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Matt Blecha

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I can answer questions pertaining to most Linux daemons, Apache, Sendmail, SpamAssassin, vsftpd, Asterisk and others. I do not deal with Qmail, Postfix, or other MTAs, and have minimal experience with Procmail. I am very in depth with Samba and Linux/Windows integration and Asterisk based PBX systems. I also have considerable experience in both PHP and MySQL (installation, administration, and programming of both.) I am also considerably familiar with kernel systems, and networking stacks.

Experience

I've been working primarily with Linux since 1994. I have worked with various different flavors, starting with Slackware in High School, and moving to RedHat during my senior year. Deciding that my experience probably outweighs most of the RedHat support people, I decided to go with the Fedora branch when RedHat decided to close RHEL and release Fedora Core.

Education/Credentials
Though I have no official education in Linux, I have spent approximately, 12 years administrating Linux and continuing to widen my knowledge.

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