Thayer Williams
An IT/IM consultant living in Vancouver, BC Canada
Email: <thayerwilliams AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>
Blog: http://cinderwick.ca/
Hardware
MSI Wind U120 Netbook
Software
- Windows XP Pro
- Arch Linux
- Debian 6 w/ LUKS system encryption
Under GNU/Linux, I typically run a minimal install with Xmonad or dwm as window manager. Configs available at github.com/thayerwilliams
Debian 6 system abstract
- Bootloader
- stop, start, restart services manually
- add/remove services permanently
- console
Xorg (GUI)
acpid and related script framework
- GUI utilities (gnome-power-manager)
- low-level tools (pm-utils, cpufrequtils, laptop-mode scripts, etc...)
- Administrative roles
- Package management
- non-free/contrib repos
- debian-multimedia packages
apt pinning (testing/unstable)