As a student you are able to access the Microsoft DreamSpark Campaign. This is available for eligable University, TAFE and high school students in Australia.This is fantastic news because for the first time as a student you can have free access to Microsoft tools to install and play with at home. Check out the list of applicationsthere are restrictions of using the products for commercial code creation, academic use is allowed. https://www.dreamspark.com/Products/ProductList.aspx

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Today at work I entered the room to hear a faint but never the less MODEM BEEP. Some sounds remind you of your youth which then sought me to search for the picture below. Which then lend me to thinking about a great talk I found as a student that lead to great inspiration. Who would of thought we would get to where we are, but then again look at whats ahead.

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The other week at SLUG i was told about how the SUSE project is coming along nicely and just how solid the kernel is. I was a bit taken back i must admit. I used SUSE back in the day right up until the first version of SUSE under Novell. But then i never seemed to use it again. Now i should admit to being a lover of the Big Red N the first certification…

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