10:59 a.m.
Hey there!
My name's Elliott and I'm from the UK (Europe/London). I'm a 20yo
tinkerer and I have experience reporting problems and suggesting new
features on various projects (e.g. Chromium, Discord), even if not to
a high degree. I've also been a part of focus tests and understand how
to interact with others in QA situations. This isn't my first time
contributing to FOSS, with various contributions on other
repositories, however I'd like to expand my horizons. I'm also a
casual gamer, streamer/youtube watcher and meme connoisseur.
I used to be a part of my college's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
(EDI) team for a couple of years, promoting and campaigning equality
for all to my fellow students, however this was cut short by the start
of Covid lockdowns in 2020, after which I had already finished my
education. I also used to be an ambassador for the IT department there
around the same time, encouraging newcomers.
My original reason for joining was to suggest a font for
packaging/default inclusion in Fedora, specifically
https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font, and from initial
reactions from a short discussion in #fedora-i18n, it seems like it
might be a good idea. Overall, I'd be happy to report bugs when I find
them and suggest new functionality/features if something is bothering
me, however my availability is highly variable due to some personal
factors, although when I am around I usually have many hours daily to
spare.
I recently switched to Fedora Cinnamon as my primary OS in February,
after using Windows XP, Vista, 7, 10 and 11 devices for at least 11
years (if not more), with some Apple mixed in for good(?) measure, and
as such I'm still training myself out of old habits. I've had various
exposures to the Linux ecosystem over the years, with the first being
messing around with Damn Small Linux, then Ubuntu, however these were
just for fun and were never used for long periods. My friend (who has
been using Void for a long time) eventually convinced me to switch
from full time Windows earlier this year, and I did my own research
and thought Fedora would be the best fit for me, as opposed to other
distributions.
In terms of software, I am comfortable living on the edge, with
examples being my previous usage of Windows 10/11 Insider (fast
ring/dev channel) and current usage of Discord Canary, however my
installed Fedora packages are still on stable updates after my recent
transition. In the past I've tinkered with design with Photoshop etc,
however I haven't quite got into the swing of things with GIMP etc.
I haven't used mailing lists before, however I understand the
forum-like approach. My preferred RTC platform is Discord, where you
can find me at pointy#0001, however I am also available on Libera as
pointy (using a friend's Quassel core). I have also helped moderate
forums before in various gaming communities, and I have extensive
knowledge of Discord moderation.
Hope to talk to you soon!
~Elliott Tallis aka pointy