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Good evening everyone, |
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It's my pleasure to announce a new developer. Matthew "maffblaster" Marchese is joining us from Spokane, Washington, USA. And he will be assisting the wiki team. It means we will have a lot of good documentation soon! |
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Here is how he describes himself: |
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"Ever since I was young I have loved to dabble around with computers and |
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electronics. I built my first computer at the age of 16 which pushed me |
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in the right direction to pursue computers as career. I graduated high |
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school at 17 with a year of college credits and went to a tech school |
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for a two year degree in Computer Science and Engineering. After taking |
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a semester off school I decided to pursue a better theological |
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education, so I got a four year degree from a Bible school called Moody |
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Bible Institute in Spokane, WA. I met my wife at this school. After we |
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got married we decided to stay in Spokane, which is where I live |
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presently. I was able to find a job as a Software Release Engineer for a |
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company that does video surveillance work. |
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I have been interested in and have used Gentoo Linux on and off since |
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around 2006. Like most Gentoo users, there is a somewhat interesting |
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story about how I found Gentoo. When I was in my teens I frequently |
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visited the local public library. It was through visiting the library |
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that I became fascinated with Linux; ironically I think I learned about |
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it from reading PC magazine. I used the library’s internet to find |
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Distrowatch.org and discovered different “distribution categories” of |
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Linux were available. Through Distrowatch I filtered out any |
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distributions that were not labeled for “power users” which is when I |
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found Gentoo. After looking at the some of the desktop screenshots at |
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Gentoo.org I was greatly interested in learning how I could become a |
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Gentoo "power" user. |
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Today the only thing that keeps me using Windows at home is gaming. Many |
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companies have not created Linux clients for their games, which is |
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something I hope will change in the near future now that Valve seems to |
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be leading the charge in this regard. I enjoy playing League of Legends |
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(ranked and casual play). As a result I also enjoy watching professional |
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e-sports on YouTube and Twitch. |
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I am a man of faith and a man of science; I am a Christian. Many believe |
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these convictions are contradictory, however I am convinced they work in |
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perfect unity. If you are interested in discussing this, I am usually |
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eager to chat. |
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I also try to write a blog time permitting. You can find it at |
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http://maffblaster.github.io |
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Most things to do with software I find interesting: documentation, |
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installation, configuration, programming, etc. I tend to be a |
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perfectionist with my work. The way I see it, I would rather do it right |
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the first time than have to make changes later. This is not always |
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possible, but I strive to achieve this goal. I also enjoy learning new |
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things; it a good day when I am able to learn something new. One of the |
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most interesting aspects of technology is that there is a lot to learn, |
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which keeps me on my toes. Admittedly there is still a lot of knowledge |
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and skills I hope to acquire as I work improve the Gentoo project; to me |
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that is all part of the fun." |
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Please give him a warm welcome! |