[nycbug-talk] Brief Intro

[Trish Lynch]

On Sat, 8 May 2004, Pastor Mac wrote:

> Hi all--
>
> I'm de-lurking for a moment to introduce myself as a very raw newbie in
> the world of *NIX-like OSs.  Indeed, I am a church minister although
> for the moment I'm not currently serving a church but on and off have
> taken a number of computer science/IT classes and I've been hoping for
> an opportunity in network administration one day.  I've been a Mac user
> for the past 12 years and last year acquired a Sawtooth G4 so that I
> could start using OS X.  I've installed/played with a few distros of
> Linux on x86 but a couple months ago I surfed to the FreeBSD site and
> downloaded an ISO and installed it just to see how it compared.  In
> short, I've been consuming any and all BSD related info/websites and
> have probably turned into zealot novice for BSD asking some fellow CS
> students at Calvin College to move to a more mature and secure
> environment:-).
>
> I found this list via the user group listing on the main FreeBSD
> website and subscribed to get a sense of the community in the tri-state
> area.  I currently live in Grand Rapids, MI but will be relocating to
> Sussex, NJ in early June since the job market in west MI is simply
> awful.  My wife's family is from the N. Haledon/Wyckoff area so I've
> gotten to know the neighborhood reasonably well.  PTL for Hagstrom
> maps:-) What I'm hoping for is some kind soul on the list who has
> reasonable patience and lives in the northern NJ area who can mentor a
> newbie to craft a home server and learn how to do sysadmin work.  On a
> related note, I realize the organization is geared to the 5 boroughs
> and I would like to participate and come to the various gatherings but
> Sussex to Midtown might be a stretch consistently.  Is there a NJ
> sub-group?
>

nope, but I'm in North Jersey (I'm originally from Mahwah, right next to
Wyckoff, but now live in Wallington) If you need help I'm your (wo)man.

(BTW, since this hasn;t sufficiently explained on this list, and pronouns
are obviously an issue, I'm actually transitioning from male to female
(slowly), but I tend to keep quiet about it. Its not a huge deal, and if
you refer to the male persona, use "Pat", and "he" for now, but Trish is
definitely a "she" though I don't look it right now)


> I will say the BSDCan event looks most cool but about 95% would likely
> be over my head for now.  I hope I haven't interfered with existing
> discussions and I'll try to pay as much attention as possible to the
> discussions here so I can pick up a few nuggets along the way and try
> real hard not to be like the marketing guy in User Friendly.
>

Hey, don;t worry about interfering, we're actually here for help, and
admitting "I'm a newbie" and actually have the presence of mind to ask for
mentoring is a big step.


-Trish

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