/g/ Roster

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Current Roster

Starters

No.	Position	Name	Image	Face	Description
1	GK	Stallman			Richard Matthew Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and GNU project. Also known as rms. Check out his personal website at stallman.org.
79	CB	SICP			A legendary book from an introductory programming course at MIT. RIP /prog/.
12	CB	Housefires			After 6 years of technology stagnation Intel got exposed by AMD while creating housefires trying to compete, now featuring Nvidia™'s GeForce BIF™ (busting into flames technology).
69	LB	Torvalds			Linus Torvalds - Chief architect of the Linux kernel and creator of git.
15	RB	Something Happened			The infamous and unhelpful error message that was supplied in recent versions of the windows operating system. When enemy strikers attempt to enter the /g/ midfield, They will be stopped and greeted by Something Happened.
0	DMF	Botnet			Chrome? Botnet. Windows? Botnet. To /g/, a botnet is any software that isn't free as in freedom.
92	CMF	Thinkpad			IBM ThinkPad: Legendary build quality, extensively customizable, and damn sexy. Some users of /g/ will tell you that if it's not ten years old and worth $50, it's not worth using.
56	CMF	DEVELOPERS			Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft. Famous for his insanity and DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS.
13	AMF	Terry A. Davis			Notorious American Programmer who started development for TempleOS in 2003 after a brutal series of manic episodes which left him hospitalised. Davis is a former atheist who believes that he can "talk with God" and that God told him the operating system he built was God's third temple. According to Davis TempleOS is of 'Divine' intellect due to the inspired nature of the code. According to Davis, God said to create the operating system with 640x480, 16 colors display and a single audio voice. Rest In Peace Terry 1969-2018
8	SS	No Time for Love			Desktop Thread
42	CF	Install Gentoo			"Hey /g/, what distro should I install?"

Substitutes

No.	Position	Name	Image	Face	Description
10	GK	Common Sense			Instead of bothering /g/, why don't you try to use a little Common Sense™, now completely free and libre!
38	CB	GIVE IT BACK JAMAL			People commonly come to /g/ asking about unlocking their "non-stolen" phone and the reply is always GIVE IT BACK JAMAL
2	CB	CoC(k)			The absolute state of the Linux kernel, FreeBSD and other free software projects that adopted a Code of Conduct
21	LB	i use arch btw			i use arch btw
77	RB	*BSD			Berkley Software Distribution. A lesser known cousin of GNU/Linux.
99	DMF	Pajeet			Pajeet is a general name for Indian people. These people invade /g/ and the technology business, they also shit on our carpets and streets. Those bastards!
18	CMF	Zenka			AMD-chan. She and her sister Ryfa are the new face of the AMD Ryzen CPU line in Japan/Korea. They started to be popular after the previous face of AMD, Amada Kokoro, retired.
24	CMF	CS Grad			Examples of awful code such as the type that a Computer Science graduate might write. CS majors can be found saying such things as "I'm doing CS so I can make games!"
50	AMF	Mommy Lisa			Dr. Lisa Su, President and CEO of AMD since October 8, 2014
76	AMF	iTODDLERS BTFO			>applefags
26	SS	Programming Socks			Is it /lgbt/-induced faggotry or is it a comfy alternative to your average socks? /g/ seems to have people who think the latter and they post images of themselves wearing their striped girly socks.
96	SS	Green Is My Pepper			A legendary green pepper paintbrush that's included by default in the photo editing software GIMP.

Notable Retired Players

Name	Image	Description
Teedus		Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts.
No Drivers		ATI's drivers had issues, Serious Issues. With years of experience on the /g/ team of having absolutely no drivers.
Woodscrews		nVidia demonstrating complete incompetence by using a poorly made fake GPU at a tech conference.
Failed /g/ Project		/g/ has a number of failed projects, but of special note is Tox. Example Tox User: "Hey Anon, can I have your cell number?" "Nah, I don't carry around government tracking devices 24/7. You can add me on TOX. My ID is EQenPMJNuqUwhg5W8UMFs66YBXrBVhhZzMFVBabmxQTVRAAVE50F456D603E6004E6870A1428D4." "T-Thanks..."
Terrorist Watch		Also known as the Casio F-91W, /g/ loves this watch for being durable, reliable, and dirt cheap. These same features also caught the attention of the expert time-bomb manufacturers of al-Qaeda, leading it to be determined as 'the sign of al-Qaeda' and a contributing factor to continued detention of prisoners by the analysts stationed at Guantánamo Bay. [1]
Audiophiles		Typical audiophile. Note the obsession for overpriced placebo electronics.
Ritchie		Creator of the C programming laguage and co-creator of the Unix operating system. Rest in Peace dmr.
Guts Thread		"Hey /g/, check out my $2000 4chan machine!" Guts threads are where /g/ users show off their expensive high performance machines while not watching anime, browsing 4chan, or doing some light coding.
Tay.ai		Tay was an artificial intelligence chatterbot that was originally released by Microsoft Corporation via Twitter on March 23, 2016; it caused subsequent controversy when the bot began to post tweets deemed offensive and among the likes of anti-semitic and racist. The bot was eventually shut down very quickly after release to stop it's hilarious tweets.