Open source Enthusiast
Linly is one of many names I go by (See: Macks, Carlos, Aly etc.)
I am currently a CS student aspiring to be a sysadmin while also having other interests such as game development (modding), media analytics, video/audio production and web development.
My non computer science interests include gaming (first person shooters and strategy games primarily) , casual group sports such as beach tennis/volleyball, acting and finally listening to all sorts of music ranging from german rap to jazz.
I was born in Egypt, grew up in Alexandria spending most of my time by the beach. I also have the russian nationality because my mother is russian and people often considered me superior or more intelligent due to that fact which didn’t make sense to me back in the day. I was sent to a private school where I wasn’t exactly always top of my class but made quite the impression on all my teachers nonetheless, I enjoyed being in a schoolwork environment and found studying alone at home to be rather boring which is why I always made sure to make the most out of my school time so I could have the chance to play at home without compromising my academic performance.
In middle school I started participating in all sorts of school activities such as broadcasts and acting in plays or events which is still something I am really thankful for to this day, because it helped me overcome a lot of anxiety that revolved around being surrounded by a group of people even if I was only pretending to be confident then, I still believe that no one is truly confident but rather remain self composed when it matters.
Highschool was an absolute mess for me, because the entire educational system was getting changed even if it was for the better on paper, in practice it was a total disaster because I had no idea what was coming next but even then I just attempted to do my best and try to make the most out of it which did work out (barely) since I still got into the college I wanted studying what I love most!
Growing up I always had generally weaker computers/laptops due to financial limitations and parents with different standards for what is worth spending money on, so I always caught the short end of the stick when it came to operatin system performance so I coincidentally discovered that Linux exists as a viable alternative (yeah I know Linux is just kernel no one cares). So now I have been primarily using Linux for over 2 years now (or more who knows) and it has helped me drastically when it came to learning programming and such even if I have never written a proper line of code just being exposed to what a terminal is has helped me get started.
The whole point of that rant is to clarify why I’m not using windows like the rest of the population and how that would not affect my workflow negatively, but in fact it boosted my productivity a lot due to how most software is conveniently maintained in repositories making it very easy and convenient to set up a proper development environment (not to mention how awesome containers are!)