Please introduce yourself

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Let’s use this topic to introduce ourselves.

  • Name
  • Country of origin/residence
  • What do you do?
  • Linux users since?
  • Do you use Linux at work?
  • How long have you been following Linux Handbook?
  • What do you expect from the forum?

You are not obliged to provide any details that you don’t want to :slight_smile:

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  • Name - Pat Decker
  • Country of origin/residence - US
  • What do you do? - IT professional. Mostly DevOps.
  • Linux user since? - About 2004ish.
  • Do you use Linux at work? - Windows on my work laptop, but support Linux on servers and run Ubuntu on my home laptop.
  • How long have you been following Linux Handbook? - At least two years. Maybe three.
  • What do you expect from the forum?
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My Name is RobLvD and i am a linux user sinds 2008.
My residence is Friesland in the Netherlands.
I merely used Ubuntu on my regular machine, but have tried a handful of other distro’ s.
i am not very technical but like to play with distro’s.
On at least 4 laptops of friends and family i installed ubuntu, and they all love it.
Right now i am using Debian 12 on my regular laptop
I am still learning and that is what i like.
The Linux Handbook i follow for a few years now, and i hope to find or give help when nessesary .

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  • I am Pankaj an Indian.
  • I am in the communication field.
  • I use Linux on and off since 2004. But, not regularly and extensively. I know Linux a little bit and intend to learn more and more. I am familiar, rather aware of all the majorly popular distros.
  • At work exposure to Linux is very minimal. I pursue it more as a hobby and in my own time.
  • I am following Linux Handbook for at least few years now.
  • I intend to participate and learn in the bargain.
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Happy to see you here, Pat :sunglasses:

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Welcome to the forum, Rob.

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Welcome to the community, Pankaj :blush:

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  • Name: Ernie
  • Country of origin/residence: United States of America
  • What do you do?: I’m a retiree - previously provided Internet Support for Subscribers
  • Linux users since?: Late 1990s
  • Do you use Linux at work?: I no longer work. The company I worked for didn’t support GNU/Linux
  • How long have you been following Linux Handbook?: A few years
  • What do you expect from the forum?: I want all my experiences to contribute to my learning, including when I offer help to others. I’m no GNU/Linux Guru, so I want what I read to be correct. I expect to be treated as I intend to treat others, with respect, first and foremost. If I come off differently than that, I hope others will let me know, so I can make appropriate adjustments.

Ernie

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  • Name: Dan
  • Country of origin/residence: Brazil currently residing in France
  • What do you do?: Chief of Staff
  • Linux users since?: On and off for about 15 years, permanent for the past 4 years
  • Do you use Linux at work?: Yes
  • How long have you been following Linux Handbook?: A few weeks
  • What do you expect from the forum?: A like minded community to exchange ideas and socialize

Nice to meet you all! :smiley:

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Glad to see you here, @ernie

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Welcome to the community, @Unhinge2967

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I’m happy to be here. Thank you for providing this new way of getting/sharing help with GNU/Linux.

Ernie

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Thank you! I’m looking forward to using this portal frequently!

Ernie

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Hi, Abhishek,
Thank you very much for the invitation

My name is Jorge Augusto, I’m Portuguese and I’m an electronics technician.
I think the first time I saw Linux was in the late 90s. In the early 2000s, I started using Mandrake and then, between 2006 and 2010, I used Debian. I returned to Windows and, in 2018, I returned to Linux, now Linux Mint and, with the help of the It’s FOSS Community, I continue to learn on a daily basis to remain a loyal Linux user.

How long have you been following Linux Handbook?
That’s an answer you’ll have to tell me yourself, I have no idea.

What do you expect from the forum?
Above all, that it has the same spirit of mutual help as It’s FOSS Community, and continues to try to help and learn from the community.

I wish the Linux Handbook Forum the greatest success

Best regards,
Jorge Augusto

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  • Name: Aurelio Jimenez
  • Country of origin/residence: Mexico
  • What do you do?: Chemist
  • Linux users since?: 3 yrs ago - distro options was my intro to Linux!
  • Do you use Linux at work?: Not yet
  • How long have you been following Linux Handbook? 6 mnts
  • What do you expect from the forum?: Learn to optimize a workflow
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Welcome to the community @Tech_JA and @martini73

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I started using Mandrake in the late '90s too. Their demise taught me to avoid corporately-based/developed distributions ever since. Mandrake felt like a home, until it didn’t, but that’s past history :slight_smile:. It’s nice to see a fellow former Manrak-er here,

Ernie

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Hi ernie,
how I understand you…
Good to see you here too, my friend

Jorge

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William Murray
USA
Network Engineer
2014
Yes
1 year

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Welcome to the forum, William :slight_smile: