Frequently asked questions

Trivial facts about me and my website

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  1. My nickname
    1. How to pronounce my nickname?
    2. How to mention me?
    3. What is the backstory behind my nickname?
  2. My technological experience and preferences
    1. What is my favourite OS?
    2. All the Linux distributions I have ever tried?
    3. All the programming languages that I had experience with?

My nickname Anchor link

How to pronounce my nickname? Anchor link

el-si-eich 361.

How to mention me? Anchor link

Use my full nickname lch361 if you want to reference me as an author on the Internet, but in conversations, Lich is more preferred.

What is the backstory behind my nickname? Anchor link

Unfortunately, the story of how combination of letters and numbers “lch361” was formed had been forgotten.

The nickname lch361 was born earlier than my full name Lich, because people originally started pronouncing my nickname as that. And I thought it is cool, unique and easy to remember, so I left my nickname as it is now.

Furthermore, I noticed an interesting thing: Li, C and H are all elements in the periodic table, with atomic numbers 3, 6 and 1 correspondingly. This is why 361 is my favourite number to this day.

My technological experience and preferences Anchor link

What is my favourite OS? Anchor link

Linux.

I value both freedom of software and customizability, and Linux is currently the best OS to provide both of them on a good level.

All of my projects are developed to primarily support Linux; other OS are an afterthougt.

All the Linux distributions I have ever tried? Anchor link

  1. Linux Mint (1 month)

    Good, stable distro for starters. Was suitable for me to get familiar with working in Linux.

  2. Debian (6 months)

    The ancestor of many Linux distributions, that’s why it became my next distribution of interest.

    Broke my own system 2 times before learning from mistakes and being able to fully administrate my own Debian system.

  3. Devuan (1,5 years)

    When I discovered systemd in Debian, I was disappointed with its bloated architecture, so I replaced Debian with Devuan, and learned OpenRC instead.

  4. Gentoo (2 years, using today)

    Finally, my favourite distribution ever made. I love the package management of Gentoo, and actively learn how to write ebuilds and repositories myself.

    If I ever write packages for my own projects, Gentoo ebuilds will be the first format that I would use.

All the programming languages that I had experience with? Anchor link

Low–level languages (in the learning order): C++, C, Rust, Zig. High–level languages: Python, Bash, Lua, Fish. Assembly: ARM, thumb instruction set (can read and write), x86_64 (can only read).