[gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] New Developer: Xavier Miller (xaviermiller)

["Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org>]

On 07/30/14 16:01, justin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Xavier Miller (XavierMiller) joined our team to help managing the forums.
>
> He started to use Gentoo back in the glory days in 2004 and started his
> moderator careers 2-3 years ago. Now he took the last step to become a
> full global moderator.
>
>
> Here are some lines about himself:
>
> I am 40 years old, Belgian, married, with one boy (4 years). I work as
> Software Developer/Architect or Business Intelligence Consultant for
> 18 years.
>
> I use computers since I am 9, starting with the family's C64, then a
> 286. I discovered UNIX and Linux at University (1992-1996) and I was
> quite frustrated with that 286 that could not run Linux... I had to
> wait until 1996 and my first owned computer (a K6 II). I started with
> SuSE Linux and Red Hat, and needed to compile the kernel in order to
> have drivers for the sound card and ADSL modem. Then I've built two
> LFS systems, the first with FVWM95 and the second with GNOME (1 or 2,
> I don't remember). When I would update them, I was searching for an
> automatic version of LFS. And I found Gentoo! It was in 2004, as said
> my forum profile. I did know the first moments of ~AMD64 and the
> "unstable" meaning of "unstable". Today, ~arch is really stable, thank
> to you Gentoo Developers!
>
> I am moderator in the French forum since July 2011, and active as SPAM
> hunter. Desultory and the forum administrators asked me to join them,
> and I accepted the challenge!
>
> I am also musician, my instruments are keyboards: piano, organ (pipe
> and tonewheels), synthesizers. My favorite styles are: Classical,
> Jazz, Pop-Rock.
>
> I am not a great fan of software in that domain, I prefer "hardware",
> or at least embedded systems with knobs and tangible interfaces that
> don't sound as "computer".
> I am tinkering now on a MIDIbox SID system (C64 nostalgy).
>
>
> Please everyone join my in giving him a warm welcome.
>
> Justin
>

Welcome on board Xavier!

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