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Arwed von Merkatz

Homepage: n/a

IRC nick(s): alley_cat

Role in SMGL: Grimoire Lead, Grimoire guru for video, video-libs and xfce

Age/Birthdate: 26

Location/Country: Stuttgart/Germany

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When did you first start using Linux and why?

I had been toying with Linux for a long time, but started seriously using it 2000 when I started studying Software Engineering. It seemed much better suited as development system than Windows.

How long have you been using the SMGL distribution?

I installed Sorcerer in January 2002, never looked back since then :-)

What piqued your interest in SMGL initially?

It's source based and the user has full control over everything.

What future do you personally see for SMGL?

World domination ;-)

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Education/Career/Skills?

I'm currently studying Software Engineering at the University of Stuttgart.

What other OS programs/software have you worked on?

Tried about every OS I could find for x86 (with the exception of *BSD, don't have a spare box, and since I installed smgl, I don't want to reboot :-)

Flamewars

vi or emacs?

vi, definitely (more specific: vim)

KDE or GNOME?

GNOME apps, running on either a XFce desktop or my current fvwm + rox setup.

BSD or GPL?

GPL

Strictly personal

Do you have any family?

Two brothers

What kind of car do you drive? Or what is your dream car?

VW Polo3.