Nathan Haines
Special guest
IT expert with lifelong love for computers and technology. Provided expert and friendly phone and on-site hardware and software technical support. Instructor for professional training courses. Published author appearing in IT magazines. Spreadsheet expert (Excel and LibreOffice Calc) with basic accounting experience. Light report and data processing automation using Python. IP-based phone and PBX administration.
Eager to provide expert assistance in system administration or IT support, advise how Linux and other Free Software and Open Software solutions can save you time and money, and consult on server and workstation installation and network configuration. Available as a contractor or employee.
Specialties: Public speaking, end-user training, technical writing, advanced Microsoft Office, advanced Excel, LibreOffice, Python, HTML, CSS, 100wpm, Photoshop, GIMP, conversant in German.
Nathan Haines has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 21: Ubuntu Community: Years of "Just Works"
April 28th, 2026 | 20 mins 3 secs
beginning ubuntu, debian ubuntu relationship, distro wars, flatpak vs snap, libreoffice linux, linux community culture, linux daily driver, linux for beginners, open source community, resolute raccoon, scale linux conference, snap packages, ubuntu 26.04, ubuntu community, ubuntu community council, ubuntu forums discourse, ubuntu lts, ubuntu reddit, ubuntu volunteer, windows 10 eol linux
Teaching a Linux course will humble you fast, especially when your students ask about apt and you realize the last time you logged into an Ubuntu server was when you were still a sysadmin.