Portrait: NimbleX creator Bogdan Radulescu
Sometimes all it takes to foment innovation may be an idea that sounds cool. When Romanian developer Bogdan Radulescu first ran into what would eventually be known as NimbleX, a mini-live CD project designed to be fast, light, and functional for everyday use.
Radulescu recieved his first computer from his parents in the fifth grade. Little did he realize that computers would consume most of his time in the future.
"I think my first contact with open source was actually with Linux in the late '99. I had only a [Red Hat 6] CD that I managed to install on my computer. I didn't actually know how to do anything because it was only the CD. I didn't have Internet access at that time or even some minimal documentation I coud read. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing," Radulescu says.
But Radulescu began learning more about free and open source software. With access to the Internet, he was able to understand the workings of Linux better. "In 2005 I encountered Slax, and it was pretty cool. Actually the coolest thing about it was the Linux Live scripts, and I really want to thank [developer] Tomas [Matejicek] for the excellent idea to write them the way he did." The scripts let users create their own live distributions based on their current desktops distribution.
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