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+I'm a programming, free software and linux enthusiast.  I'm also a
+programmer professionally, so that works out well.
+
+I was born in the Netherlands, live in Belgium and work for a dutch
+company.  I have been using linux since 2008, having settled on
+[Archlinux](http://archlinux.org) after trying
+[Ubuntu](http://ubuntu.com), [Fedora](http://fedoraproject.org) and
+[Zenwalk](http://zenwalk.org).  I have been using
+[GNU Emacs](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) since not long
+thereafter.