Meme – Reflecting on 2008
I got this from Pascal. One of the many personal Q&A you can find all over the internet, though this one actually looks like a nice idea.
Q: What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
A: I left the continent for a holiday in the USA, I've been driving cars (and getting my license), I left the country on my own to go to FOSDEM, had an actual (holiday) job for two weeks, and attended a punk concert.
Q: Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for the next year?
A: I don't remember any new year's resolutions.
Q: Did anyone close to you give birth?
A: No.
Q: Did anyone close to you die?
A: My granny died in 2008, less than a year after her husband.
Q: What countries/states did you visit?
A: In Germany, I travelled in Bavaria, to Rheinland-Pfalz and to NRW. I visited Belgium (Brussels), France (Paris), Austria (Tirol), England (Yorkshire), the USA (NY, PA, DC, MD, VA, MA, and maybe one or two other states)
Why do I use Linux ?
Years ago, I used Linux because it was new and interesting to me, and I had the time and motivation to just play around with it. The fact that I switched distributions all the time was a mark of that.
At some point or points in between, it might have been the freedom.
Now, the reason is: “Why not?”; I've used GNU/Linux for ages, I can almost always make it do what I want to do when I want it – it works. Windows or Mac OS X would probably also work just as well if I was as used to them as I am used to Linux. But I'm not.