Scott James Remnant
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Scott James Remnant | |
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| Born | 18 July 1980 Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
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| Website | www |
Scott James Remnant (born 18 July 1980) is an open source software engineer. Scott served as a long-time Debian developer until 2006 and worked as "Ubuntu Developer Manager" on the Ubuntu Linux distribution[1] at Canonical Ltd. He now works at Google as a Technical Lead on Bluetooth Systems.[2]
Work[]
- Ran the Linux humor website Segfault.org[3]
- While a Debian developer, Scott maintained several important packages, notably libtool and dpkg
- Is the author of the Upstart initialization system
- Developed the Planet weblog aggregation system
- He served on the Ubuntu Technical Board until October 2011
Personal life[]
Scott is openly gay, and believes it important to be open about it to support others in the open source community.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Monkey Business". Linux Format. No. 96. September 2007. p. 8.
- ^ "Leaving Canonical". January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Segfault.org". Archived from the original on 31 March 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Coming Out". 12 October 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
External links[]
- Interview with Remnant by FOSDEM
- Another interview with Remnant focusing on Upstart
- Official website
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