n2rjt's Journal: This is a test

Oh, geesh, I've never blogged or anything like it before. I've been running Linux since January 1994. At the time, my job was to develop software in SCO UNIX. I decided to try Linux, in hopes that it might be a usable facsimile of UNIX. I was surprised to find it almost as good as SCO UNIX, with the primary shortcoming being in its lack of Motif. Oh, the times have changed. Now I'd put Linux right up at the top, as the best O.S. I've ever used. Definitely better than SCO UNIX or even Solaris. Better than any Windows flavor. Even slightly edging out my old favorite: VMS. Thanks to Linux, I finally retired my CP/M systems since I could finally have a non-Microsoft machine at home. "What about the Mac?" Oh, somehow I just never got into a Mac. They were always expensive in the early days. I tend to pinch pennies, especially when it comes to hobby-gear like computers. My current server is an old IBM machine with a Pentium III at about 550 MHz ,which I bought used last year for about $100. It still has the same filesystem (although on different hardware, and converted to ext3) as my original Linux machine in 1994. So, I've enabled comments. Flame me, if you like. I might never return to the "Journal" tab to read the comments. But I'm vain enough that I probably will. So there.