Brazilian single male, 28, software developer (currently working with Java), but I am also one of the sysadmins at work. I'm also a PhD student (researching some weird topics in AI);
I like music (a lot) -- classical in particular -- and reading, but I seldom do read sci-fi. Used to read comic books, but I don't have enough time anymore... Ah - and I *really* don't like politics (any form of it). Got my first computer (a nice Apple ][+ clone, which I still have) when I was 11 (so, I had a computer before I had a life - not sure that's a goodthing! ;-) . Programmed in BASIC, COBOL, Pascal, FORTRAN, C, C++, Java, Prolog, assembly (8086), Rexx, bash, PHP, some other that I don't remember, and I'm willing to learn Perl or Python, but don't have enough time... Used several computers and OSs (including OS/2, MacOS, FreeBSD, Solaris and Windows), and started using Debian unstable after a not very nice experience with Conectiva. I use Debian mostly because I am sort of "obsessed by quality", so I usually try to get the best of whatever it is that I am looking for. And since I started using Debian, I found nothing that could replace it. ;-) Not that it's perfect, but it fits my needs perfectly. I like to report bugs and submit patches (when I have the time). Why not Red Hat? I didn't like Conectiva (automatic configuration is good, but if you want to change it, you *suffer* until you learn several subtleties!) -- and Conectiva was initially based on Red Hat. I remember trying to use several PPP setup tools, and although some of them were "cute", the only approach that worked was editing files under /etc... (In Debian, pppconfig just *works*). I like the organization and uniformity in Debian. Oh... I almost forgot: I seldom drink coffee, and I avoid sodas as much as possible. (Now, *that* should make me an exception, I guess... ;-) J. --
