My name is Scotty and I am a GNU/Linux enthusiast. I am not a developer, programmer, sysadmin, or IT professional, though I will cosplay to varying degrees.

I have many interests and my site is or will be a way of documenting them - GNU/Linux and tech of course, but also Catholicism, personal finance, credit cards/bank account churning, cycling, ball and disc golf, home improvement, and many more. Computers in general and GNU/Linux specifically are one of many interests, but one I consistently keep busy with and will hopefully be able to as long as I live.

By education I am a mechanical engineer. Initially I was a CS minor until it became more time ($) than it was worth. Currently I am a design engineer for the electrical utilities. In my past life I was a submarine officer and in another past life I was a Catholic seminarian.

My first introduction to GNU/Linux was when I was a kid in the 90s through my late father who was a hobbyist GNU/Linux user. He passed away when I was a youngster from cancer, and it wasn’t until university that I became re-acquainted with GNU/Linux via Ubuntu (08.04). I dual booted Ubuntu and Windows Vista via wubi (RIP in peace) and haven’t looked back - other than now running neither Ubuntu nor Windows.