Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Ionen Wolkens (ionen)

[David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, 2021-06-03 at 12:12 +0300, Mikle Kolyada wrote:
> Good day/night everyone!
> 
> It is my pleasure to announce the latest addition to our family!
> 
> Ionen is joining us from Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
> 
> I believe many of you have already had a chance of meeting him in IRC
> 
> and bugzilla as he has been helping in lots of areas
> 
> (nvidia drivers maintaining, bug wrangling, misc fixes, etc).
> 
> Here is how he describes himself:
> 
> "Linux user since 1997, thanks to a Slackware 3.2 CD-ROM that came
> with
> a book I randomly came across in a computer store, but Gentoo user
> only
> since late 2018, I missed out!
> 
> I enjoy problem solving, doing support, and some programming albeit
> I've never worked professionally in the field.
> 
> Aside from that, I enjoy old video games, and I've dabbled in
> speedrunning. I'd be surprised to be recognized but may have known
> me as "Evanidus" from the ALttP randomizer community. Been ~3 years
> but old videos of my races are still around."
> 
> Please join me in giving him a warm welcome!
> 
> 

Very stoked to have ionen on board. You might have bumped into him in
#gentoo or when you say his initial triaging and troubleshooting on
various bugs. He will help us make Gentoo great again!