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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.
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Beside hanging around in front of computers a lot, I am interested in sports (fitness training, jogging, cycling, swimming) 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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== Flying ==
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I have been a Flight-Sim nerd for a very long time, but decided to do the [[Flying|real stuff more recently]].
  
 
== Computers ==
 
== Computers ==
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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.
  
Three of [[my computers]] are still running, two IBM-compatible PC's and one [[Nokia E71|Nokia 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, running Linux and thus preventing a lot of headaches regarding trojans, viruses and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware malware], and my current AMD Athlon64 X2 with 4 GB RAM and a [http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=457 nVidia GeForce GFX 560 Ti] running [[CentOS 6.2|CentOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows Vista]] (eeek).
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I run way too many [[my computers|computers]]. Five IBM-compatible PC's and one [[Google Pixel 2XL|Android smartphone]] plus an Intel Celeron with onboard graphics, which serves as a cheap surfing-machine for my parents, running [[Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop |Ubuntu 18.04 Linux]] and thus preventing a lot of headaches regarding trojans, viruses and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware malware].
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My current desktop is an AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with 32 GB RAM and a nVidia GeForce RTX 3070 running [[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop | Ubuntu 20.04]].
  
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]] and [[Fedora 10 Linux|Fedora 10]].
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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]].
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See also my [[Linux|review]] on Linux on Laptops which I compiled for the two machines I have used for my [[Postdoc|work]] as well as a less outdated page about [[Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Lenovo Thinkpad x230|Linux on Lenovo Thinkpads]].
  
There are two pages related to my [[Palm Pilot|Palm]] and [[Nokia E71|Nokia]] phones, but they are not too exiting.
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There are three pages related to my [[Palm Pilot|Palm]], [[Nokia E71|Nokia]] and [[Google Pixel 2XL|Android]] phones, but they are not too exiting and pretty outdated by now.
  
Until recently 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.
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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.
  
[[Image:tux_cs.png|left|[[help:contents|Counter-Tux]]]] I play [http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/ut2004/index.html Unreal Tournament 2004], [http://www.planethalflife.com Half-Life 2] and [http://www.counter-strike.net Counter-Strike Source], Operation Flashpoint, [http://www.unrealtournament.com/ Unreal Tournament 3], [http://quake4.ravengames.com/ Quake 4] and [http://www.x-plane.com/ X-Plane] (if I have the time).
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[[Image:tux_cs.png|left|[[help:contents|Counter-Tux]]]] I play [https://web.archive.org/web/20060826172536/http://www.unrealtournament.com/ Unreal Tournament 2004] (no, not really any more), [http://www.counter-strike.net Counter-Strike] and [http://www.x-plane.com/ X-Plane] (if I have the time).
  
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). 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]].
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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 [[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 this changed again and I am either playing Linux-native games or stuff on Windows 10.
  
 
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 14:43, 23 December 2021

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 (fitness training, jogging, cycling, swimming) graphics and art, cinema, traveling, literature.

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

Flying

I have been a Flight-Sim nerd for a very long time, but decided to do the real stuff more recently.

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.

I run way too many computers. Five IBM-compatible PC's and one Android smartphone plus an Intel Celeron with onboard graphics, which serves as a cheap surfing-machine for my parents, running Ubuntu 18.04 Linux and thus preventing a lot of headaches regarding trojans, viruses and other malware.

My current desktop is an AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with 32 GB RAM and a nVidia GeForce RTX 3070 running Ubuntu 20.04.

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 as well as a less outdated page about Linux on Lenovo Thinkpads.

There are three pages related to my Palm, Nokia and Android 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), Counter-Strike 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 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 and I am either playing Linux-native games or stuff on Windows 10.

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

Pretty boring, eh? You have been warned.