TimAdam
Contact
Launchpad: [http://launchpad.net/people/tim-adam]
Homepage: [http://tim.ultis.net]
Email: <tim dot adam at qutility dot be>
About me
I'm a Belgian (Flemish) ICT engineer interested in open source software development and network security. I maintain 1 FreeBSD, 2 RedHat enterprise servers but the rest of them are just plain Windows 2000/2003 since our clients are all running WinXP pro.
Although i have to work mostly on the Windows platform for my job, i try to invest some time to learn how to handle the open source platforms, since i feel i will be needing the experience within some years when Linux will take over the enterprise networks as Desktop OS. I believe that taking Linux as a desktop environment in the office would increase productivity...
The remaining time i develop network/intranet applications, websites and webservices. I ususally develop in one of these languages depending on my needs:
- Java (J2EE)
- Visual Basic (.NET)
- Perl
- PHP 4.x
Currently i'm learning Python because i ran into some troubles using mono for my .NET projects on linux. Python in combination with the Eclipse IDE: it's an unstoppable combo 
Teams/Groups
I'm a fresh member of the [http://www.lugwv.be the Linux User Group West Vlaanderen]
Experience
I have tried out various Linux distributions at home such as Debian, SUSE, Mandriva as secondary OS and a load of live cd's such as Gnoppix, Knoppix STD, Helix, Gentoo before i found Ubuntu. I kinda like the way the Ubuntu community sticks together.
Currently i'm running Ubuntu BB as primary OS on my Travelmate 290, and i'm still learning new tricks thanks to the documentation & the forums. At work i recuperated an OldWorld G3 PowerPc that was about to be thrown away by installing Ubuntu on it. I have Ubuntu DD running on the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 RC 2 platform on my workstation. Besides the small problem with the initial resolution settings wich was solved quickly by vim'ing xorg.conf, i had no troubles so far.
Todo
- Searching a local Ubuntu/Linux group
- Making more people Ubuntu-aware
- Bugtesting Ubuntu DD on the virtual server 2005 RC2 platform
Beeing more active on bugreports & translations