Adam Maloney wrote: > Yes, I get all of my news exclusively from Slashdot. > > The short of it is that Pat has what appears to be a serious health > problem. As the resident Slackware bigot, I feel that something must > be done. And I think he's originally from Moorhead, so he's a TCLUG > member in spirit. > > Is anyone interested in doing a TCLUG Get Well Soon card, or something > more? Fargo's not that far away... Back when I was young I liked using computers. I ran windows 98 and was happy. We didn't have a Mac and I was the only person good with computers that I knew. Not knowing the significance or advantage of Linux, I thought I would try it because it was different and I was a kid. So instead of throwing rocks through abandoned factory windows, I searched and found a place on the internet to download it. I had not one clue what a distribution meant, but had heard something of Slackware was a good "Linux." Me being so young and naive, when searching through the list of linux distributions on ibiblio, I couldn't exactly remember the name and embarassingly downloaded RelaxLinux thinking it was the one. The distribution page had stated development had been suspended with no clear inclination when/if development would be resumed. I didn't realize my mistake until a couple weeks later ::blushes:: I felt stupid. In my defense, relax and slack both have the stir the same connotations ... it's a honest mistake, right? Anyway, when I got around to installing slackware a week or so later I was elated, the install process was so much easier than relaxlinux. Of course my enjoyment was short lived when I happened to type 'vi [enter]' at the command prompt. Needless to say, I have ever since held a special little place in my heart for newbies ... I now use it for my laptop, web server, and ftp box. Thanks for all you have done Pat. I would like to propose creation of a cover page with a dobbshead (all in ASCII of course) and a title. The following pages could have the names of anyone who would like to endorse the "card." _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list