JeffMartin
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Contact Information:
Name:
Jeff Martin
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Email:
<evilgourmet@gmail.com>
<jam584@nau.edu>
<martinja1800@imail.mohave.edu>IRC:
Jeff_Martin on irc.freenode.net
Location:
Kingman/Flagstaff Arizona
Ubuntu-Arizona LoCo Team - The Hottest LoCo on Earth
* Currently using Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit -- on an HP dv9410us.
I would have to link my love for Linux, and anything Open Source, to the Star Trek television program. As a child watching Star Trek, never once do you see the crew downloading or purchasing software. Instead the crew would program in their own code, optimizing the ship and developing new algorithms on the fly. This is what I though computers should be like, open and available code for modification to suit the users needs, and this was also the primary reason I learned BASIC on a TRS-80. -Thank you, Mr. Roddenberry for opening this doorway. Linux user since 1997, server and desktop.
The InstallFest went off fantastically. Six (out of 10) machines were loaded with Ubuntu 8.10 and one with the Jaunty Beta. I have to say that the beta faired best during the install -- although the default being to 'overwrite' the current OS is silly. The major issue we had was resizing Vista partitions on the SATA drives, it would not resize -- and luckily these were machines that had no data, so that we could do single installs, otherwise many people would have said "NO" to Ubuntu. This needs to be fixed soon. 10 CDs were given out so that they could install at home.
Linux is already running on just about every type of device, from DVR to Cell Phone. I would like to see my Undergrad Research project running Ubuntu, and am working towards this goal currently.
Contributor - UWN UBUNTU WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Active in IRC #ubuntu-arizona Co-Admin AZ LoCo Team Server Arizona Ubuntu LoCo Tutoring Students in the usage and installation of Ubuntu at Mohave Community College (Kingman Arizona) -- If you are in the area and need assistance please contact me at: <martinja1800@imail.mohave.edu> Distributing free copies of Ubuntu to local stores, and local schools. Ubuntu Users Group for Mohave Community College (MuLuG - moo-lug) -- MCC User Group. This was my (work study) project, for the Fall 2008 semester -- to create a Social Networking site exclusively for MCC students. How could I pass up a chance to install Ubuntu 8.10 server on a Poweredge 200, and build a place for students to gather on the internet? ( built in eight days )
1998 -1999 The Xipe Project was a web development company, focusing on using LAMP to deploy Point of Sale systems, and integrating these with the businesses shopping sites.
While attending DeVry, I helped found Linux@DeVry (1998), it was our local Linux users group. I left DeVry and Atlanta towards the end of 1999, to move back to Kingman AZ.
1999 -2001 Upon arriving in Kingman we opened a Linux Store front, Mohave Linux Systems (tuxpc.com). Modeling it after a favourite store in Atlanta, GA -- the Linux General Store. The idea was to provide home users with low cost Linux PCs, and businesses with firewalls and network security. The Mohave Linux Systems store front closed in August 2000. From there I have worked as a Chef, Bus Driver, and Magazine Editor.
2004 - 2005 (the Scene as it came to be known)
2007 - Present After closing the magazine I took my Linux passion back home as a renewed hobby. In 2007 I re-entered the academia, setting my sights on a BA Modern Languages from NAU (Northern Arizona University). I am currently seated as the Vice President of MC4. MC4 is the Computer Club at Mohave Community College, we organize computer recycling events (add link) and host LAN parties for the community ( and a little fragging helps a person regain the focus).
Why and When
Free Speech, free beer, free software.
Mohave Communtiy College Installfest
Goals for Linux and Ubuntu
Ubuntu on a robot.... Current Level of Involvement
Linux Community Involvement
Past Involvement and History
Xipe Project
DeVry Decatur
During this time, I worked at a company deploying video surveillance systems, for Day Care centers. Managing 60 remote sites: Linux servers connecting to Axis IP cameras, and posting the image feeds to our web servers back in Atlanta. The core ideals of the project were sound, letting parents view their children, and monitor the activities there over the web from work or home. This is where I built my first self installing CDROM based on the Red Hat distribution. Mohave Linux Systems
The Tri State Scene
The Tri-State Scene came to life in 2004, and lived in tens of thousands of homes around Northern Arizona through 2005. A magazine printed in tabloid format on an offset printer in CMYK. All of this magazine was developed in Linux using Scribus, GIMP, Inkscape, and the assorted text editor (woot to VI). 10,000 copies were distributed to Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu City, Arizona. This was also when I first had the opportunity to sample Ubuntu, which was a fantastic install on my Dell laptop, with a 600 mhz processor. Giving me the ability to edit and write from the road.
TriStateScene.com-deadlink- Back into College
I was able to get MC4 to have Enemy Territory Quake Wars as one of the games in the LAN, thank you ID SOFTWARE for making Linux versions of your games. The Cut
JeffMartin (last edited 2009-05-14 19:50:58 by cm-24-121-46-215)