About

Julius

I'm fascinated by computers since I can remember, with a special affinity for networks, text-based systems, 90ties productivity software etc. pp.. and this is my small web site! I have it because it's a fun thing to run a "homepage on the web".

My first site dates back to the dial-up era when I started to learn things like HTML & CSS as a kid. After many years without, I just like to have such a little project again. If you're browsing through this site and find anything that inspires you or just makes you smile, I'm happy for whatever deeper reason.

Work

I'm a network engineer for fun and profit, specialising in:

• Ethernet and IP based services
• Datacenter and corporate networks
• Private network interconnection
• Inter-domain routing (BGP)
• LIR administration (RIPE area)
• IPv6 consulting and deployment
• DNS administration
• Bringing UNIX and Perl to the rescue

I've been planning, building, and operating highly available networks for up to 5,000+ workloads over 15+ years. I prefer whatever speaks RFC/ IEEE standards without marketing bullshit, but - let's face it - always had to deal with Cisco, Brocade, Extreme, Comware, Dell, VMware, CheckPoint etc. pp.

Random Facts

Here are some random facts about me using computers:

• Operating Systems
  • I started using computers in the MS-DOS/ Windows 3.1 era
  • My favourite Windows version is Windows 2000 Professional
  • My first Linux distributions was SUSE Linux 6.2
  • My favourite Linux distribution nowadays is Alpine
  • My favourite UNIX-like is OpenBSD
• I prefer using lightweight and terminal-based software
• I'm an avid user of GNU Screen (a terminal multiplexer)
• Editors
  • GNU Emacs for writing and editing source code
  • mg (originally called MicroGnuEmacs) for quick editing
• Window Managers/ Desktop Environments
  • XFCE (with Chicago95) on general purpose machines
  • FVWM on more limited systems - and for fun!
  • xmonad where screen real estate is a scarse good
• Other applications I'm using frequently
  • newsboat (RSS feed reader)
  • aerc (email client)
  • irssi (IRC client)
• I'm using the Internet since the 56k era
• I'm a big fan of the Small Web / IndieWeb movement
• I'm not a gamer, but of cause I enjoyed quite a few games, among them: the Monkey Island series, Might and Magic III-V, SimCity 2000, Dungeon Keeper, Age of Empires I/II, Diablo I/II

Photo

That's me 2023, now with glasses:

Contact

Julius Kaiser
c/o Fsociety
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 8
04107 Leipzig

+49-341-97854941
jkdata@mailbox.org

You can use my public PGP key to send me encrypted data.

About this Web Site

A few technical facts about this website:

• Served from a VPS running OpenBSD (relayd & httpd)
• Built with Jekyll Zola static site generator
• Icons in the site header are from 3000 ICONS FOR WINDOWS

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