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I'm glad you stumbled on my little capsule floating in Gemini space! I would prefer to remain anonymous in Gemini Space but I will tell you a little bit about myself.
I'm not a hacker, at least not a good one. And I don't work in software development or IT. I'm a machinist. I specialize in CNC equipment and high-volume production. I can tell this makes me a bit of an oddity in Gemini space at the moment.
I am (in no particular order)...
My preferred adjectives are handsome/brilliant.
I've always liked computers although I didn't get serious about it until recently. I blame public schools and math-phobia. It's a story for another time. I was a teenager in the late 90's and I remember fondly the dot-com boom era. Gemini brings up a bit of nostalgia these days when the internet was slower. That's why I like it and that's one reason I decided to set up a server.
I've been using Free software for years and using Linux-based operating systems on and off since I was a teenager. It was sometime around 2007 that I first saw a Documentary called "Revolution OS". It was on a DVD I got from this crazy new service called Netflix. From then on I always preferred to use a freedom-respecting program whenever it was available, although I still remained a Windows user for the most part. Linux was something I only occasionally toyed around with, usually used a live CD to rescue data from whenever I borked my machine doing something stupid.
Some time in 2016, I had become fed up with Windows and I started to get more serious about Linux. I purchased a refurbished laptop and installed Ubuntu on it. I slowly crawled through a book called The Linux Command Line [1], taking notes and typing out every example. Once I learned the basics of how a Unix-like system works and terminal emulators no longer paralyzed me with fear, I felt comfortable abandoning Windows. After a while of feeling comfortable, I realized I preferred GNU/Linux over Windows or Mac OS. Once you learn the basics, knowing you are in full control of your machine is very satisfying. I'd compare it to riding a motorcycle or driving a stick-shift.
I've been a member of the Free Software Foundation since 2020 and promote free software at any chance I get.