Introduction

Hello.

Welcome to my blog! This blog documents my life as a (primarily UNIX) Systems Administrator, or sysadmin. It can be challenging, but also rewarding.

I primarily run Linux on workstations, and a BSD variant on servers, though I do still have a few Windows nodes left on my network. I generally lean towards NetBSD -- I find that it has better support for the hardware I use, and is extremely small, fast, and portable, which I value in system software.

I don't necessarily have the latest hardware; indeed, some of the challenges I face are maintaining older systems. But I find with the proper utilities, any Pentium Pro-class machine can be a useful X11 workstation, even if only for Web browsing.

So the story begins...