WillSkora
Will Skora
Hi, everybody !
My history with linux
Started in the world of linux in Spring 2003, with the help of Tony Minello and ashford. I'm a teenager, and hope to bridge the gap from people migrating from windows to linux. Also, my other personal goals are to make linux more attractive in the realms of p2p, emulation, and availability of documentation for an audience with intermediate computer literacy.
There's a lot of people who try out linux and get frustrated because they ran into a problem and can't find the answer. So, they dismiss Tux and never realize what could have been [if they stayed around !] Though I was about to give up on linux [and mandrake - GRRR !!!], I stuck with it, thanks to the people at justlinux, barry, and my own determination. So, when people seem to be at wit's end, I like to help them and guide them to the information that's out there.
Projects
- Founder of SLUG: St. Ignatius [High School] Linux Users Group The club probably has faded, due to the other commitments that I and ashford had senior year [and thus only attracted a few followers and was still an unofficial club]. Had we actually did more junior year, it would have probably taken off, but I hope for the best 
Through SLUG, I learned about how to run a group, cordinate meetings in centralized times and locations, and realize that Linux, right now, is near competant to attract teens who are above-average computer saavy. However, a good [guesstimate 75%] segment of teenage computer enthusiasts either game very often and/OR avidly use iTunes. Seriously, I don't think wine or cedega can compete with native windows [YET] nor there is the capability on linux to offer an integrated client that purchases [legally], manages, and plays music. Linux probably won't reach there anytime soon, and seriously, that's fine with me. However, it can signficantly increase market share of the teen/college-age population of linux users [just as Apple recently has, at least my college, which is 70win/30mac].
- Also a Member of CLUG - Cleveland Linux Users Group
== The iBook era == Yes, in the summer of 2005, I broke down my allegiance with Tux [not completely] and bought an Apple iBook. I like it, honestly. The underlying unix architecture still allows me to play with the command line, though has the GUI polish that GNOME and KDE are oh so striving for 
I wasn't sure if Linux could completely suit me for college, plus my past experiences with it have made the computer inoperable for days at a time, made me hesitant to go 100% linux. Don't worry, I'll attempt to put the PPC version of ubuntu on there eventually, so it's all good.
Location: /usa/ohio/cleveland or /usa/michigan/kalamazoo
# Email: (keyshawn632@gmail.com
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