Steven Black

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Steven is a bit of a nut.

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Contact

email: blacks at indiana dot edu
IM:

IRC: stevenblack on #bloomingtonlinux at irc.freenode.net
AIM: stevenblack141
Yahoo: stevenblack141

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Linux and other Unix-like OSes

Using Linux since: 1995
BeOS developer: 1997-2001
Home distro: Ubuntu/Debian/OpenWRT
Work distro: Ubuntu/Debian

I migrated to Linux in 1995, before the release of Windows 95. This was a Slackware install bundled with a book. I wound up reading most (if not all) of that book, which primarily contained open documentation. I migrated, completely ditching DOS. (I would later set up a dual-boot so I could do some contract work in DOS.)

Having been an avid 4DOS/NDOS (a command.com replacement) user, I was delighted with the features of BASH. I am more familiar with BASH than many people. I regularly read the info docs, which is convienant as they have added a number of features since I started using it back with version 1.14.

I worked at Be, Inc. and worked on the project creating a flat non-recursive GNU Make-based build system with full dependencies. I am more familiar with GNU Make than many people. I started delving in to Makefiles back in 1996 or so, long before many of the more useful features were added.

I currently work at Indiana University as a Linux Systems Administrator, and I absolutely positively love my job.

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