A Tragic Loss for the Gentoo Community

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

I regret to inform you all that earlier today, a great person in our Gentoo community, Griz64 (irc) Guy "Griz" Lowell Inabnit has succumbed to his long, painful battle with cancer :'(
It's good to know he no longer suffers, but we will miss him dearly. I realize that he was not active in the forums, but if any of you ever went to irc for help, or just hung out there
for good conversation, you know exactly who I'm talking about.

A tidbit from #gentoo-chat earlier today

steveL · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:24 pm Post subject:

End of an Era.

Griz will always be a true Legend of Computing.
When the ourstory books are written in centuries' time (assuming humans are still around to write), the truth about just how many people he trained, and the levels his students got to (as well as what they got up to;) will be known.
Suffice to say, government owes him a huge debt.

Speaking personally, life just got a lot worse; update was always written with him in mind as the target-user (and became his baby: he drove its development in process terms): a knowledgeable Gentoo system administrator, as well as a coder who forget more than most people know; he was simply the best-of-breed, due in no small part to his long history of involvement with Computing, from back when its only application was Signals' Intelligence for the military.

The only guy who ever got us to open an external ssh-port, the only external who ever got wheel, Griz could do a Gentoo install in less than half-an-hour, talking you through it and chatting while he did so.

Griz showed me the true meaning of QA, as well as so much on a personal level, and was always the consummate professional in terms of getting the result for the end-user. I can still hear his voice, as I internalised him ages ago, from all the teamspeak. I am heartbroken that I shall not be able to get the vocal confirm again (nor even the growling telling-off), this side of death. Even more so, that we'll never meet up for a session IRL, as we always planned.

Griz brought so much to this community, and he will be sorely missed.
There simply will never be another like him, with his depth of experience and insight, and incredible people skills combined with sheer technical ability.

See you when I get there, bro.
~ igli.

Naib · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 1:25 pm Post subject:

no way!

Now this is a loss. R.I.P. my old friend
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likewhoa · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:42 pm Post subject:

My dear ol Hippie friend, you will be missed, You have always been a great IRC pal who had respect for everyone and always avoided conflict but also helped others with their conflicts. You always made me smile with your great personality, your hippie tendencies and your love of Gentoo Linux. Rest In PEACE my dear friend! See you on the other side!

Ant P. · Watchman Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920

:(

I've never been near Gentoo's IRC, but I can tell from these reactions we've lost someone great.

He may be irreplaceable, but that doesn't mean we can't try to follow his lead. Stay awesome, the rest of you too.

Naib · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:33 pm Post subject:

vilehost · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2016 Posts: 26

steveL · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:33 pm Post subject:

MarioCorleone · Guru Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 336

Just an update on how the GoFundMe went for Griz' family.

pilla · Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:28 pm Post subject:

He will be installing Gentoo in the Big Cloud.

RIP.
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zlg · Retired Dev Joined: 11 Sep 2012 Posts: 49 Location: Earth

I had heard of his passing and commented on IRC, but I had no idea we put together a GoFundMe and were able to help his family. That's seriously amazing and makes me proud to be part of Gentoo.