User:Freedomlinux

= Bill Wenrich =

I am currently an IT and Management student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, USA. I find that I fit in well there, and as an engineering school with a large computer science department, many students are already using Linux and participating in our campus LUG.

Personally, I have been exploring Linux since 2004 when I started using minimal LiveCDs and hoping desperately that slow downloads would finish before I had to disconnect. (I am still in awe at the pervasive mid-speed network connections currently available in my region.) I know what it's like to be unable to get up-to-date software because of network unavailability, so I intend to join the Freemedia project and distribute physical install discs. Many years ago, I stumbled upon Fedora Core 3 and have been using Fedora consistently ever since.

I've often wanted to give something back, but I don't quite trust my skills to contribute non-insane code. I currently have intermediate experience in C++, moderate experience in C on embedded microprocessors, and minimal knowledge of HTML/CSS/Python/PHP/COBOL. Also, I have a penchant for unusual hardware: I have a collection of Sun SPARC64 systems, as well as some Nokia N810 handhelds and intermittent access to a 42U SGI Onyx2. Because Fedora no longer fully supports SPARC64, many of my servers currently run Debian.

I have some personal opinions, but I won't try to shove them at you. I strongly prefer RPM over DPKG, but the software you use is, of course, your choice.

Contact

 * Email: bethemusic@yahoo.com
 * IRC: freedomlinux_
 * GPG key: Not currently available
 * Fedora Account: Freedomlinux

Activities within Fedora

 * Networking and security
 * interested in audio/music
 * Freemedia project