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With that said… (see previous post)

I use Windows XP Pro as my desktop operating system of choice and haven’t seen the reason to make the move to Vista yet, although I will be investigating more in the near future with Windows Server 2008 looming around the corner. I find myself to be more efficient and comfortable, in a windows desktop environment than I do in either GNOME or KDE, although I feel right at home in a GNOME enviornment. Although Mac was probably the first OS I ever used, I grew up using W indows and it feels like home to me. However, I do tend to run unix-like virtual machines on top of my desktop to allow me some flexibility. Also, I run a dual booting, Windows XP/linux configuration on my laptops. Never know when your gonna need what. I like to keep my options open.

I have run a MacOSX laptop in the past but at the present I have not had the luxury.

On the server side of things, I run both Windows and Unix-Like, depending on the situation, client, customer, requirements, etc. On the Windows side I run Windows Server 2003, of course, in its different flavors. On the Unix-Like side my Linux OS of choice for production is Debian, however I am a linux hobbyist and have ran most major Linux flavors including Ubuntu, Slackware, Gentoo, Suse, and Redhat based operating systems at one point or another. My BSD of choice for servers is FreeBSD, but I use OpenBSD for the network infrastructure such as routers and firewalls.

Again, I have closed commenting on this page as to not insite a flame war. This is what I run.

I figured I’d start my first blog postings with some of my ideologies. One of the most fundamental ideological rifts is in the operating system of choice among IT veterans. Mainly Microsoft vs Unix-like. I say Unix-Like because of the many “Unix-Like” platforms we have to choose from nowadays, from Linux to the BSD’s to the Mac OSX, each with there own unique characteristics, pros, and cons, but all essentially “unix” minus the trademark.

I use both Microsoft and Unix-like operating systems as do a lot of us, so its hard for me to choose one over the other, maybe impossible. Its almost as if one of my children asked me who my favorite child was. I would lie and say I have no favorite, even if I did. Although one may give me less headache and grief, I can’t function without either. They both have a place in my world.

As I would not like to be host to a flame war, I have closed commenting on this post. This is my ideology, not yours.

Hello. Well I figured its about time I started my own blog since I am a heavy consumer of technology blogs myself. I read blogs for the insight they provide to new technologies, and the experiences and opinions of people in the field. Over the years I’ve come to accumulate many skills, knowledge, and experiences myself that I would like to share with the community which I hope will be helpful to others as well as myself. So, I’d like to chronicle some of my thoughts and experiences. The About page will tell you a little about who I am and what I do and some of my qualifications. However, I realize it does not provide a full picture of myself, and my experience will not become evident until after many postings. I hope I can stay focused on writing relevant posts and engaging content that will help others.