Intro

Hello all, I have been playing with computers for as long as I can remember and currently work as a Helpdesk tech supporting the computers there. I have been looking into moving into Linux server administration and got my LPIC-1, A+...

Location

Hi, I live in the USA. I lived in Minnesota for the first 8 years of my life and have been living in South Carolina ever since.

Distros

Desktop

I have been using Linux since 2002 and using Archlinux since May 2006. My path on the desktop has been Mandrake -> Debian -> Mepis -> Ubuntu -> Archlinux. Arch has been a perfect fit for me. I like to see how Linux works and get to customize it to the way I want. Pacman, aur, abs, and rolling releases are awesome. The hardware I am running on is:

AMD64 3000+ (OC 2.14 ghz)
1 GB DDR RAM
Asus A8S-X
XFX Geforce 7900 GT pci-e x16
19" Dell E196FP

The apps/DE I love and run on linux are:

DE/WM

1. Gnome
2. XGL/Beryl

Swiftfox
Thunderbird
Banshee
Mplayer
VLC player
GAIM
Open Office
Tomboy
Gnomesword
Beagle
F-Spot
GIMP
VMWare Server

Server

I have been using Debian mostly on the server since 2004, but I am currently converting another box to arch and that will be my server soon.