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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ytc1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@DenOfEarth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DenOfEarth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> I know.</p><p>And espechally in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ScientificComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificComputing</span></a> a lot of researchers <em>loved</em> working with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> and when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> took over that relationship got sour'd instantly due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LarryEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LarryEllison</span></a>...</p><p>-&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114682503920794745" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1146825</span><span class="invisible">03920794745</span></a></p><p>One of the big successes of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> was that they basically declared a unilateral <em>"ceasefire"</em> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>. Whereas Oracle didn't seem willing to honour that.</p><ul><li>Without that <em>cooperative</em> atmosphere we saw <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a> devs literally <em>forking off</em> into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span> and projects like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openzfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openzfs</span></a></span> scramble to save what was OpenSource'd and also rescue that.</li></ul><p>Obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> with it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2only</span></a>-Kernel and most of it's Userland could not get <em>'closed-sourced'</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> which instantly got stomped out by Oracle as they wanted to sqeeze <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> for profits and milk their clients <em>in typical Oracle fashion</em>...</p><ul><li>Which is sad because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> breeds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> and a lot of stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zones</span></a> in Solaris really were at their time really forcing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KVM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bhyve</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSDjails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDjails</span></a> to up their game for good.</li></ul><p>Now granted, I do know someone who for most of their life made their money dealing with the intricacies of setting up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/postfix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postfix</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sendmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sendmail</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/courier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courier</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MailServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MailServers</span></a> on Solaris and if I ask said person about that they give me a kilometer stare, so OFC like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SysV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysV</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> systems Solaris and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunOS</span></a> really are one of the reasons <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsNT</span></a> won the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorkstationWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkstationWar</span></a>"</em> and why - if anyone - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> won the last <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnixWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnixWar</span></a>"</em>...</p><ul><li>Still I do am sad that I declined that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> position at a leading research center <em>I'm not at liberty to name</em> and I do know there's OFC still some critical infrastructure running even older Solaris servers...</li></ul><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1/114689337148586939" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1/1146893</span><span class="invisible">37148586939</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@DenOfEarth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DenOfEarth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> I know.</p><p>Cade in point, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> did have avid users just below that range, and a lot of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ScientificComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificComputing</span></a> used it, as they previously used <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRIX</span></a>. </p><p>And <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSourve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSourve</span></a>-friendly was the right direction...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> I loved <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a>, and I'm still mad at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> for allowing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> to buy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a>!</p><ul><li>Cuz Oraclr killed all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> they could and pissed off all the clients they had!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@BenBen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BenBen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@fabiscafe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fabiscafe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@okapi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>okapi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@chesheer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chesheer</span></a></span> I don't deny this to be a problem, far from it.</p><ul><li>In an ideal world, stuff would be portable enough that the underlying <code>init</code> (and <code>Userland</code> in general) as well as Kernel didn't matter and merely be a different config file.</li></ul><p>In reality, a substantial part of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> devs (or at least contributors) are paid by the 3 major <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHEL</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLED</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a>) and whilst not being antragonistic towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a>|s don't get employed to enshure it runs on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>, but that it runs <em>better</em> on the distro their employer is <em>selling</em>…</p><ul><li>And given that these projects don't have infinite resources and espechally maintainers I don't blame them to redelegate a lot of work to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> instead of reimplementing something themselves.</li></ul><p>OFC it's saddening in regards to non-Linux <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a>-esque OSes, but given self-amplifying network effects both the murder of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> at the hands of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> (with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> as enablers!) and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iXsystems" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iXsystems</span></a></span> ditching <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/trueNAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trueNAS</span></a> alongside regressing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/driver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>driver</span></a> support for hardware outside of Linux, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>, it's not a good time for these projects.</p><ul><li>Which is bad because BSDs and other OSes force Linux to innovate and <em>' <code>get gud</code> '</em>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bastetfurry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bastetfurry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> it's basically salvaged <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@topher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>topher</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nekohayo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nekohayo</span></a></span> yeah...</p><p>Personally I wish back for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> because I still have that for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> and before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> did a takeover, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> werre pretty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/based" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>based</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/chill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chill</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:WordPress Drama, Theo T3, Mullenweg
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://labyrinth.zone/users/mjdxp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mjdxp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chitter.xyz/@efi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>efi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> I agree...</p><p>Sadly <em><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113178819948502078" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">legal said no</a></em> and I'd rather throw money at these companies than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> or god forbid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> which fucked me and my clients over trice (RIP <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VirtualBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualBox</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> count as half-points each!) in the past! </p><p>Also Larry Ellison is a cyberfacist POS and the biggest wanker on Lanai...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@carlwgeorge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carlwgeorge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@vermaden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vermaden</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@samurro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samurro</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@tara" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tara</span></a></span> </p><p>Well, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CentoOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentoOS</span></a> repos (not CentOS stream!) <em>GOT <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6wP-6-2XwA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PAYWALLED</a></em> <code>git.centos.org</code> and <em>whilst I'd not trust <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> either since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a></em>, the fact is that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a> canceled <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CentOS8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentOS8</span></a> or rather axed it prematurely...</p><p>But yeah, both <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxmom.net/@vkc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXYbt1eLTA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1</a> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjhj44zWUH0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">looked at this</a>.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@vermaden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vermaden</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@carlwgeorge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carlwgeorge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@samurro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samurro</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@tara" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tara</span></a></span> </p><p>Yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> isn't good as a company but at least they didn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paywall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywall</span></a> the right to install and use their OS...</p><p>Considering their actions re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> I'd not count on them despite their flippant response towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a> when they <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CentOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentOS</span></a> repos.</p><p>Oracle did reply to said action stating: <em>'We'd gladly be the free <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Upstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upstream</span></a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHEL</span></a>!'</em> ...</p>
Ignacio Torres<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Migueldeicaza</span></a></span> this is worse that what Oracle did to <a href="https://social.xin.cat/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a>, right?</p>
Nahum Shalman<p>I joined Twitter back in 2012 to follow various folks in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/opensolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensolaris</span></a> / <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> :illumos_logo: community. Those connections had a big influence on my career. Twitter also connected me with lots of other wonderful people. Now that Twitter in no longer a place I want to be, I'm here in the fediverse to stay in touch with all the friends I've made along the way. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>
Ceri Davies<p>An <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>, having moved permanently from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://noc.social/@ceri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ceri@noc.social</span></a></span> now.</p><p>I work in tech in Wales.<br>I like <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a>, loved <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a>, worked on both <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/opensolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensolaris</span></a> mostly on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a></p><p>I like <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>running</span></a>, being <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/warhammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warhammer</span></a> and its ilk, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/cake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cake</span></a> and its many friends.</p><p>Musically into <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/shoegaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shoegaze</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/hiphop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiphop</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/pavement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pavement</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/sonicyouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sonicyouth</span></a> and whatever else was out when I was 14-19.</p><p>Actively avoid talking about politics but believe it’s important to be kind and look out for others.</p><p>Nervous <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/dysgwr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysgwr</span></a>, be kind.</p>