Shibby73
November 8th, 2006, 04:13 AM
Hey guys,
Really enjoying listening to all of your podcasts during the last couple of days (I have been on a semi-working vacation)!
I am completely new to all of this and just decided the other day after looking at www.searchlores.org to go with Unbuntu (http://www.searchlores.org/linux.htm). I had no idea how awesome it would be. I am a big fan of trying to use the web anonymously and preventing spam and all the other crap from the internet from getting to me or taking information from me without my permission. I would love to use torr and privoxy (but not sure how to do that just yet).
I am a resident family medicine physician, and am forced to be a microsoft slave and hate it. Not a fan of Apple either, except the philosophy behind some of their work for making things user-friendly. Can't stand the idea of paying a ton of money for harware though.
I have been trying to get the university here (starting with my residency program) to switch from Outlook/Exchange e-mail and disorganized communication hell to a Firstclass server/client system instead. Firstclass runs on all platforms even Linux! I got my own Firstclass server, professionally managed, which permits me to form what I call "cloisters" which from some wikipedia searching means closed to the laity, open to the air, but protected from the rain. So users (colleagues or others) can have their own personal private space and also work collaboratively in shared spaces in a protected environment on my server and also open things up on the server or to the web that they wish to share with the internet world. Basically Firstclass as a downloadable client runs to make a secure encrypted connection to the firstclass server, this permits access to a kind of a bulletin board system/collaborative environment (but pure gui rich and awesome). I heard M$Sharepoint is similar in concept but doesn't deliver (go figure).
The Firstclass environment is highly customizable, and essentially container and item driven, each with customizable permissions for access (generically but also per individual user). It publishes websites as well, even personal blogs. Essentially firstclass is unified messaging (e-mail, web, phone, fax etc). My server does not use the voice features yet. So I am making a collaborative server environment, interested in making secure and also shared spaces for individuals (professional and laity) to co-mingle to share information and work on projects in a structured and secure environment. Eventually, when I go into practice my office will be run using Linux and Firstclass, I will make secure portals for my patients (similary perhaps to those for my server's users) so they can actually COLLABORATE with their physician(s) in managing their own and their family's health, if not also the local community's health.
The goal is the betterment of humanity, and notably health and healthcare. I am sure it could quickly become akin to Rudolf Virchow's 1849 vision of medicine being established as anthropology and socially gaining a sensible political voice (versus always blabbing about malpractice and ignoring the healthcare needs of our young and also aging populations).
With this background I was drawn rapidly into the Ubuntu idea and community concept, plus I majored in anthropology and totally dig the use of an African word for it all!
I switched my old desktop pc, an athlon with win me that always crashed, with NO PROBLEMS. It still hasn't crashed yet, and I even got my add-on wireless connection to work (which always gave me problems with win me). It is sweet and I am running a firstclass client on it also (but it is not in total distro being beta for the latest 8.3 server) to get to my server. This is great. The only downside is that my work will be forcing us into Vista before it is even launched officially, and I want to get a Tablet PC (when I can afford one). So I would love to be able to use Ubuntu (probably dual boot for my work requirements) on a tablet. I truly plan on making my own collaborative community, and hope to add to the Ubuntu movement as well. I wish my user licenses for my server were free, but they are not, but the fees go to a great company that I know personally and provide awesome support and data security.
Well this is a long post... sorry.
Love your work, keep it up.
-Steven C. Morreale, MD/MPH
(shibby73)
Founder and site manager of Stansgnosticus.net
:twisted:
Really enjoying listening to all of your podcasts during the last couple of days (I have been on a semi-working vacation)!
I am completely new to all of this and just decided the other day after looking at www.searchlores.org to go with Unbuntu (http://www.searchlores.org/linux.htm). I had no idea how awesome it would be. I am a big fan of trying to use the web anonymously and preventing spam and all the other crap from the internet from getting to me or taking information from me without my permission. I would love to use torr and privoxy (but not sure how to do that just yet).
I am a resident family medicine physician, and am forced to be a microsoft slave and hate it. Not a fan of Apple either, except the philosophy behind some of their work for making things user-friendly. Can't stand the idea of paying a ton of money for harware though.
I have been trying to get the university here (starting with my residency program) to switch from Outlook/Exchange e-mail and disorganized communication hell to a Firstclass server/client system instead. Firstclass runs on all platforms even Linux! I got my own Firstclass server, professionally managed, which permits me to form what I call "cloisters" which from some wikipedia searching means closed to the laity, open to the air, but protected from the rain. So users (colleagues or others) can have their own personal private space and also work collaboratively in shared spaces in a protected environment on my server and also open things up on the server or to the web that they wish to share with the internet world. Basically Firstclass as a downloadable client runs to make a secure encrypted connection to the firstclass server, this permits access to a kind of a bulletin board system/collaborative environment (but pure gui rich and awesome). I heard M$Sharepoint is similar in concept but doesn't deliver (go figure).
The Firstclass environment is highly customizable, and essentially container and item driven, each with customizable permissions for access (generically but also per individual user). It publishes websites as well, even personal blogs. Essentially firstclass is unified messaging (e-mail, web, phone, fax etc). My server does not use the voice features yet. So I am making a collaborative server environment, interested in making secure and also shared spaces for individuals (professional and laity) to co-mingle to share information and work on projects in a structured and secure environment. Eventually, when I go into practice my office will be run using Linux and Firstclass, I will make secure portals for my patients (similary perhaps to those for my server's users) so they can actually COLLABORATE with their physician(s) in managing their own and their family's health, if not also the local community's health.
The goal is the betterment of humanity, and notably health and healthcare. I am sure it could quickly become akin to Rudolf Virchow's 1849 vision of medicine being established as anthropology and socially gaining a sensible political voice (versus always blabbing about malpractice and ignoring the healthcare needs of our young and also aging populations).
With this background I was drawn rapidly into the Ubuntu idea and community concept, plus I majored in anthropology and totally dig the use of an African word for it all!
I switched my old desktop pc, an athlon with win me that always crashed, with NO PROBLEMS. It still hasn't crashed yet, and I even got my add-on wireless connection to work (which always gave me problems with win me). It is sweet and I am running a firstclass client on it also (but it is not in total distro being beta for the latest 8.3 server) to get to my server. This is great. The only downside is that my work will be forcing us into Vista before it is even launched officially, and I want to get a Tablet PC (when I can afford one). So I would love to be able to use Ubuntu (probably dual boot for my work requirements) on a tablet. I truly plan on making my own collaborative community, and hope to add to the Ubuntu movement as well. I wish my user licenses for my server were free, but they are not, but the fees go to a great company that I know personally and provide awesome support and data security.
Well this is a long post... sorry.
Love your work, keep it up.
-Steven C. Morreale, MD/MPH
(shibby73)
Founder and site manager of Stansgnosticus.net
:twisted: