the monthly
>>> meetings.  The meetings are a lot of fun.  Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Aaron Pilgrim <ampilgrim85 at gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>   On 07/21/2013 08:32 PM, Scott Yates wrote:
>>>>   Welcome to the group!  There are a lot of great members, and a lot you
>>>>> can
>>>>> learn here!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Aaron Pilgrim <ampilgrim85 at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>    *Don't know if this is proper, but here goes*
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello CIALUG members,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My name is Aaron, and I'm a Linux/*nix/Open Source enthusiast in the
>>>>>> extreme. I've been interested in and playing with Linux and Open Source
>>>>>> software ever since I started to use FireFox. I use on a daily bases
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> Open Source applications including FireFox, GIMP, Filezilla, VLC and
>>>>>> Inkscape on both on Linux and Windows platforms, and for the last four
>>>>>> years, I've used a Linux Distro in some form full time with slight,
>>>>>> intermittent spats of Windows rolled in. I currently run a full Linux
>>>>>> Domain operating on a combination of Debian Wheezy and Linux Mint with
>>>>>> Bind
>>>>>> and Apache. I'm currently a student, studying to be a PC technician at
>>>>>> NIACC in North Iowa. I welcome the opportunity to be a part of this
>>>>>> group
>>>>>> and learn what ever I can about Linux and Open Source.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you all, Aaron.
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>>>>>   Thank you both for the welcome. I look forward to the experience.
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>> Indeed, noobs we all are at some point.
>> I do hope to make a meeting, such a gathering of Linux enthusiastic people
>> intrigues me. I'm rather bored with tech geeks who just wanna discuss
>> Windows and Games. Not that I'm not a fan of games, just I find the system
>> as a whole interesting.
>>
>> Oh, and while I'm on the subject of meetings, where are they held? Are
>> they held at the same venue every month or do they rotate? The website said
>> almost nothing of the sort, but a time and date.
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I look forward to such conversations Jim, that sounds interesting.
And thank you Barry for the information, I'll look forward for the notices.

-- Regards Aaron, A.K.A ~A.M.P~
"The day one loses themself, is the day they lose the world" - A.M.P.