Ric man

Stuff about Ric

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

en-auThis user is a native speaker of Australian English.

fr-1Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.

This user comes from Australia.

This user comes from Victoria.

This user comes from Melbourne.

This user is of French ancestry.

This user contributes using Gentoo Linux.

This user contributes using Ubuntu.

This user uses Linux Mint.

This user contributes using Linux.

This user contributes with GNOME.

This user has a LinkedIn profile as user ricdefrance.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user contributes using
Google Chrome.

This user contributes using GIMP.

This user contributes with GNOME.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.

🚴This user is a rider.

This user is a bicyclist.

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This user rides a fixed

This user has completed a metric century ride.

This user believes bicycle helmets have their place, but Mandatory Helmet Laws have not improved cycling safety.

This user is a bicycle commuter.

This user owns a Subaru.

This user can drive.

This user plays table football, or "foosball".

This user enjoys PlayStation 2 games.

This user owns an 320 GB PlayStation 3 and wishes it had better backwards compatibility.

This user owns a PlayStation 5

This user owns a Nintendo Switch.

This user owns a Nintendo Switch Lite.

This user enjoys playing Magic: The Gathering

This user enjoys inline skating.

This user enjoys skateboarding.

This user enjoys the events that unfold in the FIFA World Cup.
Bring on 2026!

This user supports the
Socceroos.

This user supports Les Bleus

This user is addicted to the Celtic Nation.

MELThis user is a supporter of the
Melbourne Victory.

This user wants to believe,
but verifiability is policy.

This user has been lucky enough to meet Jimbo. ^†

Ric de France (a.k.a ric_man)

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I've been visiting the wikipedia web site for a while now, and I even started off an article on emerge, but that was before I knew how to register, or had confidence in what I was doing.

Interests

• Gentoo Linux: The laziest way to administer a Linux system
• Open Source: A better way of developing software
• Linux on a Toshiba P20: A page I wrote about getting Linux on a Toshiba P20 "Desknote"
• Subaru Forester: the car I drive
• Bicycles: My main form of transport

Likes

• Guinness Stout and Mountain Goat Beer Steam Ale
• Video games on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and that run on Linux (with Lutris).
• Board games, and card games that act like board games.
• Movies with car chases and kung fu fights (eg. The Matrix films)
• Hungarian Vizsla

Dislikes

• Wasting money with proprietary software that have (usually better) Open Source equivalents
• Bureaucracy and "over-engineering" a solution
• Inertia in major organisations
• People that stuff up, don't admit it, don't try to fix it, but instead attempt to play it down or cover it up
• People that have closed minds to other possibilities
• People or processes that remove my freedom

Wikipedia stuff

• Images ric_man has uploaded to wikipedia