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| I'm a part time university student and fulltime linux (ubuntu) programmer. I've only encountered linux for more than a year but my learning curve has so far been great. I inted to continue to make it a trajectory - I just don't know where it will land me eventually. When I started using computer (windows 3.x), Bill Gates was the only name I knew in the software world. Curiousity drove me to know about Richard Stallman and Linus Trovald. During the Internet age I also learnt of geeks who made a fortune out of the OSS; the likes of Jerry Yang, Larry Page and undoubtedly Mark Shuttleworth. Most surprising thing of all is the fact that most of the SAP's I rely on are actually UNIX based. So, why not make a switch to linux? I first installed Ubuntu 5.10 shipment on an old toshiba PC that it's Windows 98 had failed to boot properly. I had anticipated sweating over the keyboard recompiling kernels and wasting precious work time. But due to the awesome simplicity of ubuntu- I was up and running in barely 45 minutes. Well things never went smoothly at first like playing an mp3 of which i did some troubleshooting and configuration of the soundcard- (things i considered "rocket science:)". |
I'm a part time university student and fulltime linux (ubuntu) programmer. I've only encountered ubuntu for slightly more than a year but my learning curve has so far been great. I inted to continue to make it a trajectory - I just don't know where it will land me eventually. When I started using computer (windows 3.x), Bill Gates was the only name I knew in the software world. Curiousity drove me to know about Richard Stallman and Linus Trovald. During the Internet age I also learnt of geeks who made a fortune out of the OSS; the likes of Jerry Yang, Larry Page and undoubtedly Mark Shuttleworth. Most surprising thing of all is the fact that most of the SAP's I rely on are actually UNIX based. So, why not make a switch to linux? I first installed Ubuntu 5.10 shipment on an old toshiba PC that it's Windows 98 had failed to boot properly. I had anticipated sweating over the keyboard recompiling kernels and wasting precious work time. But due to the awesome simplicity of ubuntu- I was up and running in barely 45 minutes. Well things never went smoothly at first like playing an mp3 of which i did some troubleshooting and configuration of the soundcard- (things i considered "rocket science":). |
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| About hobby projects, recently I've been tinkering with asterisk@home (open source pbx software) and guys, this thing rocks. For the time being I have managed only to get it working with the softphone over the home network (my neighbour's to be exact),I'm about to extend to the hardphones and then later try to hook up with the PSTN or any carrier that works (cheap enough for me to afford). Funny enough, I have some old CPUs at home that I've managed to install Apache, Mysql, Postfix, OpenLDAP, Samba and an old laptop with John The Ripper, but they just lie arround doing nothing except me just practicing. Probably this seems like some form of wastage but the reality is that we (3rd world countries) aren't yet savvy on the open source field, I mean getting guys venturing in these waters is a real pain in the neck that I'm willing to stick with (probably that explains why I'm still jobless). Favourite books are O'reilly nutshell series and Dustin Puryear's Intergrate Linux Solutions Into Your Windows Network. | About hobby projects, recently I've been tinkering with asterisk@home (open source pbx software) and guys, this thing rocks. For the time being I have managed only to get it working with the softphone over the home network (my neighbour's to be exact),I'm about to extend to the hardphones and then later try to hook up with the PSTN or any carrier that works (cheap enough for me to afford). Funny enough, I have some old CPUs at home that I've managed to install Apache, Mysql, Postfix, OpenLDAP, Samba and an old laptop with John The Ripper (of which I admit that I haven't hacked anything major with it), but they just lie arround doing nothing except me just practicing. Probably this seems like some form of wastage but the reality is that we (3rd world countries) aren't yet savvy on the open source field, I mean getting guys venturing in these waters is a real pain in the neck that I'm willing to stick with (probably that explains why I'm still jobless). Favourite books are O'reilly nutshell series and Dustin Puryear's Intergrate Linux Solutions Into Your Windows Network. By the way, I also love collecting or buying old hardware components (relics?). |
Hi guys,
- I'm a part time university student and fulltime linux (ubuntu) programmer. I've only encountered ubuntu for slightly more than a year but my learning curve has so far been great. I inted to continue to make it a trajectory - I just don't know where it will land me eventually. When I started using computer (windows 3.x), Bill Gates was the only name I knew in the software world. Curiousity drove me to know about Richard Stallman and Linus Trovald. During the Internet age I also learnt of geeks who made a fortune out of the OSS; the likes of Jerry Yang, Larry Page and undoubtedly Mark Shuttleworth. Most surprising thing of all is the fact that most of the SAP's I rely on are actually UNIX based. So, why not make a switch to linux? I first installed Ubuntu 5.10 shipment on an old toshiba PC that it's Windows 98 had failed to boot properly. I had anticipated sweating over the keyboard recompiling kernels and wasting precious work time. But due to the awesome simplicity of ubuntu- I was up and running in barely 45 minutes. Well things never went smoothly at first like playing an mp3 of which i did some troubleshooting and configuration of the soundcard- (things i considered "rocket science":).
I currently programme in C, C++, python, Java, Jvascript, PHP, HTML, Zope and will learn any other programming language that I will find fun and enjoyable. Anyway, I've not yet developed anything usefull except currently programming an apache for the the university's students union. I am shopping for an entreprenuership opportunity over the internet where I can put these skills to the ground. Also as a part time student I'm currently looking for a job (definately in the open source field). For the time being, I'm taking up the leadership and contactship role for the KenyanTeam. About hobby projects, recently I've been tinkering with asterisk@home (open source pbx software) and guys, this thing rocks. For the time being I have managed only to get it working with the softphone over the home network (my neighbour's to be exact),I'm about to extend to the hardphones and then later try to hook up with the PSTN or any carrier that works (cheap enough for me to afford). Funny enough, I have some old CPUs at home that I've managed to install Apache, Mysql, Postfix, OpenLDAP, Samba and an old laptop with John The Ripper (of which I admit that I haven't hacked anything major with it), but they just lie arround doing nothing except me just practicing. Probably this seems like some form of wastage but the reality is that we (3rd world countries) aren't yet savvy on the open source field, I mean getting guys venturing in these waters is a real pain in the neck that I'm willing to stick with (probably that explains why I'm still jobless). Favourite books are O'reilly nutshell series and Dustin Puryear's Intergrate Linux Solutions Into Your Windows Network. By the way, I also love collecting or buying old hardware components (relics?).
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