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== About Perry ==
== About Perry ==


Hello! I am a computer lab instructor that holds a COMPTIA Security Plus Certification and years of experience with various operating systems. I learned about Fedora while working with the Red Hat Linux operating system and enjoy working with it. I started with Fedora Core 4 on legacy hardware. I presently use Fedora 22 to demonstrate how useful open source systems can be.
Hello! I am a computer lab instructor that holds a CompTIA Security Plus Certification and years of experience with various operating systems. I learned about Fedora while working with the Red Hat Linux operating system and enjoy working with it. I started with Fedora Core 4 on legacy hardware. I presently use Fedora 22 to demonstrate how useful open source systems can be.


Although I am new here with the project, I am very enthusiastic to assist friends and family with maintaining their workstations, servers, networking, and other technology.  
Although I am new here with the project, I am very enthusiastic to assist friends and family with maintaining their workstations, servers, networking, and other technology.  


I currently provide support with the Openstack Magnum ([https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Magnum]) project and am an active member of the  
I currently provide support with the Openstack Magnum ([https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Magnum]) project and am an active member of the  
San Fernando Valley Linux Users Group ([http://www.meetup.com/sfvlug/]), San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group ([http://www.sgvlug.org/]), and LETHAL ([[http://www.meetup.com/LETHAL/]]).  
San Fernando Valley Linux Users Group ([http://www.meetup.com/sfvlug/]), San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group ([http://www.sgvlug.org/]), and LETHAL ([[http://www.meetup.com/LETHAL/]]).


== Goals ==
== Goals ==

Revision as of 01:10, 6 November 2015

I've been using Fedora since Fedora Core 1 (abt 2003), and before that since Red Hat 3.0.3 (Picasso, abt 1996).

Perry Rivera

  • Name: Perry Rivera
  • IRC: juggler on freenode
  • Fedora username: lajuggler
  • O/S: Fedora (stable release)
  • Location: Northridge, CA - USA
  • Email: lajuggler AT fedoraproject DOT org
  • Profession: Technology Professional / System Administrator / Software Engineer

About Perry

Hello! I am a computer lab instructor that holds a CompTIA Security Plus Certification and years of experience with various operating systems. I learned about Fedora while working with the Red Hat Linux operating system and enjoy working with it. I started with Fedora Core 4 on legacy hardware. I presently use Fedora 22 to demonstrate how useful open source systems can be.

Although I am new here with the project, I am very enthusiastic to assist friends and family with maintaining their workstations, servers, networking, and other technology.

I currently provide support with the Openstack Magnum ([1]) project and am an active member of the San Fernando Valley Linux Users Group ([2]), San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group ([3]), and LETHAL ([[4]]).

Goals

Contributor

  • Support others on the usage of the Fedora distribution
  • Offer design and maintenance assistance for the OpenStack Magnum project.
  • Participate in various open source conferences throughout the Greater Los Angeles area.

Skill Areas

  • Red Hat, Fedora
  • Communication (speaking, teaching, writing, professional development, talent development)
  • Documentation (wiki)
  • Programming: Python, bash, Perl, C/C++/C#
  • Videography, photography

Interests

  • Raspberry Pi
  • Guitar
  • Ukulele
  • Juggling
  • Drumming (doumbek, bodhran)