Pete Savage

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Peter is a passionate Open Source enthusiast who has been promoting and using Open Source products for the last 10 years. He has volunteered in many different areas, starting in the Ubuntu community, before moving off into the realms of audio production and later into writing. Career wise he spent much of his early years managing and building datacenters as a sysadmin, before ending up working for Red Hat as a Principal Quailty Engineer for the CloudForms product. He occasionally pops out a book, loves photography, occasionally cooks, and lives in the UK with his wife and two children.

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Authored Content

How Kubernetes is helping Docker blossom

Kubernetes and Docker are the latest buzz words in the IT sector. Businesses and IT enthusiasts alike are clamoring to learn more about containerization. I managed to grab Red…

Finding the right tool for the job

When I was 13, our school was hooked up to the Internet—a 28.8 kbps U.S. Robotics modem was all that stood between us and the vast expanses of the Web. As I grew to understand…

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Seize the opportunity to explain open source

Kids have an insatiable appetite for knowledge. I would estimate that all of us with children have had them go through a phase of asking "Why?" constantly. In truth, it often…

Everyone changes lightbulbs in an open organization

At a previous organization, I had a good relationship with the administration staff. I purchased large amounts of goods, and that staff helped my team with our purchase orders…

Authored Comments

psav

1 Mar 2016

Which open source personality type are you?

I'm glad you found a trait you can identify with! Yes sometimes being polar opposites with someone at the other end can be completely frustrating. In the end knowing how to handle the comments often comes with being able to see the other persons PoV. Thanks for the comment ;)

psav

1 Mar 2016

Which open source personality type are you?

Did you pick it and vote straight away!? Heheh that would be a gutsy move. Right on! Protect against every eventuality. Possibly Generecist and Perfectionist go well together in this regard?