name: Gerd Bavendiek email: url: privateEmail: tag: updated: Gerd has worked as a software engineer with various flavors of Unix since 1988. In 1994 he realized that using Linux could make his every-day work more convenient. Since that time he has used Linux and various GNU-software. He lives in Essen, Germany. In my spare time I build model-steam engines using real hardware: lathe, milling-machine and a lot of hand tools.