Re: Introduction / Hello fellow fedorians!! :) - Time
by rad
Forgot to answer the time bit!
I honestly am not sure if I'll be able to consistently give contributions due to me being very close to starting university, but for the sake of answering this, I guess at worst I can spend 4-6 hours contributing every week... I'm not sure if that's a good answer though :l.
On Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 19:38, rad <radicalite(a)proton.me> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> My name is Ali, my online username is radbirb, and I go by Rad more often than not online, moving aside names, I have been involved in the Linux and FOSS worlds as a user since 2017! Though I've been off and on with Linux since 2017 up until 2021, where I've gone full focus back on the Linux desktop as my daily driver. I've been active in various Discord and Reddit communities surrounding the Linux desktop, discussing things, hanging out with friends, and providing help / support to people who need it in support channels. I've also written a few (now outdated) guides and, very recently, reworked the KDE wiki page on the Fedora Wiki (my first Fedora contribution :O). I am currently looking at contributing mostly in writing documentation and other related tasks like article writing (possibly writing stuff for the Fedora Magazine? :P), possibly promo stuff for the project? who knows! Though I am currently learning Python and looking forward to doing Compsci (or IT) in university, maybe I'll expand beyond writing-related tasks in regards to contribution sooner or later.
>
> Fedora Linux is my main choice of OS, with my preferred desktop being KDE Plasma (KDE spin FTW!!), though OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Arch Linux are other distros I like using, and despite my main choice of desktop being Plasma, I'd say I'm also well versed in navigating and using GNOME (I am currently typing this from a Tumbleweed system running GNOME 46) so I hold both desktops in high regard despite my preference.
>
> I always knew about Fedora ever since I started my Linux journey back in 2017, but I didn't check it out until 2021, mostly pushed by the fact that my first Linux install in ages (KDE Neon) was broken by a mishandled-by-Neon update, and the Akademy talk held by Neal Gompa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Laat0XoWZE) also convinced me on using Fedora. I've spent the majority of my time on Fedora using the KDE spin, and I semi regularly hang out in the KDE SIG matrix channel. I also regularly recommend Fedora and help with Fedora within the communities I active in.
>
> My skills that could help the project in non-tech related areas revolve around my language proficiency and my ability to make incredibly rough mockups for demonstration purposes due to my very-not-good art skills :D. English is indeed my second language (Arabic being my native language as I am Lebanese), but I find myself to be very good at it, I often write essays, poems and slowly, stories. I think that my english is (un/fortunately?) my best language, so I'd like to make use of that to help where I can.
> In regards to tech related skills, I am familiar with the command line, the greater desktop Linux ecosystem, I have (atm) basic Python skills and I've done testing for both KDE Plasma 6 and Fedora 40 during their test days.
>
> I am very new to mailing lists, as this is basically my first one (unless you count bugzilla threads as such ,:P), so a lot of learning to be done there. Discord is my most used real time chat platform, but I have a Matrix account that I frequent and will probably become more active on as time goes on.
>
> Discord: @radbirb
> matrix: radbirb:fedora.im
>
> I look forward to being part of this community! :),
> Ali
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Introduction / Hello fellow fedorians!! :)
by rad
Hello everyone!
My name is Ali, my online username is radbirb, and I go by Rad more often than not online, moving aside names, I have been involved in the Linux and FOSS worlds as a user since 2017! Though I've been off and on with Linux since 2017 up until 2021, where I've gone full focus back on the Linux desktop as my daily driver. I've been active in various Discord and Reddit communities surrounding the Linux desktop, discussing things, hanging out with friends, and providing help / support to people who need it in support channels. I've also written a few (now outdated) guides and, very recently, reworked the KDE wiki page on the Fedora Wiki (my first Fedora contribution :O). I am currently looking at contributing mostly in writing documentation and other related tasks like article writing (possibly writing stuff for the Fedora Magazine? :P), possibly promo stuff for the project? who knows! Though I am currently learning Python and looking forward to doing Compsci (or IT) in university, maybe I'll expand beyond writing-related tasks in regards to contribution sooner or later.
Fedora Linux is my main choice of OS, with my preferred desktop being KDE Plasma (KDE spin FTW!!), though OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Arch Linux are other distros I like using, and despite my main choice of desktop being Plasma, I'd say I'm also well versed in navigating and using GNOME (I am currently typing this from a Tumbleweed system running GNOME 46) so I hold both desktops in high regard despite my preference.
I always knew about Fedora ever since I started my Linux journey back in 2017, but I didn't check it out until 2021, mostly pushed by the fact that my first Linux install in ages (KDE Neon) was broken by a mishandled-by-Neon update, and the Akademy talk held by Neal Gompa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Laat0XoWZE) also convinced me on using Fedora. I've spent the majority of my time on Fedora using the KDE spin, and I semi regularly hang out in the KDE SIG matrix channel. I also regularly recommend Fedora and help with Fedora within the communities I active in.
My skills that could help the project in non-tech related areas revolve around my language proficiency and my ability to make incredibly rough mockups for demonstration purposes due to my very-not-good art skills :D. English is indeed my second language (Arabic being my native language as I am Lebanese), but I find myself to be very good at it, I often write essays, poems and slowly, stories. I think that my english is (un/fortunately?) my best language, so I'd like to make use of that to help where I can.
In regards to tech related skills, I am familiar with the command line, the greater desktop Linux ecosystem, I have (atm) basic Python skills and I've done testing for both KDE Plasma 6 and Fedora 40 during their test days.
I am very new to mailing lists, as this is basically my first one (unless you count bugzilla threads as such ,:P), so a lot of learning to be done there. Discord is my most used real time chat platform, but I have a Matrix account that I frequent and will probably become more active on as time goes on.
Discord: @radbirb
matrix: radbirb:fedora.im
I look forward to being part of this community! :),
Ali
4 days, 18 hours
Hello Fedora World!
by Paul Maconi, Jr.
Hello everyone! I'm Paul. Aggraxis is my username. Some of you may
know me from other places. If so, hello again! I want to say up front
that despite having been around the block a few times, this is my
very first time actually posting to a mailing list. I hope that this
message winds up being readable and finds you in good spirits.
You can usually find me on Discord (Again, as Aggraxis), which is
probably my preferred chat platform these days just because of how
many other things seem to be tied in there. We use MS Teams at work.
(Eww, I know...) My first experience with Matrix was when I registered
my Fedora account and sought out the Fedora-join SIG to start the
onboarding workflow. It reminds me of IRC from back in the 90s, but
with some of its own quirks and oddities. I think it's fun that we
have so many different options because people of varying backgrounds
with different ideas decided to sit down and make something.
I’m an 80’s kid who was a huge computer nerd growing up only to become
a professional computer nerd as an adult. I love tinkering and
experimenting. I grew up in a Commodore household (C64/128, several
Amigas), learned Windows out of an academic and professional necessity,
and eventually found myself tinkering with Debian and a few other
distributions in my late teens. Watching my first kernel compile was
an eye-opening experience.
I spent about 7 years in the Networking world doing all things Cisco,
which I thoroughly enjoyed until I was responding to alerts at 2 AM
while trying to bottle feed my firstborn. During my time there I
developed an intimate working knowledge of all things routing and
switching (which has changed and evolved in some ways over the years,
other ways not so much).
I spent about the next 7 years as a civil servant in the super boring,
but super lucrative (compared to my previous reimbursement at the time)
world of government acquisitions. The key takeaway from that time was
that it gave me the opportunity to refine my ability to translate
technical jargon into common language that targets managers and
decision makers.
Since then I have been working for a series of defense contractors (my
current employer is amazing) serving as an system administrator on the
core infrastructure team for a series of software test systems. I work
with VMware products, possibly Proxmox soon, Windows (client and
server), RHEL (7, 8, and 9), Ubuntu, NetApp storage arrays, and a bunch
of other fun stuff like Ansible (I could write YAML playbooks all day
long and be happy) as well as lots and lots of STIG work.
(Yuck, but it pays the bills!)
I know enough Python to be dangerous in the workplace. I became curious
after my initial exposure to Ansible. I took C,C++, and Java back in
my college days, but I doubt I could reliably create something useful
using that knowledge these days. We use an internal gitlab server in
the office, so I'm familiar enough with git to do things like create
branches and submit merge requests, but some of the other things you
can do just haven't popped up in my day-to-day experiences yet.
I’ve been doing that long enough that now I’m ‘the boss’ for the team
of contractors supporting the ongoing work there. I spent a lot of time
hiring and mentoring new talent coming in, trying to develop the next
batch of mad computer scientists to take things to the next level. I
should note that I am volunteering entirely in my personal capacity,
and my involvement does not constitute any kind of endorsement by my
employer or our customer(s). Even so, I am very glad to be here!
I use Fedora on my laptop at home. Yeah, we also still have Windows in
the house. It pays to stay proficient with the systems you work with.
I also have a small homelab setup where I run a few VMs. (I just
finished moving everything at home from VMware to Proxmox as a
learning/fun exercise.) I also do a bit of gaming in my spare time, but
I’m at that point where I’m looking to put some of that time and energy
back into something Good. Hopefully you’ll see me out and about
somewhere in the Fedora community!
6 days, 1 hour
