Stefano Marinelli
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Hey, Linux people: a LOT of folks are screaming off Windows right now.
Be. Kind. To. Them.
They don't know much yet, so they are going to ask really basic questions. If you're KIND, you might get some to give it a try and stick to it bc they know they can ask for help. If you're unkind, you're showing them using Linux will be worse than Windows. If you can't bring yourself to be kind, then SAY NOTHING. Let others pick up that slack.
⠴PicNoir⠦
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Happy birthday, #Debian!
Even though I am no longer a Debian developer (I retired in 2019), and I am only using it on one legacy server, it is still a distribution and a community I have fond memories of.
Yes, there were issues, there were reasons why I resigned and why I'm likely never going to put on a swirly hat again. But all those pale in comparison to what Debian gave me through the (almost) two decades I was part of it.
If it weren't for Debian, I would not be here today. I'm not sure I'd even be alive. It isn't only knowledge I got from Debian. I had a second family, a community, IRC channels full of weird people. It meant so much more to me in those years than a distribution - the technial parts were the least. It was everything else that meant so much. I have so many fond memories, and only very few are related to Linux, or anything tech... most of the fond memories are of people.
I wish Debian a long future where it can continue to be a great community for future generations, just as it was for me, at the time I needed that the most.
From the bottom of my heart: thank you.
Happy birthday, #Debian!
Even though I am no longer a Debian developer (I retired in 2019), and I am only using it on one legacy server, it is still a distribution and a community I have fond memories of.
Yes, there were issues, there were reasons why I resigned and why I'm likely never going to put on a swirly hat again. But all those pale in comparison to what Debian gave me through the (almost) two decades I was part of it.
If it weren't for Debian, I would not be here today. I'm not sure I'd even be alive. It isn't only knowledge I got from Debian. I had a second family, a community, IRC channels full of weird people. It meant so much more to me in those years than a distribution - the technial parts were the least. It was everything else that meant so much. I have so many fond memories, and only very few are related to Linux, or anything tech... most of the fond memories are of people.
I wish Debian a long future where it can continue to be a great community for future generations, just as it was for me, at the time I needed that the most.
From the bottom of my heart: thank you.
Evan Prodromou
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Si vous êtes dans le coin de Montréal, il y a un 2 à 5 organisé au parc Lafontaine pour le #debianday .
Mais kossé que ça mange en hiver, le Debianday? Rien du tout, car c'est l'anniversaire de l'une des plus vieilles distributions de #Linux, #debian .
Malheureusement, je ne pourrais pas y être mais si vous pouvez faire un tour, saluez @magicfab de ma part! 😉
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Si vous êtes dans le coin de Montréal, il y a un 2 à 5 organisé au parc Lafontaine pour le #debianday .
Mais kossé que ça mange en hiver, le Debianday? Rien du tout, car c'est l'anniversaire de l'une des plus vieilles distributions de #Linux, #debian .
Malheureusement, je ne pourrais pas y être mais si vous pouvez faire un tour, saluez @magicfab de ma part! 😉
Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني
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Stefano Marinelli
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Beardy Star Stuff
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Here's how my life works now.
I don't trust the Washington Post but I trust @Nonilex.
I don't trust the New York Times but I trust @GottaLaff.
I think about my recent experiences with #Debian and #Inkscape and #LibreOffice and I realize that it's all connected to one overwhelming personal truth:
I trust the #Fediverse.
Alan Zimmerman
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On this day in 1993 Ian Murdock officially founded the Debian distribution.
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/intro.en.html#beginning