Hello all, It seems like I may have put a pretty short intro out there at first. I have been working with computers for a shorter time than most in the technology field. Around 2001 I started out using hacks on an x-box and learned about open source from there. Once I had hacked a few different x-boxes for friends I set up my own Suse machine to try to get the hang of using Linux. Once I got the machine set up, I began to look into different distros such as Ubuntu and some Red Hat. At this time, I was not working in the industry and was pushing myself every day to go to work in different areas of the construction field. A few years back I was in a car accident and home to stay with an old friend from Baton Rouge (Toni Frank) in Austin. I only mention his name because I think he may have been a member of this group when he lived in Baton Rouge. While I was healing up, I began studying more in depth into networking and system administration. By the time I was healthy, I moved back home and began searching for work in the technology field. I knew I would be more fulfilled in my career if I found something I enjoyed. As luck would have it, I landed a job with Antares and couldn’t be happier. I get the chance to work on multiple systems and environments, and the learning never stops. When I was asked about setting us up a backup solution for our Baton Rouge and New Orleans offices my first instinct was to turn to Linux. So I took a de-commissioned server from a group of computers we were going to recycle and I put together a stable machine using centos to handle our backups running r-sync through delta copy. Needless to say, the boss was impressed with the fact we didn’t have to buy any new hardware. I am admittedly very green when it comes to working with the CLI, but I am very resourceful, and am not ashamed of asking questions. I joined this group to be more active in the Baton Rouge tech community, and to learn alongside like-minded individuals. Hope everyone has a great day!
Sincerely, Drew Clarke From: General [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] On Behalf Of Daniel LeBlanc Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 11:45 AM To: general@brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Hello there daniel.c.leblanc@ -- welcome to the Baton Rouge LUG, and.. Hello all, My parents were early adopters of home computing—their first machine was a TRS-80, but I grew up using the Atari 800XL, which served us until around 1996. I got my first taste of computer programming by copying BASIC programs out of Compute! magazine. Fast forward to the present, I work in the convention/live production business, sometimes as a stagehand but more often as a network and telephone administrator/tech. In my spare time, I'm working on a electrical engineering degree. My experience with Linux is fairly basic—I've built a Ubuntu Server VM to handle a digital signage application at work (saving around $10,000 a year on licensing), and have experimented with a few other things, but I'm not yet fully comfortable with the CLI. When I'm working on something with Linux, I have to consult documentation for every step of the process. I've joined this list so I can listen to and learn from more experienced voices, and build connections with like-minded local folks. Some projects i'm working on right now involving Linux include setting up a PBX with Asterisk, implementing a employee scheduling solution using OpenSkedge, and using OpenHab on a Pine64 single-board computer to act as a controller for a building automation project. --Daniel LeBlanc On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com<mailto:dpury...@puryear-it.com>> wrote: Tell us a little about yourself and how you use Linux, BSD, PHP, or whatever it is that drew you to BRLUG. --- Dustin Puryear, Founder & Technology Strategist My direct number: 225-304-6402<tel:225-304-6402> Main: 225-706-8414<tel:225-706-8414> | Fax: 800-613-5731<tel:800-613-5731> | www.puryear-it.com<http://www.puryear-it.com> Puryear IT, LLC - We see IT differently. Baton Rouge IT Support<http://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/baton-rouge/> & New Orleans IT Support<http://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/new-orleans/> Cloud, Windows, Exchange, SQL Server, Linux, UNIX 2016 Honoree of the MSP 501: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Best MSPs<https://www.puryear-it.com/puryear-ranked-among-top-501-managed-service-providers-penton-technologys-mspmentor> 2014 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses<http://www.lsu100.com/> 2013 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses<http://www.lsu100.com/> 2012 Honoree of the Silicon Bayou 100<http://siliconbayounews.com/2012/12/24/2012-silicon-bayou-100-group-4/> _______________________________________________ General mailing list General@brlug.net<mailto:General@brlug.net> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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