2011/6/9 Christian Bryant <christian(a)linux.com>:
I am a GNU/Linux engineer specializing in advocacy and release
management
for collaborative GNU/Linux development. Fedora with GNOME is my default
desktop environment for development, build, test and release activities. I
also work with the Sugar Learning Platform on a Fedora spin I created for
demonstration of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO netbook Sugar desktop.
I create customized GNU/Linux implementations demonstrating minimal,
development-oriented packages with inherent configuration management. I work
only with free software on these projects and future plans include
supplementing my GNU/Linux builds with GNU/Hurd once the Mach kernel is
mature and implementing an Emacs Lisp interface to provide custom GNU/Hurd
build tools for software release managers interested in creating secure,
configuration-managed servers for free software development teams.
I also have an interest in philanthropy and non-profit organizations.
Because much of the software I use in my work is GNU and associated with the
Free Software Foundation (FSF), I volunteer with OLPC to learn more about
how GNU and FSF can most benefit philanthropic causes. Over the course of my
career, I hope to understand how philanthropic organizations work and
eventually form my own non-profit organization to meet the needs of a
community under stress using humanitarian FOSS.
I chose Fedora years ago since my first GNU/Linux distribution in the 90's
was Red Hat. Though I've worked with many distros over the years, Red Hat
and Fedora have always been my go-to systems. I joined the Fedora
OLPC Special Interest Group as my contribution platform knowing my Fedora
background and OLPC work would blend together well. My personal goal is to
create fresh Fedora spins for use in my OLPC activities that other OLPC
contributors can use to demonstrate XO functionality at the OS level without
having an XO on hand. At SCaLE 9x I used such a spin running in VirtualBox
on Fedora 14 for demonstration purposes while working the booth, making sure
to note Fedora was at the core of both my development system and the Sugar
spin.
I've completed my initial steps toward becoming a Fedora Ambassador and
await the approval process to commence once my chosen mentor commits his
time. I look forward to taking my relationship with Fedora to a whole new
level.
Hi Christian,
What a great introduction! I'm already looking forward to working with
you as a fellow ambassador.
John