Arch Linux

Arch Linux Fellows

Below you can find a list of ex-developers (aka project fellows). These folks helped make Arch what it is today. Thanks!

Aaron Schaefer Abhishek Dasgupta Alexander Baldeck Alexander Fehr Ángel Velásquez Arjan Timmerman Aurelien Foret Brad Fanella Corrado Primier Dale Blount Damir Perisa Daniel Griffiths Don Stewart dorphell Douglas Soares de Andrade Dusty Phillips Eduardo Romero Eli Janssen Eric Johnson François Charette Hugo Doria Imanol Celaya James Rayner Jarosław Świerczyński Jason Chu Jeff Mickey Judd Vinet Kevin Piche Loui Chang Manolis Tzanidakis Mateusz Herych Paul Mattal Paulo Matias Phil Dillon-Thiselton Simo Leone Stefan Husmann Thayer Williams Thomas S Hatch Tobias Kieslich Tom Killian Travis Willard Varun Acharya

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Aaron Schaefer ¶

Alias:	ElasticDog
Email:	aschaefer.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:elasticdog
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:	http://elasticdog.com/
Occupation:	Linux Administrator
YOB:	1982
Location:	Spokane, WA
Languages:	English
Interests:	Photography, Tennis, Programming, General Nerdiness
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux

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Abhishek Dasgupta ¶

Alias:	abhidg
Email:	abhidg.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:abhidg@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.org:abhidg
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:	http://abhidg.mine.nu, http://abhidg.wordpress.com
Occupation:	Student
YOB:	1987
Location:	Kolkata, India
Languages:	English, Bengali, Hindi
Interests:	Science, Maths, Programming, Reading
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Debian

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Alexander Baldeck ¶

Alias:	kth5
Email:	alexander.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:kth5
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer, PPC Monkey
Website:	http://www.telekommunisten.net
Occupation:	SysAdmin, free worker in arts
YOB:	1983
Location:	cbrp3
Languages:	German, English
Interests:	alt. electronic music, video gaming, social events
Favorite Distros:	Arch, NetBSD, Haiku

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Alexander Fehr ¶

Alias:	pizzapunk
Email:	alexanderf.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:pizzapunk@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.net:pizzapunk
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:	Student (Computer Science, Biology)
YOB:	1980
Location:	Berlin, Germany
Languages:	German, Slovak, English
Interests:	Open Source Software, Triathlon, Punk Rock
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux

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Ángel Velásquez ¶

Alias:	angvp
Email:	angvp.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:angvplnx@jabber.linux.it, irc://irc.freenode.net/angvp
PGP Key:	0xEC133BAD
Roles:	Developer/TU
Website:	http://www.angvp.com
Occupation:	Software Developer
YOB:	1983
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Languages:	Spanish, Italian, English, and a little bit French
Interests:	IT,Programming,Soccer
Favorite Distros:	Arch,Arch,Arch :)

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Arjan Timmerman ¶

Alias:	arjant
Email:	arjan@archlinux.org
Other Contact:
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:
Website:
Occupation:
YOB:
Location:	Netherlands
Languages:
Interests:
Favorite Distros:

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Aurelien Foret ¶

Alias:	orelien
Email:	aurelien.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:orelien
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Pacman Developer, Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:	Software Engineer
YOB:	1977
Location:	Grenoble, France (45° 12' North; 05°43' East)
Languages:	French, English
Interests:	Computers, Cycling, Music, and Guitar
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Slackware

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Brad Fanella ¶

Alias:	itsbrad212
Email:	itsbrad212.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.org:itsbrad212, bradfanella@archlinux.us
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:	http://bradfanella.co.cc/
Occupation:	Student, Developer
YOB:
Location:	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Languages:	English, Spanish, Danish, Icelandic, Czech
Interests:	Breathing, language, operating systems, guitar, hockey, music
Favorite Distros:	Arch, OpenBSD

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Corrado Primier ¶

Alias:	bardo
Email:	bardo.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:ilbardo@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.net:bardo
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:	http://blog.bardland.org/
Occupation:	SysAdmin, Musician, Student
YOB:	1984
Location:	Milano, Italy
Languages:	Italian, English
Interests:	Music, IT, Sci-Fi
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Dale Blount ¶

Alias:	super_user
Email:	dale.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:supa_user
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer, Infrastructure
Website:	http://dale.us
Occupation:	SysAdmin / Programmer
YOB:	1981
Location:	Erie, PA, USA (44° 6' North, 80° 8' West)
Languages:	English
Interests:	Computers, Automobiles, Sports, A/V equipment
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Slackware, Ubuntu and CentOS as a last resort

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Damir Perisa ¶

Alias:	dp
Email:	damir.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:damir.perisa@jabber.org skype:damirperisa
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Division Leader:Internationalization, Package Maintainer
Website:	http://daperi.home.solnet.ch
Occupation:	Student (Molecular Biology)
YOB:	1983
Location:	Basel, Switzerland
Languages:	Schwiitzerdüütsch, Deutsch, English, Français
Interests:	Evolution, Developemental Biology, Genetics, Photography, Philosophy, Music, Languages, Reading, Human Civilisations, Astronomy
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Archie, Debian, SuSE

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Daniel Griffiths ¶

Alias:	Ghost1227
Email:	dgriffiths.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	ghost1227@jabber.org, irc://irc.freenode.net:ghost1227
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Developer
Website:	http://ghost1227.com
Occupation:	Network administration and support
YOB:
Location:	Omaha, NE
Languages:	English, German, Gaelic, some Spanish
Interests:	Computers, Graphic Design, FOSS/Linux
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Don Stewart ¶

Alias:	dons
Email:	don.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	donsATgalois.com irc://irc.freenode.net:dons
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Haskell toolchain
Website:	http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons
Occupation:	Research & development
YOB:	1980
Location:	Portland, OR, USA
Languages:	English
Interests:	Programming languages, music, politics, food
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD

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dorphell ¶

Alias:	dorphell
Email:	dorphell.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:dorphell
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:
Website:
Occupation:
YOB:
Location:
Languages:
Interests:
Favorite Distros:

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Douglas Soares de Andrade ¶

Alias:	dsa
Email:	douglas.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:dsandrade@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.net:dsa
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:	http://archlinux-br.org
Occupation:	Developer
YOB:	1982
Location:	Brasilia, Brazil
Languages:	Brazilian Portuguese, English
Interests:	Family, Computers, Martial Arts, Books, Music
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux, Gobolinux, Slackware

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Dusty Phillips ¶

Alias:	Dusty
Email:	dusty.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	xmpp:buchuki@gmail.com,aim:dusty0508
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Web Backend Developer
Website:
Occupation:	Code Craftsman
YOB:	1983
Location:	Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
Languages:	English, Python, broken French
Interests:	Martial Arts, Coding, Woodworking, Skating
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux

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Eduardo Romero ¶

Alias:	kensai
Email:	eduardo.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	k3nsai@jabberworld.org
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Newsletter Author
Website:	http://kensai.team88.org
Occupation:	Student/Networks & Telecommunications
YOB:	1984
Location:	Puerto Rico
Languages:	Spanish, English, Ruby
Interests:	My Fiancée
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux

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Eli Janssen ¶

Alias:	cactus
Email:	eliott.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:cactus
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Infrastructure
Website:	http://cactus.github.com/
Occupation:	SysAdmin / Programmer
YOB:	1978
Location:	Eugene, OR
Languages:	English
Interests:	Interests?
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Debian, OpenBSD

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Eric Johnson ¶

Alias:	farphel
Email:	ericj.archlinux.org
Other Contact:
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:
YOB:
Location:
Languages:
Interests:
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Redhat, Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo

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François Charette ¶

Alias:	firmicus
Email:	francois.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	firmicus04 ?? googlemail ??? com
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:
YOB:
Location:
Languages:	Français, English, Deutsch, ????
Interests:
Favorite Distros:

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Hugo Doria ¶

Alias:	hdoria
Email:	hugo.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:hugodoria@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.net:hdoria
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:	http://hdoria.archlinux-br.org
Occupation:	CS Student, SysAdmin, Father
YOB:	1986
Location:	Aracaju, Brazil
Languages:	Brazilian Portuguese, English
Interests:	Family, Computers, Music, Games, Tracking, Sushi and all TI-related stuff
Favorite Distros:	Arch Linux, Slackware, Gentoo

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Imanol Celaya ¶

Alias:	ornitorrincos
Email:	icelaya.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:ornitorrincos
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:
Occupation:	Student
YOB:	1989
Location:	Bilbao, Spain
Languages:	English, Spanish, Basque
Interests:	Computers, 3D graphics
Favorite Distros:	Arch, LFS

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James Rayner ¶

Alias:	iphitus
Email:	james.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:iphitus
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:	http://iphitus.loudas.com/
Occupation:	Student (Aerospace Engineering/Business)
YOB:	1988
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Languages:	English
Interests:	spaceflight & technology, planes, reading, video games
Favorite Distros:	Arch, FreeBSD, OpenBSD

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Jarosław Świerczyński ¶

Alias:	swiergot
Email:	jswierczynski.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:swiergot@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.net:swiergot
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:
Occupation:	Senior Software Engineer
YOB:	1983
Location:	Kraków/Blachownia, Poland
Languages:	Polish, English
Interests:	Sports, Computers, TV Series
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Slackware

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Jason Chu ¶

Alias:	Xentac
Email:	jason@archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:xentac@xentac.net
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Tool Developer, All around good guy
Website:
Occupation:	CTO, Oprius Software
YOB:	1981
Location:	Victoria, BC, Canada
Languages:	English, Python
Interests:	Karate
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Jeff Mickey ¶

Alias:	codemac
Email:	jeff.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenodes.net:codemac jabber:j@xmpp.us
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Manager, Early Userspace
Website:	http://codemac.net
Occupation:	Student / Freelance Programmer
YOB:	1986
Location:	Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Languages:	English
Interests:	Linux/Computer/Programming, Music, Philosophy, Linguistics, Wine
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Gentoo, FreeBSD

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Judd Vinet ¶

Alias:	apeiro
Email:	judd.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:apeiro
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Founder, Mascot
Website:	http://www.zeroflux.org
Occupation:	SysAdmin / Programmer
YOB:	1980
Location:	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Languages:	English
Interests:	Music, Guitar, and all things with buttons
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Slackware, CRUX, PLD

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Kevin Piche ¶

Alias:	kpiche
Email:	kevin.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:kpiche
PGP Key:	0xFF10B937
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:	kpiche.archlinux.ca
Occupation:	UNIX Admin / Security Analyst
YOB:	1971
Location:	Ottawa, Canada (45° 25' North; 75° 42' West)
Languages:	English
Interests:	Computers, Reading
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Redhat

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Loui Chang ¶

Alias:	louipc
Email:	louipc.ist at gmail.company
Other Contact:
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:
Occupation:	Machinist
YOB:	1983
Location:	Toronto
Languages:	English, un peu de français.
Interests:
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Manolis Tzanidakis ¶

Alias:	zen_guerilla
Email:	manolis.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	Jabber:mtzanidakis@jabber.org
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:
YOB:
Location:
Languages:
Interests:
Favorite Distros:

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Mateusz Herych ¶

Alias:	partition
Email:	heniekk@gmail.com
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:Part`, jabber:heniekk@jabber.org
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:
Occupation:	Student
YOB:	1990
Location:	Kraków, Poland
Languages:	Polish, English
Interests:	Computers, Football
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Slackware

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Paul Mattal ¶

Alias:	pjmattal
Email:	paul.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:pjmattal
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	AUR Developer
Website:
Occupation:	Computer Science Litigation Consultant
YOB:	1975
Location:	Cambridge, MA, USA (42° 22' North, -71° 6' West)
Languages:	English, French
Interests:	Classical Music, Computers, Food and Cooking, Wine
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Paulo Matias ¶

Alias:	thotypous
Email:	pmatias.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	jabber:syscoder@gmail.com, irc://irc.freenode.net:thotypous
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:	http://matias.archlinux-br.org
Occupation:	Student, Researcher
YOB:	1989
Location:	Brazil
Languages:	Portuguese, English, Spanish
Interests:	Physics, Computers, Electronics
Favorite Distros:	Arch, NetBSD, Haiku, RISC OS

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Phil Dillon-Thiselton ¶

Alias:	dtw
Email:	phil.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:dtw
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:	http://thewrecker.net
Occupation:	Project Manager
YOB:	1978
Location:	London/UK
Languages:	English, Swahili
Interests:	Kiting, Travel
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Simo Leone ¶

Alias:	neotuli
Email:	simo.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:neotuli
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	AUR Developer, Web Monkey, ArchISO Developer, Janitor
Website:	http://www.neotuli.net
Occupation:	CS Student (UIUC), Part time bum
YOB:	1988
Location:	Urbana, IL, USA
Languages:	English, Finnish, Spanish
Interests:	Running, Biking, Shiny Objects, Chasing Girls
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Stefan Husmann ¶

Alias:	stefanhusmann
Email:	shusmann.aur.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:haawda
PGP Key:	0x6F0D180B
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:
Occupation:	Administrator
YOB:	1968
Location:	Haste, Germany
Languages:	German, English
Interests:	Packaging, German Literature
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Thayer Williams ¶

Alias:	thayer
Email:	thayer.archlinux.org
Other Contact:
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Branding, Graphics, Web Design, Wiki Editor
Website:	http://cinderwick.ca
Occupation:	Information management
YOB:	1977
Location:	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Languages:	English
Interests:	Simple living, reading, hiking, kayaking
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Debian

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Thomas S Hatch ¶

Alias:	thatch45
Email:	thatch45@gmail.com
Other Contact:	None
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Trusted User
Website:	http://red45.wordpress.com/
Occupation:	Sr Systems Architect / Engineer
YOB:	1982
Location:	Centerville, Utah USA
Languages:	English
Interests:	System software development, release engineering, automation, virtualization
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Red Hat

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Tobias Kieslich ¶

Alias:	neri
Email:	tobias.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:neri
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:	Programmer, Content Production
YOB:	1974
Location:	Leipzig, Germany
Languages:	German, English
Interests:	Computers, Biking, Free Climbing, Photography
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Tom Killian ¶

Alias:	tomk
Email:	tom.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:tomkx
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:	Father
YOB:	1960
Location:	Bray, Ireland
Languages:	English
Interests:	Family, Music, Linux
Favorite Distros:	Arch, OpenBSD

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Travis Willard ¶

Alias:	cerebral
Email:	travis.archlinux.org
Other Contact:	irc://irc.freenode.net:cerebra1 jabber:Cerebral
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer
Website:
Occupation:	Software Developer
YOB:	1983
Location:	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Languages:	English
Interests:	Ping Pong, Development/Programming, Video Games
Favorite Distros:	Arch

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Varun Acharya ¶

Alias:	varun
Email:	varun.archlinux.org
Other Contact:
PGP Key:	Unknown
Roles:	Package Maintainer:Arch64
Website:
Occupation:	Dentist
YOB:	1985
Location:	Chennai, India
Languages:	English, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu
Interests:	Gaming, Swimming, Anime, Linux
Favorite Distros:	Arch, Ubuntu