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= Vladimir Vydra =

**IRC nick(s):** o4ek

**Role in SMGL:** Section maintainer for shell-term-fm

**Age/Birthdate:** 26

**Location/Country:** Zilina, Slovakia (Half of year (winter) in: Paris, France :-)

== Common ==

**When did you first start using Linux and why?**

9 years ago I was having, for the first time, access to PC which was connected 24/h to net. In a moment I become NET-dependent (to be honest -- I was spending much more time on IRCing and FTPing than studying :-). After short period I was having access to our faculty primary UnixWare server and from this time I'm persuade that for serious work the only suitable platform is Linux/Unix :-).

My first Linux distro wich I personaly installed was Slackware (first install -- 8 years ago, now I don't remember exactly the version from wich I started up :-). After I was using RH, MDK.

**How long have you been using the [[About|SMGL]] distribution?**
**What piqued your interest in SMGL initially?**

In the January 2002 I was looking for some linux/unix distro which fulfil my needs (I was looking for something which is source based, with some cool pkg.sys., something where I can in some easy way change the configure/build parameters, etc....). My first idea was freebsd but before changing linux for unix I was looking at http://www.distrowatch.com where I found SGL -- and after installing it I was seeing that this is something for me :-)

**What future do you personally see for SMGL?**

For me the SMGL is the ideal distro for people which have some knowledge about linux and which "want the full power of Linux/PC". I use SMGL not only as desktop but also on 3 production machines (and in the 3 months we will build up an database cluster on which we will run SMGL :-)

So personally I'm very satisfied with SMGL and I really recommend this cool distro to everybody :> .

**Tell us a little bit about yourself. Education/Career/Skills?**

I graduate at Zilina's Technical University -- Informatics department, my thesis was: "Object oriented compiler of SQL language".

I'm currently on the 3.year of my PhD study (my PhD. thesis is: Fulltext search in large text databases :-). In the same time I'm:

* teaching at the University (courses like: Linux/Aix administration, Object oriented programming in Pascal/C++/Delphi, Neural Networks)
* administering our faculty servers (3 SMGL, 3 RH, 2 MDK, 2 UnixWare (as co-admin :-)), 1 Aix boxes and also 5 Win2k "srv")
* working as Project manager for one little enterprise (15 people).

To tell something about my skills/career here is stripped cut && paste of last 2 accomplished projects from my CV:

{{{
 - "Fulltext/workflow document management system"
    - Implementation of the document archive in heterogenous enviroment with fulltext searching and workflow capabilities
    Responsibility: project manager     Software: Oracle 8i (Intermedia Text), Delphi, BC++,Kylix, Apache, LinkWorks
    Resources: 10 peoples               duration: 2 years

 - "Time scheduling/calendar management system"
    - Calendar/Sheduling C/S management system (with PalmPilot conduits), build on top of the linkWorks
    Responsibility: codder              Software: LinkWorks, Delphi, C++ Builder, M$VC++, HotSync
    Resources: 5 peoples                duration: 1 years
}}}

...

:-)))

Known languages:

|= Language =|= Description =|
| Basic | was my first language -- on the 8bit Amstrad CP/M 128 "machine" :-) |
| Asm | this was my "Hey ... I can do this" epoque :-) |
| Pascal | the school necessity |
| C/C++ | I was testing the Objects in Pascal and I was finding C++ and from this time I'm "C++ fan" :-) |
| Delphi | My first job |
| C++ Builder | My first big project :-) |
| M$ VC++ | Huh ... some Palm conduits, vxd, ... mhmm ... |
| Java/PHP | only for fun && Web stuff :-) |
| Prolog | some misc Expert systems for school :-) |
| Perl | work in progress .... :-) |

**Any personal messages for the Source Mage users out there?**

Try SMGL and you will never look up for some other lnx distro :-)

**What other OS programs/software have you worked on?**

OS:
* CP/M :-)))
* DOS, Win 3.1, Win95, Win98, WinME, Win2k (I will NEVER use WinXP !)
* Linux (RH, MDK, Slackware, Debian), Unixware, FreeBSD, AIX :>
* PalmOS

Software:
* programming: masm, BC++, TP, BP, Delphi, C++ Builder, Kylix, M$ VC++
* RDBMS: Paradox, Oracle, DB2, Postgres, mysql
* Document Management Systems: LinkWorks, Work Expeditor
* Project management: Select Enterprise

== Flamewars ==

**vi or emacs?**

vim :-)

**KDE or GNOME?**

wmaker :>

**BSD or GPL?**

BSD, but because I'm realyst I must say GPL.

== Strictly personal ==

**Do you have any family?**

Don't have time/opportunities to find girlfriend and get married :-)

**What other hobbies?**

Saxophone :-) (jazz is c001 :-))

**What kind of car do you drive? Or what is your dream car?**

Currently I have Skoda 120 (an very old car). \\ My dream car is Chevrolet Corvette ZX-2 in red color :-) (yes I know it's out dated :-))

**Please attach a recent photograph of yourself -- if you're brave enough ;=)**

If I release my foto everyone who will see it, will not be able to sleep :-)