##master-page:HomepageTemplate #format wiki #language en ---- CategoryHomepage = sipherdee = ||<|6> {{http://sipherdee.com/images/sipherdee-head.png}} || '''Eric Beaurivage''' |||| [[http://claimid.com/sipherdee]] || || Location |||| Montreal, QC, Canada || || E-Mail |||| <> || || Jabber/Google Talk |||| <> || || IRC ||||'''sipherdee''' ''(irc.freenode.net)''|| || Launchpad {{https://launchpad.net/favicon.ico}}||||[[https://launchpad.net/~sipherdee]]|| = Work = ---- [[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbeaurivage|LinkedIn]] ---- My last years of work were devoted to [[http://www.checkpoint.com/|Check Point]] products, notably administrating SecurePlatform firewalls which are running on a modified version of Red Hat Linux / Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I also spent a lot of time administrating Cisco networking and VoIP equipement. After many years of Linux usage and advocacy, I am getting more involved in the community. = Community = Registered Linux User #318676, I proceeded to my first Slackware Linux installation in July 1996. I then started to use Debian (1.3.1) until I became a true Mandrake advocate. Ubuntu is the system I use on all my machines. Still, Windows is still needed on my main computer laptop for audio work I do. Being subscribed to Linux Audio mailing lists for many years, I plan on contributing to those efforts. The way I started is by joining the following project: [[http://www.kollide.net/|Kollide]] - Projects Hosting We are hosting initiatives such as [[http://amarok.kde.org/|Amarok]] and [[http://konversation.kde.org/|Konversation]]. If you need server space for open source related work, do not hesitate to contact me! Other interests: [[http://www.openbsd.org/|OpenBSD]], [[http://www.gentoo.org/|Gentoo]], [[http://www.pfsense.org/|pfSense]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29|Android]], [[http://drupal.org/|Drupal]], [[http://typo3.org/|TYPO3]], [[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], [[http://openoffice.org/|OpenOffice.org]] + too many others. = Certifications = * MCP: Microsoft Certified Professional * UCP: Ubuntu Certified Professional ''(in progress)'' * ''(more to come...)'' When I went to college, I learnt to become a programmer. As soon as I could I switched to the technical side of computer science but I am getting back to coding. Getting to better understand PHP code at the moment I am also interested to dive into Python and Ruby/JRuby. The reason I want to get into JRuby is because I would like to contribute to the [[http://opentg.org/|OpenTG]] (BBS) development. = Ubuntu = [[https://launchpad.net/~my-mom-runs-ubuntu|My mom runs Ubuntu]] and she is enjoying playing AisleRiot. I want to become more closely involved with Ubuntu. I will get back to translation, spend more time on the [[http://ubuntuforums.org/|forums]] and get more people to try using it. I hope our government will take notice and get to use open standards. To me, Ubuntu would be the right choice for Quebec.