11:38 a.m.
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 I've also written a few (now outdated) guides and, very recently, reworked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