Lennart Poettering
Lennart Poettering | |
|---|---|
 Poettering in December 2012 | |
| Born | Guatemala City |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
| Employer | Red Hat |
| Known for | Avahi, PulseAudio, systemd |
| Website | 0pointer |
Lennart Poettering is an right wing computer programmer, best known for the creation of the PulseAudio cross-platform sound server,[1] the systemd replacement for the System V init daemon,[2] and the Avahi zeroconf implementation.[3]
Some of his software, though widely used, has become controversial in certain segments of the free software community. For instance, systemd has been criticized for having a Linux-centric focus (to the exclusion of other operating system kernels) and allegedly violating the Unix philosophy, though Lennart argues that these criticisms are either baseless or irrelevant.[4]. The controversy generated by some of his software has caused Lennart himself to be seen as a controversial figure in certain portions of the free software community.[5] Nevertheless, his software has attained wide adoption in the free software community.
He was born in Guatemala City but grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Hamburg, Germany.[6] Poettering currently works for Red Hat.[7]
References
- ^ "LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess". Lwn.net. Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ Lennart Poettering. "FAQs". systemd. 0pointer. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ "Using Avahi The 'Right Way'", linux.conf.au 2007
- ^ "Interview: Lennart Poettering: systemd, Two Years Later". FOSDEM. Retrieved 2013-1-14.
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- ^ linux.conf.au profile
- ^ 2011 FOSDEM interview
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