[Cialug] Introduction

[Sean McClanahan]

Good evening.  I just joined the list, after reading along on the
website for a little bit.  I thought maybe an introduction might be in
order.

 

(I did try to make your June meeting - showed up at the 8th floor of the
Locust St. building, not realizing that you had changed locations.
Didn't catch that on the website until after the fact.)

 

I started with computers in the TRS-80 days.  I loved OS/2, and went
kicking and screaming into the Windows 95 era.  Unfortunately, with the
exception of an attempt to load Red hat 5.2 , I've never really done
much with Linux.

 

So here I am now.  I am managing our network, and ramping up with
running the InfoSec functions for our company as well.  Recognizing that
many of the nice security tools (white *and* black hat) are written for
Linux, I've taken a laptop, set it up for dual boot with XP, and jumped
into Linux.

 

I started with Ubuntu (Dapper Dan), but on the recommendation of a peer,
switched to Fedora 7.  I think I like Fedora better.  Seems to be a lot
of support out there, and RPM packages seem to be quite plentiful.  But,
I still have some questions, and need some pointers from time to time.
I've been able to get Fedora to do most of what I've asked it to do, but
I know there are some things I could be doing to make my life easier,
and I've tried to install a couple of packages that seemed like they
installed, but I cannot seem to find them.

 

I am planning on coming to the July meeting.  (At the new location,
right? <G>)  Hopefully you guys will take pity on a soul that was sucked
into the world of Windows and is now trying to find peace.  J   I can't
abandon Windows completely, as I have to support 200 users who still run
Windows...  but we have been making little strides here and there.
We've got half the office on OpenOffice now!

 

Sean McClanahan  |  Network Manager
A+ / Network+ / Server+ / MCSE
Westec InterActive Security
1089 Jordan Creek Parkway
Suite 116
West Des Moines, IA 50266

(515) 327-7300 office 
(515) 333-9281 mobile 

 



www.westecnow.com 

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