Re: [Gimp-print-devel] introduction

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> I've just joined the development team today,

Welcome!

>  I'm fairly new to Linux, having loaded Red Hat 6.1 last
> November.  I am a software engineer with Lockheed-Martin, working on the
> ground processing side of Synthetic Aperature Radars. I have 8 years of
> development experience under Solaris

I think you'll find that Linux is not highly different from Solaris in many
respects.

So, do you have some Sparc boxes around?  I think most of us are working
on Intel or clones.  I've always found it revealing to take an application
designed on a 32 bit little endian machine and run it on a 64 bit big endian
system, like an Ultrasparc.  It's not usually such a big deal for self
contained applications, but when you have to do networking or talk to hardware
directly this is an important case to test.  I know the Epson printers are
inherently little endian, so connecting them to a Sparc would let us know
if we've got all our byte swaps done correctly.    

> Aside from being a Penguinista, I do a little woodworking, a little
> watercolor, and am an avid homebrewer.  I enjoy reading mysteries in
> what little spare time remains.

Wow, you have spare time after all that?

Eric