Describe ventrical here.

Introduction

I am applying for Ubuntuforums Membership.

I am trying to keep this very simple. My name is Dale Beaudoin. I am (aka) ventrical at Ubuntuforums.org. I have been an end_user at ubuntuforums since 2010, little more than 2 years. I have contributed comments in Testimonials and am a member of the U+1 Team. I have also participated in a small part in the beta testing process of new Ubuntu releases.

I started my electronics career in 1964 at age 9 reparing old vacume tube TVs and IBM cash registers. I had recieved a Certificate (Certified Pinball Machine Repair Technician) from St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology in 1976. I have work experience in reparing all types of pinball machines, video games and juke boxes prior to 1985 (including some of the first pinball machines with microprocessors (although I was not involved in programming them).

I started my computer carreer in earnest in 1988 at the data level entry position running and administrating Reflex Database. I took formal classes at the University of Windsor (Canada) in 1990 (Introduction to Algorithms, Turing Language, Vax Unix and BASIC.

I operated and administered two BBSes from 1990 to 1993 and was a regular contributor to FidoNet echos at the request (and as an invited guest) of the Network Echo Co-ordinators.

In 1995 I breifly tested Linus Torvorld's kernel through one of the LINUX FIDO ECHOS but was more involved in security matters with Microsoft Operating systems where I spent the larger part of my time.

I became familiarized with Linux again in 2008 with Knoppix,PCLinux and Ubuntu (Hardy Heron). My reason for seeking out Ubuntu was that I was becoming very disappointed as a Windows Malware Removal person. In fact , it got to the point where even fresh installs of Windows on various customers machines were actually behaving like malware itself. With Ubuntu I found some freedom from having to constantly worry about malware.