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[[!meta title="About Nico Schottelius and www.nico.schottelius.org"]] [[!meta title="About Nico Schottelius and www.nico.schottelius.org"]]
## Who am I?
As you can guess, my name is Nico [[Schottelius|schottelius]].
I'm living in Switzerland and work for the
[ETH Zurich](http://www.systems.ethz.ch/people/nicosc).
I am a [[FOSS developer|foss]], with [[several interests|interests]].
I personally do not think it's wise to publish detailled personal
information in the internet, because they are personal (versus public).
To get an impression of what I do and who I am,
you can have a look at [[some press articles|press]]
or some of my [[websites|websites]].
If you want to know more about me, there are
[many](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22nico+schottelius%22)
[public](http://www.alltheweb.com/search?q=%22nico+schottelius%22)
[information](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22nico+schottelius%22)
available about me.
## Contact ## Contact
You can contact me via E-Mail at You can contact me via E-Mail at
***nico-webcontact*** (at the following domain) ***schottelius.org***.
I recommened using PGP to encrypt any mail. nico-webcontact (at the following domain) schottelius.org
The fingerprint of my [[pgp-key|pgp-key-9217A3DF.txt]] is
I recommened using PGP to encrypt any mail. The fingerprint of my
[[pgp-key|pgp-key-9217A3DF.txt]] is
BFE4 C736 ABE5 406F 8F42 F7CF B8BE F92A 9885 188C BFE4 C736 ABE5 406F 8F42 F7CF B8BE F92A 9885 188C
## Personal information
I personally do not think it's wise to publish detailled persoal information
to the internet, because the internet never forgets, as
seen on [google](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22nico+schottelius%22),
[alltheweb](http://www.alltheweb.com/search?q=%22nico+schottelius%22),
[yahoo](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22nico+schottelius%22), ...
But already from the above search results you may find out that ...
* I work for the [ETH Zurich](http://www.systems.ethz.ch/people/nicosc)
* ...
## More information
About my ...
* [[Websites|websites]]
* [[Aims|aims]]
* [[Relation to FOSS|foss]]
[[!tag schottelius]] [[!tag schottelius]]

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[[!meta title="Nicos aims and plans"]]
* Create a clean (secure, fast, and comfortable) Linux distribution
* To stimulate the FOSS development, to boost the acceptance of FOSS.
* Create tools that are needed for himself and to make them available for use in other Unices as well (like cinit, ccollect are available already)
* Group together some people, interested in aiding the success of FOSS
* Paid people
* "Normal people" (those, that are just using the computer, not using to hack with it)
* Try to get different groups to work closer (like *BSD with the Linux community)
* I want to study computer science again
* Learn more, to create better software
* this time without the focus on economy
[[!tag schottelius]]

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[[!meta title="Nico Schottelius and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)"]] [[!meta title="Nico Schottelius and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)"]]
[[Nico Schottelius|about]], the author of this website, is a FOSS developer.</p> ### Why did I become a FOSS developer?
### How did he become a FOSS developer?
In 1998 he was running Windows 95 on his brand new computer (Pentium In 1998 I was running Windows 95 on my brand new computer (Pentium
1, 166Mhz) and it randomly crashed. This was very frustrating. So he 1, 166Mhz) and it randomly crashed. This was very frustrating. So I
asked his father, whether there is something else. And his father gave asked my father, whether there is something else available.
him a set of SCO Unixware floppys and cds and a packet labeled "Suse And his father gave me a set of SCO Unixware floppys and cds and a
Linux 11/94". The SCO package had a blue/white cd box and looked nicer, packet labeled "Suse Linux 11/94". The SCO package had a blue/white
so he began to try to install it to his computer. But it did not work, cd box and looked nicer, so I began to install Unixware my computer.
because SCO did not support IDE disks and the computer had an IDE disk But it did not work, because SCO did not support IDE disks and the
builtin. computer had only an IDE disk builtin.
After about two weeks trying around with SCO, he gave up. After about two weeks trying around with SCO, I gave up.
Frustrated he continued to use the old operating system. Frustrated I continued to use the old operating system.
About one week later he was again extremly frustrated, that this About one week later he was again extremly frustrated, that this
operating system was crashing so often and he remembered, that there operating system was crashing so often and he remembered, that there
was another cd set (one source code, one install cd) to try out. After was another cd set (one source code, one install cd) to try out. After
about 4 hours he had Linux running. That was really really easy about 4 hours I had Linux running. That was really really easy
compared to SCO. It felt strange, so new, so fast. And it contains only compared to SCO. It felt strange, so new, so fast. And it contains only
text. Strange, like DOS before Windos, he thought. text. Strange, like DOS before Windos, I thought.
On the next day he read in the book that there is something called On the next day I read in the book that there is something called
"X11" available, which can destroy the display, when wrongly "X11" available, which can destroy the display, when wrongly
configured. He was shocked, but still tried to do it the correct. He configured. I were shocked, but still tried to do it the correct. I
searched for vertical and horizontal refresh rates and found them after searched for vertical and horizontal refresh rates and found them after
some hours searching in the handbook (they were labeled differently some hours searching in the handbook (they were labeled differently
compared to the SuSE Linux handbook). Created the configuration and compared to the SuSE Linux handbook). Created the configuration and
typed in "X&lt;enter&gt;". Wow, it works. But why is it grey and black? typed in "X&lt;enter&gt;". Wow, it works. But why is it grey and black?
Really gross. But after typing 'startx' it looked much better.</p> Really gross. But after typing 'startx' it looked much better.</p>
<p>The next confusing thing was that there were no drivers for the <p>The next confusing thing was that there were no drivers for the
cdrom. Nothing to load. After about two weeks he found out that they cdrom. Nothing to load. After about two weeks I found out that they
are already integrated into the kernel and that one simply needs to are already integrated into the kernel and that one simply needs to
"mount" them. And after that experience, he was totally convinced by "mount" them. And after that experience, I was totally convinced by
FOSS, because the FOSS people solved the driver issue much cleaner than FOSS, because the FOSS people solved the driver issue much cleaner than
the cdrom vendor or Windos itself. The whole system has been running the cdrom vendor or Windos itself. The whole system has been running
very stable and it has been really easy to change things (like very stable and it has been really easy to change things (like

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