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Görüşmek üzere.. Alper KANAT <[email protected]> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aaron Griffin <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 21:11 Subject: Re: interview request :) To: Alper KANAT <[email protected]> Sorry for the long delay. I've been busy and sick. On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Alper KANAT<[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for accepting our interview request! For our followers, can you > please introduce yourself and tell us a bit on things like what you do for a > living, where you live, how old you are, what your duty on Arch is? Hello, My name is Aaron Griffin. I'm 27 years old, and live in Chicago, IL (USA). I work as a computer programmer, though my degree was in Computer Engineering (Electrical Engineering with a focus on low-level coding and design languages such as VHDL and Verilog). I currently work on many different platforms, as our company product ships for Windows (32 and 64 bit), OSX, Linux, and a variety of Unix flavors. Currently, I'm the Arch Linux "Project Lead" or "Overlord". In all honesty, I'm not entirely sure how that came about. :) I became a developer at some point and just sort of fell into the position when Judd stepped down. My duties aren't much to talk about. I tend to read and answer more emails than anything else. I also get to work on all the things that should be done but no one else is motivated enough to do. > Someone in our community has witnessed that (in one of your conversations) > you have mentioned that you don't care about direct rendering and 3D since > you don't need it. What do you do on your computer generally? Don't you play > games for instance? Generally, I use Firefox, urxvt, and gajim a vast majority of the time. I use my computer mainly for web browsing, IRC, Jabber, and music (libre.fm!). I also tend to watch a lot of TV shows and movies either via Hulu, or "other means" :) And no, I don't generally play a lot of games. The only game I still actually play is Warcraft 3, because I can get a quick 45 minute game in at any time. For that, I use the one Windows machine I have sitting at home, because Battle.net can be very picky about credentials when running in wine > Which DE are you using currently? (our best guesses are xmonad or openbox! > :)) Wrong on both accounts. I actually use ratpoison, because it stays out of my way. On a normal day I have a few terminals and firefox open, and don't want to be distracted when I'm using any of them, so the fullscreen aspect helps a lot. Evilwm also has a place in my heart. I've been interested in creating my own WM for a long time, and actually used (off and on) numerous prototypes that I had made. But none were really good, or what I was looking for. I am currently interested in the code behind http://samurai-x.org/, but the WM itself seems more like a *box clone, which isn't my style. > Everyone have a story of their own about Arch Linux. What is yours? (Not sure exactly what you mean. I'll give you my story of "finding" Arch, though) I actually came to Linux later than most people. I didn't use any Unicies in school or anything of the sort, so it was unfamiliar territory for me. At one point, around 2001 or so, I decided to try "this linux thing". So I actually went to a book store and bought one of these books with install CDs in the back - it was SuSe (haha!). I installed it... and promptly broke my machine due to lack of dependency resolution. So I reinstalled. This happened over and over, until I decided to look into the problem - RPMs. So I sought out new distros that did the software installation thing better. I tried slackware and gave up on that quick. Tried Debian, but it was too complicated and I noticed the out-dated-ness very quickly (fixed in version 1.2? I have version 0.5!). I think at this point I came across Gentoo. Yes, I tried and ran gentoo for a bit. Portage was my first experience with _good_ dependency resolution. But it was such a waste of time. It took 30+ hours to compile OOo on the P3 machine I was using. So I started looking around for options. This was when I found Arch, and was enlightened. > What do you think about Arch Linux Turkish Community? What can we do with > the general Arch community, where can we help? > What's the story behind the 'tacos'? And more importantly, can you realy > lift a car above your head? :) > Do you think the criterias needed to be a TU or a core developer of Arch > scares/drives off the potential candidates? What criterias or things should > a Turkish community member know about to be a part of this adventure? I think the criteria MAY drive off potential candidates, but that's part of the point. It's almost like a test. We want to make sure we have the best people driving the community and keeping the OS going. If someone gives up on something at the first bump in the road, might as well prevent them from messing up the rest of the community. Becoming a TU isn't all that hard. You just need to start packaging, and then get a sponsor. Becoming a developer is harder, as we generally don't have "open" positions just sitting there. We bring new people on as we need them. > Which critisms do you dislike the most about Arch Linux? Hmm. The only thing I really hate is when people whine about their being a text-only installer. It's hilariously silly because you see and use the installer for a matter of minutes, and, in theory, never see it again. Other than that, I think most criticisms are constructive and realistic. > What do you think about the reaction of the whole community on the stolen > logo case? I wasn't really party to most of it. I heard about it after it had happened. I think it was great that people responded rationally, and I am ashamed of those people who decided to be petulant children about. But, aside from that, I think it all worked out in the end. > Thanks for your time, as well as your contributions to a such a great > distribution! Is there anything else you want to tell to our community? Nothing much. Keep up the good work! ----- Let me know if you need anything else from me. Cheers, Aaron
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