Hello,<br><br>I just joined the list and wanted to introduce myself. I've relocated back to MN after a fourteen year stint on the west coast. <br><br>I grew up near Detroit Lake where I was an Apple geek since I was 5 years old (go go Apple II!!). My first job out of college was with Apple, where I spent 2 years doing software configuration and release management. <br>
<br>Following Apple I fled from the Silicon Valley and its overpriced real estate market to the Silicon Forest in Portland, OR, where I worked within the part of IT @ Intel responsible for maintaining the silicon design and validation environments. What was a very large *NIX (AIX/HP-UX/Solaris) environment became a GNU/Linux environment while I was there. My role was debugging/building/distribution Open Source tools used within the design and validation environments world-wide (across Linux and the commercial flavors I previously mentioned). Quite a lot of interesting problems to solve in an environment like that. Along the way I traded in my Apple enthusiasm for FOSS. <br>
<br>With my family mostly in MN, the advent of parenthood made the distance between here and there seem immensely greater. I was afforded a chance to relocate to central MN with my in-laws, and decided to go for it. I'm now in the St. Cloud area, and it seems this LUG is the closest one too me. I was hoping for a LUG in St. Cloud/Central Minnesota - anyone else on the list in my neck of the woods?<br>
<br>I'm happy to see there are some kindred spirits here in MN. :) Nice to meet you all! <br><br>-Rob<br><br>