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Here at work we're running all IBM pSeries and xSeries harware with AIX or Red Hat 9 and SuSe8. Beyond that I can't tell you more or I'd have to kill you.
At home I run a dual boot system with W2K and Red Hat9 for my use; the rest of the household runs W98se. Luddites.
My server at home is a FreeBSD box.
All the guys in uniforms and combat boots at the desk outside my server room (floor) are the ones who can carry in my building. I'm still trying to sweet-talk that cute curvy female 2nd. Lt. in security into letting me check my ccw in the locker when I come through the door.
Yes, I have more firearms than computers and I was on the Internet when it was ARPANet.
Yeah, gun guy who works in IT. I admin a bunch of Novell Netware servers. Standard desktop OS at work is NT4 transitioning to XP. I play with Linux but I have to admit that politics aside XP is a rock-solid desktop OS. It works and it works very well.
I used to kid the Linux people about "Get a real Network Operating System - Netware. That doesn't work so well anymore now that Novell is transitioning to running everything as a series of services on a SUSE Linux kernel and doing away with the old Netware kernel based OS.
To cross back on to guns, I keep meaning to bring a box of old SCSI drives to the Cheatham county range for "disposal."
Howdy:
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I am composing this reply on a Win2k box...running Cygwin & XF86, under which I am using lynx, the text-mode web browser.
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Can't switch over to PenguinSoft for this box due to some apps that do not come on linux, but at home:
* WinXP box with Cygwin & XF86
* Frankenstien home-grown PC (Athlon 2200XP, .5GB RAM) running Fedora 1.0
* I have 2 ancient HPUX workstations just begging to get on the home network
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IT is nowhere in my job description, it is just a requirement to get anything done.
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For all you folks scared of linux, pretty soon it won't matter waht OS you boot up, most are getting quite good at easing the install process andbeau coup apps are being written for PenguinSoft.
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As to linux/tech guys being more RKBA-friendly than your average Joe, there may be some truth to that.
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I think any non-gun geekies will eventually wise up after they graduate and turn 30 or so (this from a 23 year old...), and make the realization that like software, guns are just tools as well and devoid of any of their own morals, but rather the user bears all the responsability.
Any self-proclaimed 'geek' who still fears guns themselves, most likely isn't a true geek, but some kid playing CounterStrike thinking he's cool.
I classify myself as IT professional, but not quite as geek, and yes, I own a few guns people in the US would kill for.
I think Windows is inadequate in quite a few areas, and that's why I run Linux at home, together with with Windows at the workplace (never bite the hand that feeds you...).
Instead of thinking all geek I wander into the "very interested" section.
Someone in need of a gun to carry will do some research and carry it, they will not play on a board on a daily or weekly basis in many cases because they have fulfilled their need. This is similar to someone who gets the car taken care of as needed and has no interest in bettering acceleration in any direction.
I love researching things to an extreme, it can be a modification for my car, a new gun or a mod for a current gun, or a simple home appliance.
On most any board that is seriously dedicated to something you will gfind folks who like to go that extra millimeter to get every bit of capability from a system.
Geek or no Geek, if you own a gun and act right, then you're cool.
Would anyone rather have a PC geek being a liberal. Can you imagine what they can do with Photoshop to make .38 special ballistic look like. Before we know it, .38 special will be considered a "assault ammunition" and banned in the year 2004 and will sunset in 2014.
nice super comp box, dude. i have something like that too with nothing inside. i bought it from a friend at IBM. it is my bookshelf now and i am looking to put a handgun compartment in it. coo huh.
I'm also running Win2k Pro. My system REALLY needs a hard drive reformat but I've been too lazy...Don't want to transfer al my personal files. I'm saving for a Mac Powerbook.
I've been reading Penny Arcade for...damn...I think 3 years now?
My school still uses it. My only problem with Novell is that it is very slow to boot up. Once up, it is very reliable. I haven't crash it in all these years as a lab consultant and graduate student.
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