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Stefano Marinelli

25 years ago today, Google was founded.
On the same day, I wiped Windows 98 off my computer, believing that Debian Linux (which I had been using for a while but still kept Windows on another partition) could do everything I had been doing with Windows until then.

Since that day, many installations of Linux, *BSD, MacOS have graced my computers, but Windows has remained, on a few occasions, only an occasional (unwelcome) guest.

In the spirit of a typical support group phrase, I can joyfully say:
'Hello, I'm Stefano, and I haven't been using Windows as my primary operating system for 25 years.'

Please boost and share your experience!

#Linux #OpenSource #OperatingSystems #TechJourney #GoogleAnniversary #Debian #MacOS #BSD #WindowsJourney #Mastodon #TechLife #GeekLife #Google #Windows

25 years ago today, Google was founded.
On the same day, I wiped Windows 98 off my computer, believing that Debian Linux (which I had been using for a while but still kept Windows on another partition) could do everything I had been doing with Windows until then.

Since that day, many installations of Linux, *BSD, MacOS have graced my computers, but Windows has remained, on a few occasions, only an occasional (unwelcome) guest.

4 Sep 2023 at 10:07 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD:

@stefano so Dos 3.3 and Prodos user until 1991.Then macos7 and atari gem then beos Slackware and os/2. Windows at works. Macosx until 2015 linux fedora since then. Considering switching nomadbsd.

Nsca mosaic on mac, then Netscape then mozilla nightly.

11 May at 8:53 | Open on piaille.fr
Paul Wilde 😺 (snac2 acct)
@stefano@bsd.cafe probably about 20-25 years ago I started looking into using Linux, and tinkered with a few distros (Debian, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE) in dual boot set up or as VMs, to test the waters of having a system I could configure for me, not configure myself for it.
Ultimately I made the absolute switch about 15 or so years ago (Arch...btw, and servers set up with RHEL based, Debian or FreeBSD) and haven't looked back.
I still have a Windows VM which I can spin up for those times I need it, but it's pretty much just 2 uses I have for it, I can do everything else on Linux or BSD.

Of course, I still have to support windows as part of my daily work... But of course I provide solutions via Linux or BSD
@stefano@bsd.cafe probably about 20-25 years ago I started looking into using Linux, and tinkered with a few distros (Debian, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE) in dual boot set up or as VMs, to test the waters of having a system I could configure for me, not configure myself for it.
11 May at 9:59 | Open on snac.notnull.space
Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶
Stefano Marinelli
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Anand Prabhu

@stefano read the post and it is really amazing to know that the NetBSD survived all these years without any maintenance.

27 Aug 2023 at 17:34 | Open on fosstodon.org
Luca Sironi
@stefano love it. Had it running for years on 486, 68k Mac's, a sun ultra
28 Aug 2023 at 7:12 | Open on sironi.tk
ルーセント ~ Lucent
@stefano
> My first (and last) employer complained about my preference for stable and reliable solutions, equating it with lesser profits.

This has been a reason why I left my previous workplace, I was pissed at the amount of unstable and cheapo stuff sales continuously pushed, working every day recovering shitty situations, just because spending a dime more on more reliable and capable hardware and software meant lower call rate/less margin... the sales manager explicitly stated that they measured satisfaction on "how much customers would order again" rather than asking for a feedback to the end users :blobcatsad:
@stefano
> My first (and last) employer complained about my preference for stable and reliable solutions, equating it with lesser profits.

This has been a reason why I left my previous workplace, I was pissed at the amount of unstable and cheapo stuff sales continuously pushed, working every day recovering shitty situations, just because spending...
28 Aug 2023 at 11:10 | Open on antani.pm
Stefano Marinelli
Stefano Marinelli

It's time for an #introduction.

I'm glad to meet you! I'm the main administrator of the bsd.cafe instance (and other projects), a computer science enthusiast who's been fascinated by technology since childhood. I'm a big supporter of open-source solutions and enjoy working with #BSDs and #Linux systems. I enjoy #music and #photography. I've been an avid traveler and am now looking forward to getting back to traveling.I'm married to a wonderful wife and strive to live each day with a positive attitude,making the most of every day to improve our lives.

I like writing blog articles, especially tech ones (it-notes.dragas.net) and, from time to time, some of them are widely appreciated, especially in the open-source community.

Thank you for passing by and reading my introduction, enjoy your stay here in the #fediverse

It's time for an #introduction.

I'm glad to meet you! I'm the main administrator of the bsd.cafe instance (and other projects), a computer science enthusiast who's been fascinated by technology since childhood. I'm a big supporter of open-source solutions and enjoy working with #BSDs and #Linux systems. I enjoy #music and #photography. I've been an avid traveler and am now looking forward to getting back to traveling.I'm married to a wonderful wife and strive to live each day with a positive attitude,making...

20 Jul 2023 at 13:46 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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