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Howdy! | |||
I'm a 23 year old IT something-or-other from Adelaide in South Australia. I've worked in IT since I was about 16 in varying capacities, and I've done everything from desktop support, to network and systems architecture. My real passion lies in building cool stuff, and leading people from an engineering standpoint towards building said cool stuff. | |||
Currently I'm in the middle of overhauling the IT infrastructure of my current employer - taking it from being a 100% Windows house into a clean and lean, AWS based 'nix house. I've been a Linux advocate for quite some time now and this is the second time I've spearheaded the process of ripping and replacing existing closed platforms with open ones. | |||
My formal IT education focused almost entirely on RHEL and Windows server 2003, and guess which one I still use every day! When introducing new users to Linux, Fedora is always my go to choice for both desktop and server environments as I feel it provides a new-user friendly introduction to kickass platform. | |||
== Contact == | == Contact == | ||
* '''Email''': mailto: | * '''Email''': mailto:zac@zacboyd.me | ||
* '''IRC''': | * '''IRC''': synicalx, often loitering on #fedora, #fedora-ambassadors | ||
* '''Fedora Account''': synicalx [[Infrastructure/AccountSystem|Fedora Account System]] | |||
* '''Fedora Account''': | |||
== Activities within Fedora == | == Activities within Fedora == | ||
* | Currently I've only been involved with Fedora in a very unofficial capacity; | ||
* Introducing new users to Linux via Fedora | |||
* Advocating for my favourite distro | |||
* Making contributions to various blogs etc | |||
My goal for 2015 is to make more of a measured and 'official' contribution to the Fedora Project; | |||
* Advocating outside of my immediate interest group/current employer | |||
* Encourage others to get involved with FLOSS/Open Source projects | |||
* Host at least ONE public talk at a LUG | |||
Revision as of 03:07, 31 December 2015
Zac Boyd
Howdy!
I'm a 23 year old IT something-or-other from Adelaide in South Australia. I've worked in IT since I was about 16 in varying capacities, and I've done everything from desktop support, to network and systems architecture. My real passion lies in building cool stuff, and leading people from an engineering standpoint towards building said cool stuff.
Currently I'm in the middle of overhauling the IT infrastructure of my current employer - taking it from being a 100% Windows house into a clean and lean, AWS based 'nix house. I've been a Linux advocate for quite some time now and this is the second time I've spearheaded the process of ripping and replacing existing closed platforms with open ones.
My formal IT education focused almost entirely on RHEL and Windows server 2003, and guess which one I still use every day! When introducing new users to Linux, Fedora is always my go to choice for both desktop and server environments as I feel it provides a new-user friendly introduction to kickass platform.
Contact
- Email: mailto:zac@zacboyd.me
- IRC: synicalx, often loitering on #fedora, #fedora-ambassadors
- Fedora Account: synicalx Fedora Account System
Activities within Fedora
Currently I've only been involved with Fedora in a very unofficial capacity;
- Introducing new users to Linux via Fedora
- Advocating for my favourite distro
- Making contributions to various blogs etc
My goal for 2015 is to make more of a measured and 'official' contribution to the Fedora Project;
- Advocating outside of my immediate interest group/current employer
- Encourage others to get involved with FLOSS/Open Source projects
- Host at least ONE public talk at a LUG