Tuesday, June 21, 2005

I am just another Linux user

1987: I found myself interested in a strange stuff called computer. My friend introduced that stuff to me. I was very impressed to see how it worked eventhough it was not that sofisticated like today's. Trying to play a bit, learned how DOS worked to see directory, copy, rename, delete a file. I found that my floppy got boot sector virus, but I didn't know what to do. I also learned about word processing, WordStar.

1991: I had to learn more about computer. There was programming subject in the Civil Enggineering department. Fortran was the language I should learn. I also found myself in the middle of being impressed with basic programming but I didn't learn about it in deep.
During this year also, the first time in my life, I worked on a computer using harddisk. That was on PC AT 286.

Friday, June 03, 2005

Discrimination against Linux???

Last Wednesday I went to Mangga Dua Mall. I intended to buy external harddisk case for a 3.5 " hard disk as a companion for my notebook if I need extra space. If I buy an external hard disk, the price is quite expensive. At one store I finally found an interesting model of my taste , the brand is Smart-drives. It looked nice and made of aluminum. The written description box explaining that this device is suitable for Mac OS, Win 98SE, Win XP, Win ME and Win 2000. Linux?