I'm a passionate Network Systems Engineer with experience in network design and Linux management. I love working on projects related to cybersecurity and cloud computing, and I'm always eager to learn and grow.

• Languages being learned: C, Python, PHP
• Languages Mastered: Bash
• Technologies: Linux, Xen Server, Ansible, Nginx, Apache, MySQL
• Other Skills: Network Security, Virtualization, System Administration, Linux Package Management

Here are some of the projects I've been working on:

• Description: To serve as easily digestible technical documentation and walk-throughs for various use-cases.
• Technologies Used: Layer 8 processing power!

• Description: Partly a notebook, partly a list of experiments one can play with their AI model of choice to develop an understanding of how hallucinations occur, and to develop a flavour palette to assist in perceiving the quality of your AI model's responses.
• Technologies Used: Web browser, ChatGPT, Gemini, (TODO: install TUI environment tools for Linux)

• Description: A comprehensive network setup involving two hosts and three virtual machines for secure and efficient web hosting involving Azure services.
• Technologies Used: Linux, Nginx, Apache, Virtualization, Xen Server Project, Cloud, Azure

• Description: Includes iptables, ipsets, and nftables to deploy a core platform designed to be modular. Components, for the time being, will be hand-selected and dropped in. My intent is for it to be used in anticipation of providing various services to a potentially hostile network.
• Technologies Used: Bash, Systemd-timers, nftables, iptables[ et al]

• Email: mrjcsh386@gmail.com
• LinkedIn: Joshua Loken LinkedIn

• Linux on every major space station: Linux is used in every major Space Station, including NASA, the International Space Station (ISS), and private space companies such as SpaceX.

  Its reliability and open-source adaptability make it an ideal choice for critical systems, ensuring smooth operations and supporting astronauts in their endeavours beyond Earth's boundaries.

• That critter needs help!: Debian exemplifies a true community-driven project, with no single entity claiming ownership. Volunteers from around the world contribute to its development, distinguishing it from many other Linux distributions that receive corporate backing.

• A little side note: The name "Linux" wasn’t even Linus's idea. He wanted to call it Freax, a mix of "free," "freak," and "x" for Unix. It was actually the administrator of the FTP server who first uploaded it under the name Linux. Which was a play on "Linus" and "Unix."

• Free beer, free speech: Back in the 1950s and 60s, most software was shared freely among academics and companies who used mainframes. IBM, for example, distributed its software with the hardware, and users were expected to read, modify, and improve it. Source code was literally printed on paper and shared in notebooks or punched cards. What's notable is that the concept of "proprietary software" didn't really exist yet. The idea of locking up code with licenses and copyright came later, in the 70s and 80s, once software started being sold separately from hardware. So technically, open source isn't a modern invention; it's the original way software was done. The "free software" and "open source" movements of the 80s and 90s were just a resurrection of an older culture, fighting against the new norm of closed, commercial software.

Feel free to explore my repositories and get in touch if you have any questions or collaboration ideas!