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Welcome!
This is my GitLab profile. I’m also on GitHub as well Codeberg, however those platforms are not nearly as updated as this page. I’m a Linux and FOSS enthusiast, so I have a lot of projects related to that. I also do some programming, which you can find here. I have a long history of what I do online, and I’ll be sure to explain that soon.
I used to be a…
- Streamer, I loved doing this. I’d stream everyday, because I could.
- YouTuber, I still am, but I make different content. I’d get so happy when I got 50+ views.
My socials
FreeTech Studios
A free, 24/7 tech support server I manage. The Matrix.org space is bridged to my Discord server. My Guilded server is still open, but however it is inactive to the point where I am contemplating keeping this link here.
Hobbies
- Programming (that’s why I’m here :)
- Gaming
- Sports, mainly football (soccer)
- Martial arts (8 years+ practicing World Taekwondo)
- Just collaborating and doing stuff!
Programming Languages
Here are some of the languages I know and how well.
| Language | Knowledge Level |
|---|---|
| Python | Comfortable, can write simple programs in it. |
| Bash | Basics, can write scripts to automate daily tasks. |
| Emacs Lisp | Basics, only used to write my (huge) Emacs config. |
| JavaScript | Completely new, still learning, maybe I’ll make something. |
| Java | Completely new, very basic concepts. |
I also know a bit of HTML and CSS, but they’re not programming languages in my book.
Linux and FOSS
I’ve always loved tinkering with my system. Discovering Linux was the best thing I could do on a computer.
About my GNU/Linux experience
Linux has been a long journey for me, I started about 2 years ago on Linux Mint. I didn’t understand many key concepts that I use everyday today. I sometimes wonder how I learnt all this stuff. After switching through so many, distros, I’m back on Mint with a (mainly) Qtile desktop. Qtile is a tiling window manager written and configured in Python. If you read the section above, you would know why Qtile is my choice! I chose an Arch based distro because of its rolling release form, meaning there is no release. The AUR is also a really nice idea and still amazes me today.
My Love for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
When I started to use Linux, I sure loved it, but I didn’t really care about it’s freedom and open-sourceness. It was only a few months ago I came to realize how awesome free software is, and how it differs from proprietary software. I try to use as much FOSS as I can. Here’s a few alternatives I use that keep me away from proprietary software.
| Proprietary Software | FOS Alternative |
|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Mozilla Firefox |
| YouTube | PeerTube |
| X | Mastodon |
| Windows | GNU/Linux |
| DuckDuckGo (Not FOSS, but more secure) |
Projects
I can’t get it working in Org mode yet, but you can check it manually, here’s my GitHub README stats.
I’ve made a lot of things over the months, here are some of them.
- My Dotfiles - These are my config files, and I push to this the most.
- ArizOS - This is a project I started as a set of Arch Linux packages with my configs in them. This has however turned into a full fledged distro project, but since has been slowed in development due to my time off of Arch Linux. Despite my recent return, I still need to grasp the hang of things again before continuing this project.
- Guilded-Discord Bridge - New project that does what the name says. This project is likely to be killed soon, I no longer use Guilded regularly
- Suckless builds - links coming soon.