Wow, its been so long that when I manage to remember my password and sign in, i had to switch it over to Google. Probably in order is who I am and what I do. I'm graduate from Bloomsburg University with a degree in Computer information science. I used to drive truck now I'm a systems administrator for a credit union. I own entirely too many computers and servers. They take up the majority of my time other than watching NHL hockey. When it's nice out, I go archery hunting. I used to be an avid archer and then driving took up too much time and I got out of it. This year I bought a new Martin bow and practiced a few times a week until it got cold out again. I did manage to get out and go hunting a few times though. I found my old love of fishing as well. I'm looking forward to the first day of fishing in April.
What all do I currently do? I work with a transaction system called Symitar. We are primarily a Windows and Citrix shop. My big project now is working with an informations system called Silvercloud. I wanted to run it on Linux or Solaris but my wonderful company said if i left, no one would work on it so I had to keep it on Windows as well.
My current project I am working on at home is a new Solaris file server. I've read up on ZFS enough to really be interested in it but haven't had the chance to try it. I've been working with Solaris for a while but I'm not quite as proficient at it as I am Linux. Ive been using Linux since 1999. I've loved it from the first day I used it. I've come a long way since then. My current desktop is Debian Sarge and I run my home servers with Centos, Freebsd, and Solaris 9 and 10. I've been asked a million times why not just upgrade to Ubuntu on my desktop. I'm a stickler for stability and the ability for a machine to crash and be rebuilt. This system started out as Debian woody in 2002 and been upgraded to Sarge in late 2005. Ive managed to break it about 3-4 times and have been able to fix it and keep going. When I upgraded frm the 2.4 kernel, I thought I killed it, but alas, to this day it still runs like a top. I have yet also jump on the 64bit bandwagon. I'm waiting for the Etch to be released and then migrate over with a new Raptor and dual core system. I have most of the parts needed, I'm just waiting for Etch to be released. Given the opportunity, I would migrate my desktop to FreeBSD. My biggest drawback is getting performance out of Unreal 2004. I'm sure I managed to foul something up on something when I tried it last. But for me, I play so much unreal, I need the performance to be equal or better than what I currently have. So if anyone else out there is squeezing awesome performance out of UT2K4on bsd, I'd surely be interested in what you did. I even tried adding the nvidia drivers from ports as well as from nvidia. No dice. It drug so much it made me feel like I was on ketamine. At some point I would also like to do some testing with Solaris 10 and either try to get UT to work or within a brandz zone. I've looked around and seen it attempted but not successful, or at least not reported to be.
Anyways.. I'm glad to see Monkey radio finally moved and is back on the air again.