My name is Ruben and I am a professor at Universidade de Pernambuco, who loves free, open-source software, freedom of all kinds of human expressions, Slackware Linux, and I create my own scripts.

About me

• I have a full time gig @ Polytechnique School of Pernambuco University and a pet server. 💻
• I learned to code in ROM BASIC on a Prologica CP500 TRS80. (see full specs bellow)
• My second language was C, and it was love at first sight
• I still have all my backups, passing from one computer to the next one, since Christmas 1987.
• All my computers have names. They are, in order:
  • 1987, Elefante, Desktop, CP500 Prologica CP500 TRS80, z80 8-bit 2MHz processor with 48KB RAM, 2 5 1/4 diskette slots.
  • 1989, Gorila, Desktop, IBM PC-XT, 8088 8-bit 4.7MHz processor with 1MB RAM and 44MB HD.
  • 1993, Hamster, Laptop Epson ActionNote 500, 486 50MHz processor with 4MB RAM and 120MB HD.
  • 1997, Iguana, Desktop, 586 Pentium MMX 200MHz processor with 96MB RAM and 4.3GB HD. Off-line Video-Card Diamond Stealth II-220 4MB RAM.
  • 2003, Calango, Desktop, Athlon XP 1700 K7 32-bit processor with 512MB RAM and 40GB HD. Video-card Nvidia GeForce AGP MX400 64MB RAM.
  • 2005, Galo, Notebook Toshiba Satellite A60, Intel Celeron D330 2.66Ghz processor with 448MB RAM and 80GB HD.
  • 2006, Coiote, Desktop, AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor, with 1GB RAM DDR400 and 3 HD's 40GB+80GB+160GB. Video-card nVidia Gforce 6200 64MB RAM.
  • 2007, Bulldog, Desktoop, AMD Athlon 64 X2 2-core 3800+ processor, with 2GB RAM Corsair, HD 80GB. Video-card PCI Exp 7100GS 128MB RAM.
  • 2010, Piolho, Blackberry with trackball and QWERTY keyboard, running Damn Small Linux, 256MB RAM and 16GB external SD card.
  • 2010, Mico, Netbook Acer Aspire One, Intel Atom N450, 1.66GHz processor, with 2GB DDR2 RAM 250GB HD.
  • 2010, Capivara, Intel Celeron E3300 2-core 2.6GHz, with 2GB RAM and 160GB HD. Video-card Nvidia Geforce G210 512MB RAM.
  • 2012, Gavião, Intel 775 2-core E5700 3GHz processor, 4GB RAM Kingston, 1TB HD.
  • 2012, Raposa, Notebook Dell Vostro, i5, to be completed...
  • 2017, Husky, Notebook Samsung White
  • 2018, Coruja, Notebook Lenovo IdeaPad
  • 2021, Marvin, Desktop/Server i9 32GB RAM, 6TB HD.
  • Single board: 2017, Raspbeco Mod1; 2018, Parallella Computer 48-cores; 2019 RP2 Mod2; 2019 Urubu; 2020 Pinguim, Raspberry Pi 4, 4GB RAM.
  • Remote: Bartender, Apocalypse, Cruxfermentation
  • University Servers: Zebu, Camelo, Hydra.
• The oldest computer I still have and works is Gorila! My father have it in his home, and he uses to play a Quick-Basic game where 2 gorillas throw bananas at each other in certain angle and velocity.
• My favorite programming languages these days are C, C++, Prolog, PHP, Python, Brainforce, Portugol and some other exoteric languages.
• I am on Org Beco Systems. Don't @ me.
• I am founder of User Linux Br - a group of linux users that help integrating linux on everyday life

Where can you find me?

• Blogging on my website
• Teaching or speaking at conferences
• Occasionally micro-bloging at @drbeco

Other things you may like to know about me

• 🌐 I'm currently the Head of International Relations Office at POLI/UPE.
• 🔭 I’m a divemaster certified by PADI.
• 🌱 I’m a chess player, but not a good one.
• 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on Slackware Linux 🐧
• 🤔 I’m looking for help with some projects that you might be interested
  • Cabra Xadrez Club
  • Xadreco Chess Engine
  • Agendario Calendar
  • Audiovisuais educativos
• 💬 Ask me about them.
• 📫 How to reach me: check my website and drop me an email
• ⚡ Fun facts don't care about your feelings.