Re: Self Introduction - Stuart Ellis

Full Name: Stuart Ellis

Country, City: UK, Newtown (Powys) Profession: Network Administrator Company: Coleg Powys Goals In Fedora Project: Author documents to help fill the gaps in available resources. Particularly interested in networking and systems administration. Historical Qualifications: Professional admin for about 6 yrs. Started experimenting with Linux at about the same time, since OS/2 didn't look like it had much life left in it. Have been maintaining Linux servers for my current employer for about 3 yrs (usual suspects - Apache, BIND, MySQL etc.). Now provide support on LinuxQuestions forums, mostly on Samba and Red Hat issues. Recently, revised a couple of chapters of the GNOME User Guide for 2.8 - my first go with DocBook. Broad base of understanding, but not an expert in any area. After hanging around LinuxQuestions for a bit, I found that there are a number of problem areas that keep coming up. This may be because there aren't documents which are up to date and specific enough to guide someone through particular tasks. Other issues are that new users aren't aware of the various resources that are available, and that many docs assume a fairly high level of subject knowledge on the part of the reader, more than the average Windows-using enthusiast or technician actually has. So I'm interested in contributing to sets of docs which can be specific, kept up to date and well-advertised so that they can help users who don't yet have the Linux experience to hunt out and interpret the diverse sources around the 'net. -- Stuart Ellis