Location: United Kingdom
Member Since:
March 21, 2017
J. T. Lidbury
Biography
10+ years experience in a busy (secondary school) multi OS environment. Providing 1st/2nd/3rd Line Support as part of a team of two. Supporting 1300+ users, 500+ (client) devices and 20+ in house servers. Powered by GNU/Linux openSUSE/Debian/CentOS, MS Windows 7/10/2016/2019 and OSX Majove. Let's not forget supporting whole premises BYOD Wi-Fi with Fortinet/Meru (RADIUS) too.
Additional experience and curiosity with:
- User management: Local and Azure AD FS (o365/Server 2016/19) and openLDAPv3.
- Website development: LAMP Stack & CMS: Joomla, Cleverbox and WordPress.
- Image creation/deployment with Microsofto365 Endpoint Management and Intune; Clonezilla/Fog; Mosyle (Apple MDM).
- Cloud/Office/collaboration packages: o365, Google GSuite, Libre, NextCloud, Zoom.
- Email: o365 Outlook, IceWarp.
- Web-filtering/Firewall/AV: Smoothwall, Sophos, Clam-AV.
- Printing: PaperCut, Sharp MFP
- Security: Xeoma (CCTV), Paxton Net2, MFA-2.
- Graphics/VR: Sweethome3D, Blender 3D, GIMP.
Additional experience and curiosity with:
- User management: Local and Azure AD FS (o365/Server 2016/19) and openLDAPv3.
- Website development: LAMP Stack & CMS: Joomla, Cleverbox and WordPress.
- Image creation/deployment with Microsofto365 Endpoint Management and Intune; Clonezilla/Fog; Mosyle (Apple MDM).
- Cloud/Office/collaboration packages: o365, Google GSuite, Libre, NextCloud, Zoom.
- Email: o365 Outlook, IceWarp.
- Web-filtering/Firewall/AV: Smoothwall, Sophos, Clam-AV.
- Printing: PaperCut, Sharp MFP
- Security: Xeoma (CCTV), Paxton Net2, MFA-2.
- Graphics/VR: Sweethome3D, Blender 3D, GIMP.
Where to find J. T. Lidbury online
Website: https://towios.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-lidbury-b71408166
Blog: https://towios.vivaldi.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-lidbury-b71408166
Blog: https://towios.vivaldi.net/
Series
The Big Linux Switch
by J. T. Lidbury
Linux in education. In 2012 a secondary school in Essex took on the bold decision to switch their student IT network from proprietary licensed software to Free and Open Source Software; to this day it is still in use. Find out how, why and what happened...
The Only Way is Open Source - The Big Linux Switch
The Only Way is Open Source - The Big Linux Switch - REBOOTED
Books
The Only Way is Open Source - The Big Linux Switch - REBOOTED
by J. T. Lidbury
Series: The Big Linux Switch.
Price:
Free!
Words: 13,310.
Language:
English.
Published: January 1, 2021
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Networking
In 2012 the WHSG Secondary School switched their student IT Network from proprietary software to Free and Open Source Software. 10 Years later it's still in full use! Download to find out more.
The Only Way is Open Source - The Big Linux Switch
by J. T. Lidbury
Series: The Big Linux Switch.
Price:
Free!
Words: 6,800.
Language:
English.
Published: April 16, 2017
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Educational software, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Computers & technology
In the summer of 2012 a secondary school in Essex took on the bold decision to switch their student (IT) network from costly licensed software to Free and Open Source Software and declared the school’s document standards as odf, pdf and html. To find out how it was done, download a copy and take a look.