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I used to do some work around Linux & Gnome, but it's been a while since I've contributed anything. I got into contributing since I use Linux and GNOME both personally and at work. As a result I started playing around with the different open source technologies and projects. My motivation came from learning something new and feeling good about contributing to the common good.

My main interest is the GNOME project and related projects.I follow GNOME development quite closely and have made several contributions myself. For example, I re-wrote the "Run Program" dialog and did some work on the Nautilus file manager around opening files with the correct associated applications and other bug fixes.

Previously I contributed to the Direct Rendering Open Source Project. I designed a new website for the project with an automated FAQ system utilizing PHP and MySQL. I also wrote automated driver installation and packaging scripts. The packaging script allows developers to easily create binary driver packages. The installation script lets users easily install new DRI drivers by automatically upgrading and configuring system libaries, kernel modules and the X server.