<div dir="ltr">Scott had a great idea, and I joined recently so I thought I should also introduce myself.<div><br></div><div>I've been a long time Linux user since around 1992 (SLS downloaded from S'qually Hollar public access Unix in Seattle WA much to my parents long distance phone bill dismay, but at least it was on a USRobotics HST 14.4k modem right?). Used RedHat, Debian, CentOS, and Ubuntu. CentOS is my favourite for server deploys, Ubuntu for desktops.</div><div><br></div><div>Past life I had a small ISP from around 1994-2010 in a rural community doing dialup initially then DSL over dry loop copper pairs (yay dotcom meltdown Copper Mountain SDSL DSLAMs from ebay!), and fixed wireless (Breezecom FHSS, StarOS, Ubiquiti) and Bell AGAS DSL stuff colod at 151 Front Street in Toronto, using Linux to terminate the L2TP tunnels, host websites, RADIUS server, and pretty much everything else.</div><div><br></div><div>Divorced, sold business, moved to city and got a corporate job, currently a Senior Security Engineer for an Fortune 500 company and loving it. Doing some IT consulting on the side utilizing Linux where I can (not just to save customers money but because it's often the most sensible solution).</div><div><br></div><div>I haven't been to a meeting in a while but I'll try to make it there again soon, and sign up for a talk if I can find something I can competently talk about. September/October really busy with work related travel though.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for listening!</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Mark Steffen</b><div><font size="1">Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS: +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen</font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." - Aristotle</i></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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