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I'm a Linux expert based in the Boston/Providence/Worcester area. I've written about 25 books on Linux and other computer topics, as well as a couple of open source programs. I'm currently employed by Canonical, which produces the Ubuntu Linux distribution, although these pages are my own personal effort, not official Canonical communications.BOOKS AND ARTICLES
I'm the author of many books on Linux and multi-OS computing. Counting revisions and co-authored titles, the number reaches 20, as of August 2009, so I won't bore you with a list here; instead, see my bookspage.
Between 2003 and 2008, I was the author of the "Guru Guidance" column for Linux Magazine. A search on that siteturns
up my articles, but you'll need to register to read them. To date, I've written several articles for IBM developerWorks: * Linux on 4KB sector disks: Practical advice (March 6, 2014; note that this is an updated version of an earlier article on this topic.) * Recover from a failed Linux boot(October 22, 2013)
* Enable multiuser logins with VNC(April, 2012)
* Several articles in the LPIC3 302, Mixed environments (in other words, Samba) series. * Resizing Linux partitions, Part 2: Advanced resizing(September 1, 2010)
* Resizing Linux partitions, Part 1: Basics(August 12, 2010)
* Linux on 4KB-sector disks: Practical advice (April 27, 2010; note that this is my original article on this topic; see above for an update.)* Migrate to GRUB 2
(April 14,
2010)
* Using QEMU for Cross-Platform Development(February 9, 2010)
* Make the Most of Large Drives with GPT and Linux(July 28, 2009)
* Worry-Free Linux Power-Downs with Anacron(April 21, 2009)
* Setting up UNIX File Systems(February 17, 2009)
PROGRAMMING
I have three open source projects to my name (although one is so trivial that calling it a "project" may be stretching matters: * GPT FDISK —This suite of programs (consisting of gdisk, sgdisk, and cgdisk) helps you manage partitions on disks that use the GUID Partition Table (GPT) scheme. GPT fdisk is primarily a Linux tool, although it also compiles and works under FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Windows. A derivative of this project is my FixParts program, which fixes some problems with Master Boot Record (MBR) partition tables I've seen reported far too frequently. * REFIND —My second major open source project is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager for EFI and UEFI computers. rEFInd adds various features and fixes a number of bugs in the original program. The combination of rEFInd and the Linux kernel's EFI stub loadercan make
kernel management very easy on EFI-based computers. * THIN —This program is a trivial utility that splits "fat" EFI binaries, which are sometimes used on Macs, into their component 32- and 64-bit versions. This is useful because ordinary UEFI-based PCs can't use Apple's proprietary "fat" binaries, but the single-architecture binaries that make up the "fat" binaries are often useful.MY WEB PAGES
In addition to my books, published articles, and programs, I've written several Web pages on a wide range of topics. Some of these are so old that I've officially retired them. Those that aren't _too_stale are:
* A Tesla Model 3 Road Trip * My Kossel XL Printer Build * Linux on UEFI: A Quick Installation Guide * Programming for EFI * Gigabyte's Hybrid EFI * Using the GPT Linux Filesystem Partition Type Code * Alternatives to SodaStream or Primo Flavorstation Flavorings * Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux * A Web page about the Secure Boot feature * A BIOS to UEFI Transformation * EFI-Booting Ubuntu on a Mac * Finding missing partitions in GParted * A comparison of several film and flatbed scanners for scanningphotos
* Some informal tests of several lenses I own * My review of the _I, Robot_ film * Printers and fonts in WordPerfect for Linux * Adding fonts to Linux ApplixWarePERSONAL INTERESTS
For the past ten years, I've managed to build a career out of one of my interests: computers. I'm particularly interested in Linux and other Open Source software. I've written a few C and Pascal programs, but this isn't my greatest interest in the computer field. Instead, I enjoy learning about system administration, networking, and so on, and sharing that knowledge with others. Another interest of mine is science fiction. I've got a web page with some of my favorite SF books. I'm also a big fan of Babylon 5, which has done more for the medium of TV science fiction (or TV in general) than anything to come before it. Sadly, I don't have as much time to read science fiction as I'd like. In the summer of 1999, I took up sailing at Community Boating. I didn't really get very good at it in one season, but I did manage to capsize a boat once! (It was a squishy trip home after they pulled me out of the river.) More recently, I've begun biking regularly along the Blackstone River Bikeway, which is within a mile of my house. It's great exercise and that particular bike path has some wonderful scenery. Photography is a long-time interest of mine. In 2005 I put together a darkroom in my basement -- something I've wanted to do since I was a teenager! I prefer film photography to digital for several reasons. Film appeals to me more aesthetically, it enables me to create something without the help of a computer, I've always preferred simplicity in my cameras, and replacing my film cameras and lenses with digital equipment would be prohibitively expensive. Although I'm not a big poster of photos in online forums, I do have a Flickr page with a few samples of my photos. Mostly I use that page to demonstrate specific things, such as the results I get from outdated films.PERSONAL STATISTICS
* Born November 18, 1965 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. * Raised primarily in Cincinnati, Ohio. * I have one sister. * I went to college at Oberlin College inOhio.
* I did graduate work in psychology at The University of Michigan and at Tufts University, and got my PhD in cognitive psychology from the latter. * I've done postdoctoral research in cognitive psychology at various institutions since then. * I live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. * I've voted in 14% of the states of the US. (That sounds more impressive than "seven states.") Here are a bunch of links to other things I find interesting: * Oberlin College Psychology Department * Oberlin College Alumni Information * The SETI At Home project, where I contribute to the Oberlin College Alumni team.* The Dilbert Zone
* User Friendly
* Death Gets a Website * The Urban Legends References Pages* Linux information
* NPR's Science Friday show. * The New York Times on the web. * The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates free speech and other rights in the digital age. * The Best Viewed With Any Browsercampaign.
------------------------- So, if you've gotten this far and would like to contact me, drop me some e-mail at rodsmith@rodsbooks.com.Details
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