[ale] New user introduction

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

Yeah but you didn't tell us which is the BEST editor to use (vim, nano, emacs) OR whether systemd is better or worse than init.   :p

Just kidding - do NOT tell us - the flame wars have quieted down here on those subjects although there are sometimes border skirmishes still especially when it comes to systemd.  

Welcome aboard.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Simba via Ale
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 11:26 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] New user introduction

Greetings!

I recently moved nearer to Atlanta from Athens (and before that, to Georgia from way up north). I recently rid myself of Windows completely.
I have been using Linux since Slackware 3 as a hobby, and since Wheezy in a more focused way. I work as a freelance technology consultant, primarily serving small and medium businesses, and non-profit organizations.

While I was growing up I dabbled in hacking and phreaking, the latter being the most interesting to me at the time, but I'm all white-hat now.
I have strong opinions which I'm happy to fiercely defend, and little tolerance for know-it-all newbies. I am happy to share my experience and knowledge, however.

My favorite distribution is Debian, my favorite WM is Openbox, and I prefer gnome to kde.. but I prefer lightweight apps to monolithic desktop environments. My favorite brand name machine are Thinkpads, and I just recently picked up an X1 Carbon (which is _amazing_). I'm also fond of Toughbooks because sometimes you just need to throw your machine down a flight of stairs. I agree with almost everything that Mr.
Stallman has published, and I usually agree with Mr. Torvalds as well, when I can grasp what he's talking about (which is not often).

I'll probably be spotted in the freenode channel. Looking forward to meeting other linux users.

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