I have been a Gentoo user since 2004. I have had only minimal exposure to python, as I have only ever edited existing ebuild files. I am a programmer who works in embedded Linux on PPC and ARM, writing programs in C and web languages including HTML, JavaScript, and CGIs in C. I have been wanting to learn python for a while now, and thought I would take this opportunity to try doing it in an online group setting. I use gVIM in KDE 3.5.10.