Contact Me

• scottwbarber AT gmail DOT com (for email and google talk)

• Launchpad account: https://launchpad.net/~scottwbarber/

• Forum Profile: http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=265891

• tapH20guru on IRC

Stats

• I'm an ubunutero and looking to become an official Ubuntu Member
• I try and help out the most on IRC and Wiki contributions.

• Member of the ArizonaTeam and member of the Server Team ArizonaTeam/Teams/Server

• Ubuntu convert around the time hoary came out thanks to Tristanbob

• Past Local LUG President (http://www.oalug.com) for a couple years

• Blog at http://scott.barberfam.com

• Linux Sysadmin and Ruby / Rails developer

• Lucky to count some awesome folks at the Utah Loco team as friends: Tristanbob and AaronToponce - I'm an old member of the UtahTeam

• Between work and home I personally run Ubuntu on 12 machines. Either 6.06 LTS and Feisty

Goals

• Become a MOTU and start helping maintain the ruby / rubygems / rails packages
• Work on making customizable / derivative distro Ubuntu LiveCDs / Install CDs (Asterisk and Ruby / Rails in particular)
• Keep writing more HOWTOs and help to improve community documentation.

Skills

• Senior Linux Systems Administrator for my day job
• Previously a Web Developer using PHP, now prefer Ruby/RubyOnRails

• I also run a consulting business doing Linux admin / Rails development (http://release3.com)

• Love my Sipura 3000 and TrixBox (too bad it's not based on Ubuntu)

Contributions

Created...

• HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/LexmarkZ605

and worked on...

• ThinClientHowto

Will be adding the following shortly:

• IPCOP with OpenVPN and Fiesty’s Network Manager HOWTO: http://scott.barberfam.com/wp/2007/05/10/ipcop-with-openvpn-and-fiestys-network-manager/

• Treo 650 USB Modem on Ubuntu Feisty (Sprint) http://scott.barberfam.com/wp/2007/04/25/treo-650-usb-modem-on-ubuntu-feisty-sprint/

• Ubuntu Edgy (and Dapper) DUN Treo 650 w/Sprint over bluetooth http://scott.barberfam.com/wp/2006/11/30/ubuntu-edgy-dapper-dun-treo-650-wsprint/

I keep a stack of the latest live CDs on me and give them out to friends and family. My personal tally so far:

• 6.06 LTS: 15
• Edgy: 18
• Feisty: 10 (and counting)

Encourage the installation and support the use of Ubuntu at work.

• Created and maintain 3 VM images for internal testing use.
• Maintain internal wiki documentation on ubuntu installation and use in our corporate environment including:
• Connecting Evolution to our exchange server with LDAP addressbook settings
• Connecting to the Juniper VPN

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