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Michael Prokop

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Real Life

Name: Michael Prokop
Birthday: 29 of August
Birthplace: Klagenfurt
Residencies: Graz, Klagenfurt, Viktring
Nationality: Austria
Creed: unbaptized
Specialities(?): vegetarian, left-hander
 

Education

1986-1990 elementary school Annabichl in Klagenfurt
1990-1994 "BRG II Mössingerstraße" in Klagenfurt
1994-1998 "BRG - Musikgymnasium Viktring"
1998-1999 military service at "Militärmusik Kärnten" and school leaving examination at "Abendschule für Berufstätige"
1999-2000 study of musicology and cultural administration at KF Uni-Graz
2000-2001 study Informationsmanagement at FH-Joanneum
since 2001 study of "Information and Communications Technology" (known as Telematik) at TU Graz (for german information about the term "ICT" have a look here)
since 2005 study of "Informatics at TU Graz

Computer-Life

Current Projects

Hardware

Workstation/Server - "grml"

Processor Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz Sockel-478 boxed, 200MHz FSB, 512kB Cache; HyperThreading
Motherboard Gigabyte 8KNXP
RAM Infineon DIMM 256MB PC3200 DDR CL3 (PC400)
Harddiscs SAMSUNG SP1614N, Maxtor 6Y120P0
Monitor Samsung Syncmaster 191T TFT - 19"
Operating System Debian GNU/Linux - unstable, Kernel 2.6.x
Graphicscard Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600, 256MB DDR, DVI, TV-out, AGP
TV-Card Hauppauge WinTV Express (751) [Chip 878]
Chassis Chieftec Dragon DX-01BD (CS-601)
Printer Samsung ML-1510
Fans Papst 8412N/2GL Lüfter, 80x80x25, 1500rpm, 33m³/h, 12db(A)
Power supply Chieftec HPC-360-202, 360W
DVD-ROM TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1712
DVD-Burner PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D
Keyboard Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite 2
Mouse Logitech MX 310

Why that much power? -> grml.

Notebook / Laptop - "grml"

Samsung X20 XVM 1600 V; HowTO - Installation and use of grml/Debian Linux on Samsung X20 XVM 1600 V Laptop

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Psion Revo Handheld (currently out of office)

for details have a look at the Psion-Homepage -> www.psion.com/revoplus/ or my (german) Psion-Webpage.

Canon PowerShot A20 Digitalkamera

for details have a look at my "Kamera-Seite" at "Gallery" (german!)

Software

I'm using the operating systems Linux, QNX, FreeBSD and sometimes even Plan9. I'm an aficionado and advocator of CLIs (commandline-tools) and like powerusing. zsh lover I love the Zsh.


Linux-User 224337 - picture

I am registered Linux-User 224337.

blog: Since November 2003 I have my own weblog (blog). I use my blog for brainstorming, documentation and communication with friends.


Work

I'm expert on GNU/Linux Debian systemadministration, analyzing systems and live-cd technologies. I'm building optimized and adjusted live-cds with grml-solutions.

Since 2003 I am one of the main organizers of Grazer LinuxTage. You can also find me in the committee of OS04.

Since February 2002 I am working at the "Institut für Unternehmungsführung und Organisation (UFO)" at technical university graz as IT-Administrator and assistant for studies.

Since 1999 I am working as IT-Administrator (network management and homepageadministration) of "WIST-Heim " at Wienerstraße 58a.

Free time

I am member of "Erster Kärntner Trommelkorps St. Veit an der Glan". There we are about 20 drummers.

I a member of Linux-User-Group-Graz.

I am founder and active member of Security Treff Graz (STG). At STG we are meeting at least once a month and talk about topic "security". For more information about STG have a look at the homepage of STG (german).

References

Webdesign

I've created some websites for small companies and I'm also responsible for the redesign (code-improvement, optimisation for search-engines, removal of design-/layouterrors) of some websites (URLs available on request only).

Computer

Lectures on grml on Linuxdays Graz, Vienna, Chemnitz, OS04,...

WCM - release 199: "UNIX Kommandozeilentools in der Praxis" (vim, mutt, screen, cicq, slrn,...) - article, 5 pages

Lectures on 'Linux Kernel 2.6 - und nun?' and 'Using the power of Google - elgooG' and workshop on 'Using the power of texttools - texttools++' [together with Sven Guckes] on Grazer Linuxdays 2004.

Lecture on texttools at Unix/Linux on Grazer and Klagenfurter Linuxdays 2003.

Drums

Performances at Kamot (Klagenfurt), concert hall Klagenfurt, Porgy and Bess - jazzpub (Vienna), austrian contest in Salzburg (1st place), and at many other events

Musician at "music school Big Band Klagenfurt" und "Jazzensemble Musikgymnasium Viktring", Bandleader of R.O.M., 12 months aktiver Military musician, temporary jobs at different bands

Musicology

Scientific paper about Richard Strauss´ "Tod und Verklärung" and Gustav Mahlers "Das Lied von der Erde" for Jeunesse Graz during the project "Baustelle Konzert".

 

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