Knowledge

Werner Almesberger

Source 📝

158:
While a PhD student in Communications at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) he did contributions to several key pieces in the early days of the Linux kernel, in particular as developer of DOS file system,
413: 460: 435: 526: 257:
He lives in Argentina, doing trips around the world from time to time, for talks in conferences (like being keynote speaker at
116: 249:
where he assists on a broad range of technical and related issues, and he now divides his time between these two projects.
278: 617: 288: 576: 548: 504: 456: 391: 188: 143: 212: 176: 90: 414:"OpenMoko Smartphone Doing the Full Open Monty, Releasing Chip Schematics For Building Your Own" 612: 235: 163:
bootloader (the most used Linux bootloader during the youth of the Linux kernel project) and
607: 224: 112: 8: 108: 160: 131: 353: 284: 203:, the first project to create a smartphone platform using free software. It used the 215:
window manager. The project also released full schematics of the open phone design.
582: 335: 258: 146:, the tcng traffic control configurator, the UML-based simulator umlsim, and the 246: 139: 571: 436:"Qi-Hardware debuts free, open source wireless solution, not a threat to WiFi" 191:
network on Linux project, which has been part of the Linux system since 1995.
601: 231: 127: 105: 208: 204: 120: 86: 227: 49: 150:(a version of Linux for completely open, low-cost, high-volume phones). 76: 369: 587: 592: 482: 200: 147: 549:"2.4 kernel: Always on the go with contributor Werner Almesberger" 310: 102: 577:
2.4 kernel: Always on the go with contributor Werner Almesberger
164: 135: 45: 527:"Qi Hardware Releases First Batch of 6LoWPAN Wireless Devices" 505:"Qi Hardware makes open-source wireless networking tech" 483:"Phillips: Qi Hardware Releases Free Wireless Hardware" 351: 242: 433: 389: 370:"Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO" 223:
Almesberger contributes as the architect of several
170: 502: 153: 16:Austrian computer programmer and hardware designer 524: 599: 207:, with a graphical user environment which uses 546: 352:Almesberger, Werner; and Lermen, Hans (2000), 261:in 2008), and for hardware and software work. 199:Werner Almesberger was a system architect for 457:"Qi Hardware Releases Free Wireless Hardware" 175:Werner Almesberger wrote the code to support 411: 367: 336:"Booting linux: the history and the future" 333: 327: 345: 340:Proceedings of the Ottawa Linux Symposium 283:. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 249–252. 247:joined the Neo900 open smartphone project 230:community projects, like implementing an 115:designer/maker. He is mainly known as a 276: 600: 583:Who is who in the Linux kernel project 480: 355:Using the initial RAM disk (initrd) 134:boot loader, the initial RAM disk ( 13: 241:In 2013 he started developing the 187:Almesberger was the leader of the 14: 629: 572:Werner Almesberger: Past Projects 565: 503:Electronista Staff (2011-06-17). 311:"LILO vs. GRUB [LWN.net]" 277:Yaghmou, Karim (April 22, 2003). 593:Differentiated Services on Linux 525:Fabricatorz Staff (2011-06-17). 463:from the original on 8 July 2011 171:Differentiated Services on Linux 540: 518: 496: 474: 434:Terrence O'Brien (2011-06-17). 390:Terrence O'Brien (2000-05-05). 280:Building Embedded Linux Systems 245:password safe and, in 2014, he 154:Involvement in the Linux kernel 449: 427: 405: 383: 361: 303: 270: 218: 1: 547:Julie Bresnick (2001-02-26). 264: 334:Almesberger, Werner (2000), 182: 101:(born 13 August 1967) is an 7: 392:"Linux/ATM - State of Play" 194: 10: 634: 412:ohn Mahoney (2008-06-08). 189:asynchronous transfer mode 459:. rejon.org. 2011-06-15. 82: 72: 64: 56: 28: 21: 618:Linux kernel programmers 126:Contributions to Linux ( 252: 238:made up of two boards. 177:differentiated services 130:projects) include the 394:. linuxdevcenter.com 368:Bert Hubert (2002). 225:open source hardware 113:open-source hardware 481:Jake (2011-06-16). 109:computer programmer 507:. electronista.com 167:initial RAM disk. 140:MS-DOS file system 99:Werner Almesberger 23:Werner Almesberger 529:. fabricatorz.com 96: 95: 625: 560: 559: 557: 556: 544: 538: 537: 535: 534: 522: 516: 515: 513: 512: 500: 494: 493: 491: 490: 478: 472: 471: 469: 468: 453: 447: 446: 444: 443: 431: 425: 424: 422: 421: 409: 403: 402: 400: 399: 387: 381: 380: 378: 377: 365: 359: 358: 349: 343: 342: 331: 325: 324: 322: 321: 307: 301: 300: 298: 297: 274: 65:Other names 42: 38: 36: 19: 18: 633: 632: 628: 627: 626: 624: 623: 622: 598: 597: 568: 563: 554: 552: 545: 541: 532: 530: 523: 519: 510: 508: 501: 497: 488: 486: 479: 475: 466: 464: 455: 454: 450: 441: 439: 432: 428: 419: 417: 410: 406: 397: 395: 388: 384: 375: 373: 366: 362: 350: 346: 332: 328: 319: 317: 309: 308: 304: 295: 293: 291: 275: 271: 267: 259:Linux Symposium 255: 221: 197: 185: 173: 156: 52: 43: 40: 39:August 13, 1967 34: 32: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 631: 621: 620: 615: 610: 596: 595: 590: 585: 580: 574: 567: 566:External links 564: 562: 561: 539: 517: 495: 473: 448: 438:. engadget.com 426: 404: 382: 360: 344: 326: 302: 289: 268: 266: 263: 254: 251: 234:subsystem for 220: 217: 196: 193: 184: 181: 172: 169: 155: 152: 142:, much of the 94: 93: 84: 83:Known for 80: 79: 74: 70: 69: 66: 62: 61: 58: 54: 53: 44: 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 630: 619: 616: 614: 613:Living people 611: 609: 606: 605: 603: 594: 591: 589: 586: 584: 581: 578: 575: 573: 570: 569: 550: 543: 528: 521: 506: 499: 484: 477: 462: 458: 452: 437: 430: 416:. gizmodo.com 415: 408: 393: 386: 371: 364: 357: 356: 348: 341: 337: 330: 316: 312: 306: 292: 290:9780596516468 286: 282: 281: 273: 269: 262: 260: 250: 248: 244: 239: 237: 233: 232:IEEE 802.15.4 229: 226: 216: 214: 210: 206: 202: 192: 190: 180: 178: 168: 166: 162: 151: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 128:free software 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 107: 106:free software 104: 100: 92: 88: 85: 81: 78: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 41:(age 57) 31: 27: 20: 588:ATM on Linux 553:. Retrieved 542: 531:. Retrieved 520: 509:. Retrieved 498: 487:. Retrieved 476: 465:. Retrieved 451: 440:. Retrieved 429: 418:. Retrieved 407: 396:. Retrieved 385: 374:. Retrieved 363: 354: 347: 339: 329: 318:. Retrieved 314: 305: 294:. Retrieved 279: 272: 256: 240: 236:Ben NanoNote 222: 209:X.Org Server 205:Linux kernel 198: 186: 174: 157: 125: 121:Linux kernel 98: 97: 87:Linux Kernel 608:1967 births 579:(interview) 551:. linux.com 372:. lartc.org 228:Qi hardware 219:Recent work 57:Nationality 50:Switzerland 602:Categories 555:2014-05-26 533:2011-07-18 511:2011-07-18 489:2011-07-18 467:2011-07-18 442:2011-07-18 420:2014-05-26 398:2011-07-18 376:2014-05-26 320:2024-04-16 296:2014-05-26 265:References 211:, and the 179:on Linux. 77:Programmer 73:Occupation 35:1967-08-13 485:. lwn.net 183:Linux ATM 461:Archived 213:Matchbox 201:Openmoko 195:Openmoko 148:Openmoko 144:ATM code 103:Austrian 60:Austrian 315:lwn.net 138:), the 119:of the 111:and an 287:  243:Anelok 165:initrd 136:initrd 117:hacker 68:wpwrak 46:Zurich 285:ISBN 253:Life 161:LILO 132:LILO 29:Born 91:GCC 604:: 338:, 313:. 123:. 89:, 48:, 37:) 558:. 536:. 514:. 492:. 470:. 445:. 423:. 401:. 379:. 323:. 299:. 33:(

Index

Zurich
Switzerland
Programmer
Linux Kernel
GCC
Austrian
free software
computer programmer
open-source hardware
hacker
Linux kernel
free software
LILO
initrd
MS-DOS file system
ATM code
Openmoko
LILO
initrd
differentiated services
asynchronous transfer mode
Openmoko
Linux kernel
X.Org Server
Matchbox
open source hardware
Qi hardware
IEEE 802.15.4
Ben NanoNote
Anelok

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.