<p>This is just an introduction, here is the rough text of the audio:</p>
<p>Hello HPR:</p>
<p>I&#39;m murph,  I&#39;ve been an HPR listener for a long-time, into the TWAT days.  I&#39;ll try to keep it quick.</p>
<p>I started in computers in the early 80&#39;s with a VIC-20.  After a few of the Commodore 8-bits, I settled into the Amiga line, which I daily drove up into this century, and stll have a few.</p>
<p>In college in the 90&#39;s, I had a dilemma.  I wanted to do C programming homework from home, but the expensive Amiga compiler wasn&#39;t compatible with the Sun workstations at school.  Another student introduced me to Linux, and I promptly ordered a set of Slackware CDs and figured out how to install.  I was looking for the compilers to complete my studies, but have stayed for the freedom, and the communities, like this one.  I&#39;ve used countless distros over the years, and use a few for different needs.</p>
<p>I am still a Linux user, and system administrator.    I&#39;ve given a few talks on things like gnu/screen, mastodon, tmux ay conventions like Penguicon, SCaLE, HOPE and some more regional conferences.</p>
<p>I was inspired by Lyle and Thaj Sera&#39;s HPR birds of a feather talk, and thought that it would make a good presentation, and asked them to let me base a talk off of it, which they encouraged.  Part of that is how to submit a show, which resulted in me finally, after all this time, finally submitting one of my own, as opposed to the occassional show I&#39;ve crassly barged into.</p>
<p>If you want to reach me, the best ways would be by <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0444.html">email</a> or on the fediverse, <a href="https://hackers.town/@murph">@murph@hackers.town</a></p>
<p>Thanks for listening.</p>



