I'm Bojan (🔊), but if that’s hard to pronounce, you can call me Ben — it’s close enough. 😉
- Location: Belgrade, Serbia, South-Eastern Europe.
- Background: IT & FOSS enthusiast, self-taught programmer, and long-time Linux user
- C • C++ • POSIX shell • Python • Perl • Pascal • BASIC • Ruby • PHP • SQL • a bit of Assembly (x86, 6502, 8080)
- Rust, Go, Zig, Nim, Lua, Scheme, Lisp, Assembly (ARM7, ARM64).
- Main OS: Slackware Linux (since 1999), Current.
- Other OSes: macOS Tahoe (26), Windows 11.
- Retro/Historical: DOS variants, UNIX and adjacent systems, old Linux and ELKS, CP/M, OS/2, Windows 1.0-9x/NT, AmigaOS, Atari TOS, classic MacOS, Mac OS X.
- Alternative: HaikuOS, AROS, ReactOS.
- Retro computers: Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Atari ST, Amiga 500, ZX Spectrum 48k.
- Embedded/SBCs: Planning work with: RPi/Arduino (or alternatives) for IOT/gardening/permaculture projects. Interested in building a custom distro with Buildroot/Yocto.
- Other interests: embedded Linux, system engineering, system administration, and hardware and software preservation
- Music: guitar & bass (blues, soul, rock, funk, early R’n’B), piano & drums (want to learn)
- Drawing: mostly cartoons and caricatures
- Writing: drafting a fantasy web novel
- Nature: relaxing near water, walking in nature
- People: spending time with friends and family
- Pets: currently don't have one, but thinking of getting a cat.
- English – Near-native
- Italian – Read comfortably, speak at a basic level
- French – Can read well, speak a little
- Chinese • Japanese • Spanish • Portuguese • Greek • Polish • Russian
- Moderator & contributor at MyCity.rs forums
- Admin at Slackware Serbia community
- Occasional contributor to SlackBuilds.org
- Occasional small contributions to various FOSS projects (nothing major so far)
- CompTIA A+
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA Linux+
- LPIC-1
- Worked with a wide range of operating systems, including multiple Linux and BSD variants
- Packaged software for Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware, and AppImage
- Created minimal chroot-based Linux environments for experimentation
- Used various virtualization solutions on Linux (QEMU/KVM, VirtualBox, etc.)
- Familiar with multiple Linux/BSD init systems and package management tools
- Experience with chroot and LXC containers
- Some hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Performed LAN setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting
- Provided IT equipment procurement and consulting
- Diagnosed and resolved hardware and software issues in a small company
- Maintained and administered a community website on shared hosting
- Served as a forum moderator and mentor, helping users with technical and community issues
- Wrote and translated Linux-related tutorial articles
- Some public speaking experience, though still not confident in that role
⚙️ Always curious about how things work, how to break them and then fix them again.