Mike Partin is a seasoned UNIX-focused systems engineer and proprietor with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, administering, and automating UNIX/Linux and BSD-based networks. Based in San Antonio, he runs Fu Manchu Ltd., a freelance consultancy that delivers architecture, implementation, and systems automation for commercial and open-source UNIX platforms. His deep expertise spans Red Hat, Debian/Ubuntu, Gentoo, Solaris, NetBSD/FreeBSD, as well as embedded microkernels like QNX, and he pairs that with Windows AD/IIS/Exchange administration where needed. Equally comfortable writing Python, Perl, shell, PHP and C, he previously built inventory, QA and deployment tooling that kept small businesses running reliably. Colleagues rely on his pragmatic, workmanlike approach and long-standing curiosity about legacy and niche UNIX systems. He’s the sort of engineer who prefers a late-night terminal session to a crowd—turning obsession with OS internals into practical, production-ready solutions.
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