On 3/13/24 7:34 AM, Ankur Sinha <sanjay.an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 06:30:35 -0400, Jeffrey Bucher wrote:
> > Hey yall!
>
> Hi Jeff!
>
> It's great to meet you!
>
> I haven't played CS in years---you reminded me how much I miss it. I do
> think one can play it over Steam on Linux now (but I haven't checked in
> a long time).
>
> If there's anything at all we can help with, please give us a shout on
> any of the communication channels/tickets and so on.
>
> Looking forward to see you around the channels and maybe we should
> organise a (another, since I think these have happened before) community
> gaming session sometime? 🤔
>
> >
> > I all ready did a little intro on the matrix server but
> I'll add
> > some stuff from the prompt here.
> >
> > My names Jeff I'm from NE Ohio Youngstown area if you know where
> that is.
> > Hobbies are film photography,CS2 and learning new things.
> >
> >
> > *
> >
> > experience with Free/Open Source Software (FOSS)
> communities/ecosystems:
> >
> > o
> >
> > So I don't have any direct experience with FOSS other than
> using
> > software and reading toooons of documentation so I can figure
> > out how things work lol. I do have a few years experience as an
> > activist and organizer. From what I can tell the structure and
> > ways of getting things done are very similar.
> >
> > o
> >
> > I imagine starting off im interested in QA seems like a place
> > where I can be exposed to different things and learn a bunch.
> > One day I'd like to make a career out of Open Source and maybe
> > contribute to the Linux kernel.
> >
> > *
> >
> > My background and skills:
> >
> > o
> >
> > Ive been messing around with Linux and computer stuff off
> and on
> > since I was a teen. Mostly figuring out how to get free stuff
> > and maker it work, because being a broke kid you cant really
> > afford new hardware. lol I wanted originally to college to
> be a
> > programmer but I ended up going to trade school for machining.
> > I did that for a bit then I had my son and wanted to spend more
> > time with him so I went into sales. I was laid off last year
> and
> > while I was home I remembered how much I liked messing around
> > with raspberry pi and Linux. So for over a year now I've just
> > been studying and learning as much as I can. I decided to go to
> > school for Software engineering and I start April 1st. I'm
> > pretty excited.
> >
> > o
> >
> > Currently running the sway spin on my old think pad yoga 12 ,
> > Fedora server on my mini pc and workstation 39 on a repurposed
> > thin client on my living room TV. It's pretty much used for
> > youtube and steam remote play. Also my desktop is running win
> > 11. Id go with Linux but Counterstrike still doesn't run
> well on
> > it yet and my school requires me to use it or Mac....
> >
> > o
> >
> > I have a pretty basic but solid understanding of Linux, how to
> > use bash and git. I have a home server running Fedora server .I
> > mess around with and I'm using it as a remote Dev server with
> > ssh and podman. I plan to also use it as a jellyfin server. Idk
> > how I'm gonna connect the hdds I have cuz its a mini pc so
> maybe
> > some type of diy NAS? I want to learn as much as I can about
> OCI
> > containers. I've been learning a bunch about it and I just
> think
> > its neat. Also flatpak they seems to work pretty well(better
> > than snap imo) and it seems like the future.
> >
> > o
> >
> > im currently not super great at programming. I did python a
> > bunch a few years ago but took a long break. Seems like a bunch
> > has change and im at square one lol. I've been messing around
> > with rust since I found out its been introduced into Linux.
> > Currently doing the interactive rustlings tutorial. I know
> basic
> > syntax but yeah not making anything crazy anytime soon. I wanna
> > make CLI apps and embedded stuff and just whatever.
> >
> > *
> >
> > Communication platforms:
> >
> > o
> >
> > Ive used mailing list in the past when doing organizing but it
> > was mostly only used for national/regional level discussions.
> > State and local used slack, discord,signal and traditional
> > forums stuff like that.
> >
> > o
> >
> > I'd say my preferred lately has been discord most people I know
> > IRL are on it and the Counter Strike league I'm in uses it.
> > Matrix is pretty awesome I'm using the element client and I'm
> > configuring WeeChat to use matrix on my laptop cuz i just love
> > terminal apps lol. Not to mention its Open source and I've been
> > really making an effort to switch to FOSS wherever I can.
> >
> > *
> >
> > Time commitment:
> >
> > o
> >
> > right now a couple hours a week like 5ish. I'm going back to
> > school for the first time in like 6 years so I wanna get
> back in
> > the groove. Once I have a good feeling for how the Fedora
> > community functions and how schools gonna go I can make a more
> > sure answer.
> >
> >
> > But yeah so far from what I seen the Fedora community is awesome and
> I've
> > been wanting to get involved for a wile now, figured I'd make the jump.
> > Looks like my values and the communities line up so I'm excited. Any
> > questions for me just ask!
> >
> >
> > jeff b
> >
> > Matrix: @jeffiscow:fedora.im
> >
> > jeffiscow.xyz (just nuked the server and rebuilding rebuilding the
> site)
> >
> >
> >
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