My very first exposure to Linux was in 2000, my school was about to throw away an old gateway computer and I took it home and turned it into router

As a kid with no AI, no google, it was quite a feat and I’m still very proud of it

Was my introduction into how the internet works and I’ll never forget working with ipchains

I remember enduring a lot of people in forums calling me a noob, but only after spending collective hours answering my dumb questions

I credit a big part of my moderate success in tech, to being familiar with stuff at just a tad bit lower of a level than the average bear

To my friend Sam who I haven’t talked to in 20 years, thanks for the idea