Brent Saner on 6 Nov 2007 19:39:43 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Hello!

  • From: "Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] Hello!
  • Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:39:36 -0500
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i rarely do in-line quoting, but here we go!

On Nov 6, 2007 2:13 PM, Michael Greb <mgreb@linode.com> wrote:
Figured I would introduce myself.  I recently moved to South Jersey and
PLUG seems to be the most worthwhile LUG in the area ;).  I've been
using Linux for close to 15 years.  Started pre 1.0 in late '93, 0.97 if
my memory serves me.

welcome! we have a presentation on Tuxdroid coming up tomorrow night. i'll (hopefully) make it out there (it'd be my first PLUG event). maybe we'll see you there?
it's nice to have another veteran on-list! the kernel went GPL in '92, so that should give you an idea how long you've been with it. not to make you feel old or anything. :)

In those days it was Slackware that I used.  Since then I've taken brief
forays into the RedHat (pre 8.0) and Gentoo worlds.  The last 3 or 4
years have been Debian and Ubuntu all the way.

gentoo is my baby.<3 but i'm also a huge fan of debian.

I've worked for Linode.com a Virtual Private Server provider since Feb
or '05.  The boss and I just recently moved to South Jersey (he grew up
here) to join the employee already here to open an office.  Work stuff
is, of course, all Linux based.  I manage the monitoring, backups, and
code repository infrastructure as well as assist in system admin work,
troubleshooting, sales, billing, development, etc.

wonderful! it's so great to see advocate companies for linux, ESPECIALLY hosting companies. it seems the hosting industry is under direct attack by that-company-which-i-daren't-speak-its-name.
 
I am active in both the Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC) and
Software in the Public Interest (SPI, the legal parent of Debian, OFTC,
and others).  I've also contributed in the past to a number of open
source projects.

any big names among the projects?
 
Linux is a large part of my daily life both at work and home.  I am
married with a three year old son.  My wife is not afraid of a Linux
computer and though she currently uses a Mac with OS X, in the past her
primary computer has been Linux based more often then any other
operating system.  My son loves penguins on anything, including the
computer, he spends a great deal of time in TuxPaint and pytoddler.

(at the risk of bringing up a sensitive subject in this list, haha...)
i'm glad the wife isn't afraid of linux! we need more linux chix.

and if your son loves penguins, (how old is he, by the way?) then you can DEFINITELY benefit from the tuxdroid presentation! in case you don't know about it, http://www.tuxisalive.com/ (sound loads, so you may get strange looks if you open it at work)

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Brent Saner
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215.362.7696(residence)

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