[gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D

[Alan McKinnon]

Hello Gentoo'ers

After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got fuzzies
but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but eventually
got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the new laptop
from work.

Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names like
Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.

For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 years
ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general
know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your
acquaintance.

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Alan.

Welcome back!

Post by Alan McKinnon
Hello Gentoo'ers
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got
fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on
the new laptop from work.
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names
like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.
For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19
years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and
general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make
your acquaintance.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

[Alan McKinnon]

Thanks :-D

Post by Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Alan.
Welcome back!

Post by Alan McKinnon
Hello Gentoo'ers
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got
fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on
the new laptop from work.
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names
like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.
For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19
years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and
general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make
your acquaintance.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

[Mark Knecht]

Post by Alan McKinnon
Hello Gentoo'ers
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got

fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the
new laptop from work.

Post by Alan McKinnon
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names

like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.

Post by Alan McKinnon
For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19

years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general
know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your
acquaintance.

Post by Alan McKinnon
--
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Nice to see an old friend back here.

Mark

[Michael]

Post by Alan McKinnon

Post by Alan McKinnon
Hello Gentoo'ers
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got

fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the
new laptop from work.

Post by Alan McKinnon
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names

like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.

Post by Alan McKinnon
For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19

years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general
know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your
acquaintance.

Post by Alan McKinnon
--
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Nice to see an old friend back here.
Mark

+1

Welcome back Alan, after what was it ... 6 years or so?

[Neil Bothwick]

Post by Alan McKinnon
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got
fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on
the new laptop from work.

You're still alive! Welcome back!

[Peter Humphrey]

Post by Alan McKinnon
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got fuzzies
but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but eventually
got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the new laptop
from work.

Alan! It's good to see you back again. I've often wondered what had become of
you.

Next time you're in these parts I'll buy you a beer - a real beer, not that
super-cold, high-strength, fizzy, tasteless lager that everyone ontside these
shores seems to drink.

Cheers!

[Dale]

Post by Alan McKinnon
Hello Gentoo'ers
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got
fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on
the new laptop from work.
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names
like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.
For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19
years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and
general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make
your acquaintance.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

It's a good thing.  I was about to email you again and see if you were
still kicking and how high, given it has been a while.  :-D 

Welcome home!!

Dale

:-)  :-) 

[William Kenworthy]

Welcome Back to the force :)

BillK

William Kenworthy

Post by Alan McKinnon
Hello Gentoo'ers
After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got
fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but
eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on
the new laptop from work.
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names
like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.
For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19
years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and
general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make
your acquaintance.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

[Walter Dnes]

Post by Alan McKinnon
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar
names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.

Welcome back. Gentoo has smoothed off the rough edges, and emerge
rarely dies anymore. As a control freak, the thing that annoys me is
all the gratuitous libs (cups/ghostscript/harfbuzz/etc) that apstreams
insist on forcing as dependancies. But that's not Gentoo's fault.

[Alan McKinnon]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, almost feels like I was never gone :-D

Alan

Post by Walter Dnes

Post by Alan McKinnon
Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar
names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more.

Welcome back. Gentoo has smoothed off the rough edges, and emerge
rarely dies anymore. As a control freak, the thing that annoys me is
all the gratuitous libs (cups/ghostscript/harfbuzz/etc) that apstreams
insist on forcing as dependancies. But that's not Gentoo's fault.
--
I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with
frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista,
pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All
those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die.