This is my first blog entry on linux.com. I have been working with Unix since 1982, starting with Unisoft 7th Edition, System III & V, and the very early days of 4.x BSD-based Sun-1 systems. I have been working with Linux since about 1998, starting with fairly early Slackware and Red Hat distributions. The majority of my professional career has been working with DEC/Compaq/HP systems running Ultrix/OSF-1/Tru64 Unix, and IBM systems running AIX 2, 3, 4 and 5. (Including the RT/PC 6150 running AIX 2.x).
As I look around my home desk right now, I see the following:
– Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 (the system I am using to write this), multibooting:
– Ubuntu 9.04
– Mandriva 2009.1
– openSuSE 11.1
– Fedora 11
– Linux Mint
– PCLinuxOS 2009.2
– MEPIS 8.0.06
– Debian 5.0
– Windows XP Professional
– Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110, multibooting the same selection as the S6510
– HP 2133 Mini-Note, multibooting the same selection plus
– SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 & 11
– ASUS N10J, multibooting:
– Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04
– Moblin 2.0 Beta
– Ubuntu 9.04 (Standard Distribution)
– Mandriva 2009.1
– openSuSE 11.1
– Fedora 11
– Windows Vista Business
– Self-assembled Dual Atom “nettop”, multibooting the same as the N10J, plus:
– Linux Mint 7
– MEPIS 8.0.06
– PCLinuxOS 2009.1
As I suppose the above list implies, I am interested in exploring various Linux distributions on various hardware platforms.
jw 22/7/2009
