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== About Me == 
[[Image:Jim.jpg|left|thumb|90px|My Mugshot]]I've been working with Linux since 1994, shortly after I arrived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  I've been on the Misssippi Gulf Coast ever since.  I have grown quite fond of the area and of my Linux machines.

What brought me to love linux is likely not to affect the masses.  I was used to the old DOS 3.1 interface and had a hard time migrating to the "point and click interface" of windows.  I was thoroughly impressed with the power that the linux command line offered, versus the dumbed down command line your got with DOS.  Doing repetitive tasks was just easier with Linux (or more to the point with [http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ BASH], the Bourne Again SHell)

I love to tinker with things and change them around.  For me, this means taking the source code to something I use, changing it to work the way I want, and recompiling it for me.  I've become a strong advocate of Open Source Software.  The paradigm of buying something and having no rights to change it to suit your own personal needs has hindered me in the past.  This sole provision of complete ownership of the software you purchase, has pushed me to not want anything other than open source software.

Recently (Aprilish) at the insistence of a good friend, I took the RHCE Exam.  While it is definitely tough, I did surprisingly well.  My advice for anyone wishing to take it is to study the [http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ Red Hat Deployment Guide], and [http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/prep_guide/ Red Hat RHCE Prep Guide], get Micheal Jang's book, and if I ever get around to making more updates, watch my screencasts on the subjects at [http://certcasts.org CertCasts.org].

== Linux as a Religion ==
It has been said, Linux zealots are a religious bunch in that they advocate Only Linux and nothing else.   While this is somewhat true, I can not dismiss it as easily.  Linux is a representation of freedom.  Freedom to share and collaborate, freedom to use your PC for more than just email (or just email if that is what you want).  The real freedom comes in being able to change it to suit your needs.  All the source is there.  Everything you need to rebuild it with your own changes.

The point of Linux and the accompanying software is simple.  We want you to take full advantage of your hardware, and software, without limitation.  You own it, you should be able to use it as you see fit.

Plus, I really like Free as in Beer (or if ya want to buy me one, a Free Beer).

== Linux Distributions ==

While I don't wish to start a flame war over favorite distributions, I will add my personal favorite and my reason as to why here. In my home environment I run [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora] exclusively throughout.  

In my home, I have eight PCs running Fedora Linux:

* My [http://www2.mscoast.com/mimicmz wife]'s PC
* My 3 daughters each have their own PC (which use [http://www.ltsp.org/ LTSP])
* My PC
* My laptop
* My home network's server,
* My [http://www.mythtv.org/ MythTV] PC

The only PC with anything other than Linux on it is my work PC, and I use VMWare to handle Windows on it for development purposes.

[http://fedoraproject.org Fedora] is my distribution of choice, due mainly to the team's commitment to using only free "as in rights" software. I recently decided to join the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Fedora Ambassadors Project] group to help spread the word about this great distribution and about the team's commitment to freedom and excellence.  I am also participating in the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia Fedora Free Media Program] in which we send out DVDs to people who might not otherwise be able to afford them or afford to get them.

== Contact Info ==
You can catch me at the [[:Category:Meetings|Next Meeting]] 

or

Email: [mailto:jnanneyREMOVE@CAPSgmail.com jnanney at gmail dot com]


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== Links ==
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JimNanney My Fedora Project Wiki Page]
* [http://tebl.homelinux.com/view_project.php?project_id=69 PVR] without dedicated MythTV box.
* [http://www.mscoast.com/ My Home Page / Blog ]
* [http://hugewaste.com/ My Play Area (all sub-domains are pet projects)]
* [[nthday |nthday.sh shell script]] - Creating a 3rd Monday of the Month Cron Job
* [[:Category:Subversion |Subversion]] Information
* [http://progit.org  Git Book] - Better than Subversion, CVS, and EASY branching
* [http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess.php .htaccess] and it's many many uses
* [http://twitter.com/jnanney Twitter feed]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jnanney My Linkedin Profile]
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