== About My Self ==
My name is Zeeshan Saeed Paracha ,I am 25 years old , male residing at Karachi , Pakistan currently studying M.C.S from NUST ,Karachi
Interests :
Only computers , in any way , Operating Systems , Different Platforms , Networking, Hardware , Softwares , specially Quality Management Systems and virtualization ,
Work Experience:
Well i have tried my self in many fields and proven my self with satisfactory results but i only listed my real achievements in life as being a citizen of a country that still fighting for basic necessities of life
- Worked as a Network Administrator on win 2000 server platform since 2000 in more than 8 organizations
- Worked as a chief hardware technician /Proprietor in my own organization for about 4 years ( then sadly i have to shutdown my organization due to personal problems)
- Did research on EDTA Medicine and chalition therapy with Dr. Anjum (owner of Norwich Pharma USA http://www.clinicalherbal.com) in Pakistan and achieved proven results *Managed four ISP-Shared Internet Cable Projects at Karachi
- Worked as an ISO 90001:2000 Lead Auditor/ Business Development Executive
- Now working as an Linux based services provider on a small scale (recently started)
Switching to Fedora-Linux from windows and other *nix:
As i wrote above in my experience that my major work is on windows platform but in year 2001 i have developed my interest towards open source platform and i started my learning *nix , since then i shifted to different operating systems including redhat , freebsd , openbsd , ubuntu and finally i got break with Fedora Linux :) which is best flavor of linux among such a competition where u can see new operating systems every day . The best part of Fedora-Linux is a hassle free community support and free shipment of easy to use interface.
My Fedora Linux experience:
At first i install the Fedora release in start of 2004, on my home pc and then i decided to take it for a career ending job, now i have spread Fedora Linux to almost 4 working organizations and including internet cafes, Internet Cable/Broadband Networks and gaming zones, currently i m maintaining 13 Fedora based servers with different releases in Karachi - Pakistan.
My future plan to promote Fedora - Linux:
Currently i m working on Free Fedora Shell Server Access (FFSSA) for students, users and New Comers and soon you will see the registration link of [Free Fedora Shell Server Access] here on my wiki
Current Fedora Problems and Bug Issues :
I m totally satisfied with Fedora 11 and 12 releases free editions and running my servers with out having any problem but Fedora 9 in early releases had lot of bugs and hanging problems but as being a hardware experienced and understanding with general trouble shooting, help myself a lot in making my servers runing like thunder storm and hassleless.
My current servers runing following services with 99.9% uptime and stability:
- Squid Reverse Apache 1.3 and Apache2
- counter-strike dedicated server (non-stable)
- dns cache server with open dns
- dyndns based domain
- internet sharing
- samba
- nGircd server
- sshd server
- xen virtualization
- ispconfig hosting control panel
- Asterisk Server
- Email Server
One Truth About My self
One real truth about my self is i have not a single certification of computers( in any how) and i learned every thing from google and yahoo search engines :), This year i want to get appear in RHCT/RHCE and i am confident that i'll get the certification
Thank You Very Much Fedora Project and its sponsor RedHat
i m thankful to Fedora Project for providing such a nice, free distributions, with community support and free downloads even without knowing me and million of its users :) now my life is switched to Fedora-Linux based track
For those who believe in help
If your nature like me and believe in helping people, then come forward and contact me ASAP as i need help to help others like us,
Free Shells Orkut Community and #freeshells irc channel on Freenode
I own #freeshells on freenode and freeshells community at orkut(dot)com where u can get many free unix shell access providers list, i believe free shells are the best starting point before switching towards any new open source Operating Systems from you Damn window box !!!!!!!
Contact Information
Zeeshan Saeed Paracha
Network Administrator Director Operations Virtual Tech Pakistan
irc : irc.freenode.net irc nicks : rhct/rhce channels : #fedora #fedora-ambassadors #freeshells
sunset lane -1 , DHA-II(Ext.) Karachi
Mobile : +92-323-2483387
Email : developers@live.com || shani@ircbox.com
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http://LinuxPakistan.net
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