Hi Mike,
There is a Detroit Linux User's Group that you might look to hook up with if
you haven't already.
I'm not a member (or in Detroit) but I know someone who is.
Mike
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Michael Naughton <michnaugh1(a)gmail.com>wrote:
Hi all:
My name is Mike Naughton. I'm a criminal defense attorney (associate at
James C. Thomas, P.C.) from Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. I first tried Linux
when I installed Fedora Core 3. I am running Fedora 10 x64 and it feels
very sharp and responsive.
As far as how I can contribute, in my role as a criminal defense attorney I
have a lot of experience with advocacy, community outreach and working with
media. In fact, I have been involved in cases in the Detroit area that
garnered national and local media attention. My participation required
working with attorneys around the country and media outlets. If you google
my name you will see Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals
briefs I wrote over the summer and for what case.
I think Fedora and Red Hat have really done a terrific job of creating a
more vibrant community and putting together some really nice resources
online (
fedoraproject.org,
fedoraforum.org,
fedorafaq.org, etc.). I
would like to be more involved in this community. I believe that, for
better or worse, the economy and Vista have really created an opportunity
for people to discover Fedora and be very pleasantly surprised.
I would really like to get more involved in marketing Fedora, especially to
professionals like myself who are solo-practitioners or small business
owners. Fedora really provides all the tools necessary for a person to
build a business right out of the box. In fact, I have been using Linux in
my practice. I use
Openoffice.org to prepare correspondence, motions,
orders and other forms of legal writing. I use Thunderbird with the
Lightning plugin to keep track of my calendar. I listen to music with
Rhythmbox, mount NTFS drives, play games (World of Goo is really incredible
and a great example of the traction Linux is starting to gain) and run the
occasional Windows app in Crossover Office.
Admittedly, I would like to see more billable programs for Linux. I have
tried Gnu Cash but I find it a bit cumbersome for simple time tracking and
invoicing. Additionally (like a lot of other people), I'd like to able to
use Adobe programs in Linux. Obviously this is not a Fedora gripe but an
Adobe one. I am confident that as Linux desktop adoption grows, Adobe will
reach out to this market and provide products. It already has with Flash
and Acrobat. I am also a part-time web developer and use Flash,
Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator. It would be nice to not have to
boot into OS X use these tools.
Thanks for reading. I am really excited about joining the marketing team
and making some contributions to the community.
--Mike
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