drsmall
About Me
Greetings, I am the infamous Dr Small, wanted on 2 continents, 3 countries and 5 states No. But really, I help out on Ubuntu Forums, and am on the Beginners Team that works in the Absolute Beginner Talk. I do alot of my posting there.
I have written a few bash script, and maintain my own blog here:
http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/
I mainly tinker around with my system and like to try out new things on it, and customize it the way I like it. My favorite applications are [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SSHHowto SSH], John, [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto#head-6407a98aa6275a2fc44114cbca90a76d5eb4222d Xephyr] and [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IceWM IceWM]. My favorite distribution would be Ubuntu 7.04, as that is what I have installed, and have a tweaked IceWM setup with VistaBlack as the theme.
[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat IRC] is another one of my favorite pastimes, because I like to sit around and chat with my friends on #ubuntuforums-beginners on irc.freenode.net and help people out. But because of my limited bandwidth for from my ISP, I have to limit IRC at times, because it is a bandwidth hog...
Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorite fictional characters, along with "Dr Small", of whom I stole his name I read it in an old book, and he was the villain in the story, but I liked his personality, so I chose the name.
Participation
Guides
I have written a few different guides. You can find them here:
[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=680292 Beginners Guide to GnuPG]
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/?p=249 Howto: Install GRUB on a Floppy]
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/?p=246 Howto: Setup PostgreSQL]
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/?p=243 Howto: Setup a Mailserver]
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/?p=189 Howto: Change Root’s Prompt to RED]
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/?p=157 Howto: Allow Passwordless Sudo commands]
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/?p=124 Howto: Setup a SSH server]
Teams
A list of different teams that I participate in:
[http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=215 Beginners Team] at Ubuntu Forums
[http://ubuntuforums.org Forums] Focus Group
[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/Team/FocusGroups/Security Security] Focus Group
- IRC Focus Group
Scripts
This section compiles a list of different scripts I have written:
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/bin/ged Ged]
- GnuPG Editor. Simplifies editing GPG encrypted files from the command line. GPG + Password file + GED = CLI Password Safe
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/bin/icewall IceWall]
- An easier way to change wallpapers in IceWM.
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/bin/netusage NetUsage]
- Monitors your network usage in real time from a terminal.
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/bin/chime Westminster Chime]
- If 'beep' is installed, it plays the Westminster chime.
It is fun to set this thing up @hourly with cron
- If 'beep' is installed, it plays the Westminster chime.
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/bin/run Run Dialog]
- A simple run dialog that gets the job done. I made this for IceWM.
[http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/bin/gsudo Gsudo]
- I couldn't find 'gksudo' for Arch, so I made a simple substitute.
Contact
Launchpad:
[https://launchpad.net/~drsmall drsmall]
Email:
OpenPGP Key
[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBC9850A926FD8AF9 26FD8AF9]
IRC:
DrSmall on irc.freenode.net
Ubuntu Forums:
[http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=197439 Dr Small]
Testimonials
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