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Ottawa, ON, Canada
Cory Hilliard studied Computer Engineering Technology and Computing Science at Algonquin College in Ottawa Ontario Canada and is currently looking for new ways to bring Open Source adoption into Canada.
For fun, Cory is a professional entertainer, fire juggler and drum instructor. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Pipe Band and has entertained Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II playing Highland snare drum at Balmoral Castle.
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I used to love Gnome 2. It was my only choice back in the day. When they made the announcement that they were going to redo Gnome and make it "better", I was extremely excited. I waited impatiently for it to be released just like everyone else did. On the day they released the preview, I downloaded it immediately and tried it. After about 3 minutes of using it, my heart sank. I had trouble navigating it, I didn't like the vertical desktop switcher, was upset about all the changes because none of them were intuitive. I'm a mouse user. Gnome 3 was more suited for tablets in my opinion. Gnome 3 didn't flow with my work style. I am someone that opens 1000 tabs and programs, and as I complete each task, I close the program or tab. I like being able to click and switch by going down to the task bar. I tried getting used to Gnome 3, but found that I was less productive and wasted so much time flipping through programs instead of getting work done. I was never able to get used to it.
Then came Cinnamon. It was everything I thought Gnome 3 was going to be. I was so happy for Cinnamon. I still use it today, on Fedora. So now I have the best of both worlds. I have Cinnamon on an RPM system.
You mentioned this was a series. When will you be posting further content to this series?
I've noticed that most people when starting out have difficulty with branching. Knowing when, why and how to branch and when to merge branches back into the master. Then finding answers to questions like what should the master branch hold, should people develop on the master branch, how many people should have merge permissions.
Git is awesome, but simple tutorials need to be written that gives new users some help. I've been using Git for about two years now, and I feel like I'm still a basic Git user because everyone I've ever collaborated with has been a new user as well.