Re: What's a debian kid look like?
Brazilian single male, 28, software developer (currently working with
Java), but I am also one of the sysadmins at work. I'm also a PhD
student (researching some weird topics in AI);
I like music (a lot) -- classical in particular -- and reading, but I
seldom do read sci-fi. Used to read comic books, but I don't have enough
time anymore... Ah - and I *really* don't like politics (any form of it).
Got my first computer (a nice Apple ][+ clone, which I still have)
when I was 11 (so, I had a computer before I had a life - not sure
that's a goodthing! ;-) . Programmed in BASIC, COBOL, Pascal, FORTRAN,
C, C++, Java, Prolog, assembly (8086), Rexx, bash, PHP, some other that I
don't remember, and I'm willing to learn Perl or Python, but don't have
enough time... Used several computers and OSs (including OS/2,
MacOS, FreeBSD, Solaris and Windows), and started using Debian unstable
after a not very nice experience with Conectiva.
I use Debian mostly because I am sort of "obsessed by quality", so I
usually try to get the best of whatever it is that I am looking for.
And since I started using Debian, I found nothing that could
replace it. ;-)
Not that it's perfect, but it fits my needs perfectly.
I like to report bugs and submit patches (when I have the time).
Why not Red Hat? I didn't like Conectiva (automatic configuration is
good, but if you want to change it, you *suffer* until you learn several
subtleties!) -- and Conectiva was initially based on Red Hat. I remember
trying to use several PPP setup tools, and although some of them were
"cute", the only approach that worked was editing files under /etc...
(In Debian, pppconfig just *works*). I like the organization and
uniformity in Debian.
Oh... I almost forgot: I seldom drink coffee, and I avoid sodas as much
as possible. (Now, *that* should make me an exception, I guess... ;-)
J.
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