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= Well... =
 
= Well... =
  
[[Image:s_dune_1978_july.png|right|[[help:contents|Dune vista by John Schoenherr]]]]
 
 
Normally you should find some more info about my private life and my private interests on this page.  
 
Normally you should find some more info about my private life and my private interests on this page.  
  
Beside hanging around in front of computers a lot, I am interested in sports (jogging, cycling, fitness training, badminton, skiing, climbing) graphics and art, cinema, traveling, literature (among other things [http://www.well.com/user/neal/ science] [http://www.dunenovels.com/ fiction] [http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/ for example]).
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Beside hanging around in front of computers a lot, I am interested in sports (jogging, cycling, fitness training, badminton, skiing, climbing) graphics and art, cinema, traveling, literature.
  
 
Because I regard all this as pretty normal hobbies, I won't tell you much more about it.
 
Because I regard all this as pretty normal hobbies, I won't tell you much more about it.
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Nerdy stuff ahead: This is of course important enough to be mentioned here ;-)), as I would not be able to write and publish these pages without my machines.
 
Nerdy stuff ahead: This is of course important enough to be mentioned here ;-)), as I would not be able to write and publish these pages without my machines.
  
Meanwhile six computers have piled up on my desk, five IBM-compatible PC's and one [[Palm Pilot|Palm]] [http://www.palm.com Pilot m100] . One P90 with 32 MB RAM and a SCSI-harddisk which runs [http://www.fli4l.de/ fli4l] as a router for my DSL uplink at home. One (currently inactive) P133 with 48 MB RAM and a S3 graphics device, mostly kept as backup and for spare parts in case the P90 breaks down (I used this one to prepare my [[Diploma|diploma-thesis]]). An also hopelessly outdated PII/300 with 256 MB RAM and a [http://www.matrox.com Matrox] G200 graphics-adapter which now serves as a cheap [[Gentoo Linux|surfing-machine]] for my parents (running [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo-Linux] and thus preventing a lot of headaches regarding trojans, viruses and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware malware]), a [http://www.amd.de AMD Duron 700] with 384 MB RAM and a [http://www.hercules.com GeForce 2 MX] graphics-adapter on which I have installed [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu-Linux] and finally a AMD Athlon64 with 1 GB RAM and a [http://www.sparkle.com.tw/ nVidia GeForce 6600 GT] card running [[Fedora Core 6 Linux|Fedora Core 6]] and [[Microsoft Windows Vista]] (eeek).
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Three of [[my computers]] are still running, two IBM-compatible PC's and one [[Sony Xperia Z5|Android smart phone]]. An AMD Athlon64 with 1 GB RAM and a [http://www.sparkle.com.tw/ nVidia GeForce 6600 GT] card, which now serves as a cheap [[CentOS 6.2|surfing-machine]] for my parents, now running [[Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop |Ubuntu 14.04 Linux]] and thus preventing a lot of headaches regarding trojans, viruses and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware malware], and my current Intel Core i5 4440 with 8 GB RAM and a [http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=457 nVidia GeForce GFX 560 Ti] also running [[Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop | Ubuntu 14.04]]. [[Microsoft Windows Vista]] no more.
  
Read my [[Gentoo Linux|installation]]-[[Fedora Core 6 Linux|notes]] regarding [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo-Linux], [http://fedora.redhat.com/ Fedora Core 3] and [http://fedora.redhat.com/ Fedora Core 6].
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Read my [[Gentoo Linux|installation]]-[[Fedora 10 Linux|notes]] regarding [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo-Linux], [http://fedora.redhat.com/ Fedora Core 3], [http://fedora.redhat.com/ Fedora Core 6], [[Fedora 8 Linux|Fedora 8]], [[Fedora 10 Linux|Fedora 10]], [[Fedora 13 Linux|Fedora 13]] and  [[Fedora 14 Linux|Fedora 14]] as well as my [[CentOS 6.2|CentOS page]].
  
 
See also my [[Linux|review]] on Linux on Laptops which I compiled for the two machines I have used for my [[Postdoc|work]].
 
See also my [[Linux|review]] on Linux on Laptops which I compiled for the two machines I have used for my [[Postdoc|work]].
  
Until recently I had to cope with a [http://www.apple.com/powermac/ Mac], but you won't find much info about [[Apple]]-computers on my site yet.
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There are two pages related to my [[Palm Pilot|Palm]] and [[Nokia E71|Nokia]] phones, but they are not too exiting and pretty outdated by now.
  
[[Image:tux_cs.png|left|[[help:contents|Counter-Tux]]]] I play [http://www.planethalflife.com Half-Life 2] (especially [http://www.counter-strike.net Counter-Strike Source] ), Operation Flashpoint, [http://www.unrealtournament.com/ Unreal Tournament 2004], [http://quake4.ravengames.com/ Quake 4] and [http://www.x-plane.com/ X-Plane] (if I have the time).
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For some time I had to cope with a [http://www.apple.com/powermac/ Mac], but you won't find any info about Apple-computers on my site anymore.
  
If I don't play, I toy around with Linux and [[Postdoc|bioinformatics]]-tools, [[Python|programming]] stuff and playing (again :-)) with [http://www.povray.org POVRay], [http://www.blender.org Blender] and [http://www.dante.de LaTeX] . In addition I sometimes run a [[Linux|Game-server]] on local LAN-party's with friends (6-15 people at most). More recently I became a bit more fundamentalistic regarding operating systems, and had to cope with [[Wine and Cedega]] to get some of the Windows-stuff to work on my FC3-box.
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[[Image:tux_cs.png|left|[[help:contents|Counter-Tux]]]] I play [http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/ut2004/index.html Unreal Tournament 2004] (no, not really any more), [http://www.battlefield.com Battlefield 3], [http://www.counter-strike.net Counter-Strike Source] and [http://www.x-plane.com/ X-Plane] (if I have the time).
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If I don't play, I toy around with Linux and [[Postdoc|bioinformatics]]-tools, [[Python|programming]] stuff and playing (again :-)) with my new [[XBMC HTPC|media center]]. I used to run a [[Linux|game-server]] on local LAN-party's with friends (6-15 people at most). In between I became a bit more fundamentalistic regarding operating systems, and had to setup [[Wine and Cedega]] to get some of the Windows-stuff to work on my FC3-box, but [[Microsoft Windows Vista|this changed again]].
  
 
STOP! That's it! Really! Nothing else to tell!
 
STOP! That's it! Really! Nothing else to tell!
  
 
Pretty boring, eh? You have been warned.
 
Pretty boring, eh? You have been warned.

Revision as of 20:46, 10 October 2016

Well...

Normally you should find some more info about my private life and my private interests on this page.

Beside hanging around in front of computers a lot, I am interested in sports (jogging, cycling, fitness training, badminton, skiing, climbing) graphics and art, cinema, traveling, literature.

Because I regard all this as pretty normal hobbies, I won't tell you much more about it.

Computers

Nerdy stuff ahead: This is of course important enough to be mentioned here ;-)), as I would not be able to write and publish these pages without my machines.

Three of my computers are still running, two IBM-compatible PC's and one Android smart phone. An AMD Athlon64 with 1 GB RAM and a nVidia GeForce 6600 GT card, which now serves as a cheap surfing-machine for my parents, now running Ubuntu 14.04 Linux and thus preventing a lot of headaches regarding trojans, viruses and other malware, and my current Intel Core i5 4440 with 8 GB RAM and a nVidia GeForce GFX 560 Ti also running Ubuntu 14.04. Microsoft Windows Vista no more.

Read my installation-notes regarding Gentoo-Linux, Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 6, Fedora 8, Fedora 10, Fedora 13 and Fedora 14 as well as my CentOS page.

See also my review on Linux on Laptops which I compiled for the two machines I have used for my work.

There are two pages related to my Palm and Nokia phones, but they are not too exiting and pretty outdated by now.

For some time I had to cope with a Mac, but you won't find any info about Apple-computers on my site anymore.

Counter-Tux
I play Unreal Tournament 2004 (no, not really any more), Battlefield 3, Counter-Strike Source and X-Plane (if I have the time).

If I don't play, I toy around with Linux and bioinformatics-tools, programming stuff and playing (again :-)) with my new media center. I used to run a game-server on local LAN-party's with friends (6-15 people at most). In between I became a bit more fundamentalistic regarding operating systems, and had to setup Wine and Cedega to get some of the Windows-stuff to work on my FC3-box, but this changed again.

STOP! That's it! Really! Nothing else to tell!

Pretty boring, eh? You have been warned.