Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.51.MISMATCH!isp-post01.iad!news.highwinds-media.com!news.cv.net!not-for-mail Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:58:02 -0500 From: Matthew of Boswell Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Help! Message-ID: <20130208175802.0f7ed48e@lockmail.us> References: <1f80d1f3-3202-441e-ab99-4840bc344c87@googlegroups.com> <20130205201831.6025e6e9@lockmail.us> <9a40e2e7-18ea-42e8-adcb-8402ffa861b9@googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 23 Organization: Optimum Online X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:7262 On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:27:24 -0800 (PST) irscott@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 5:18:31 PM UTC-8, Matthew of Boswell wrote: > > Mr. 1994 BBS dialup, give a shout if you're still on this newsgroup :) > > That's me! I posted the original in 1994 when I was just 14 years old. Almost 19 years later, I make my living doing development on Linux. So even clueless newbies like my 14 year old self have hope. Very nice :D. My first usenet post is probably only a few months ago. > I think after my original post, I did find the Slackware boot/root floppies, but didn't get much further. > > I put a link to my original post on Facebook yesterday and Mr. Smith decided to have a little fun. I'm an Ubuntu user already, but thanks for the suggestion! I was an ubuntu fan at one point. Can't beat free cd's and free shipping when you have slow internet :) -- Matt Boswell () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - and proprietary attachments