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= Peter Gordon =
= Peter Gordon =
Hi; I'm Peter Gordon. I'm a 23 year-old GNU/Linux and general Free Software advocate. You can contact me in many ways, as listed below. I maintain packages in Fedora (listed below). Aside from this, I also try to support the Fedora Project in other, more general, ways (such as helping out on the mailing lists, forums, etc.) I maintain a [http://thecodergeek.com/ blog]  about my activities and interests, whose GNU/Linux-related posts are syndicated to [http://planet.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People] . My [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-September/msg00352.html self-introduction mail]  is archived, as well.
Hi; I'm Peter Gordon. I'm a 23 year-old GNU/Linux and general Free Software advocate. You can contact me in many ways, as listed below. I maintain packages in Fedora (listed below). Aside from this, I also try to support the Fedora Project in other, more general, ways (such as helping out on the mailing lists, forums, etc.) I maintain a [http://thecodergeek.com/ blog]  about my activities and interests, whose GNU/Linux-related posts are syndicated to [http://planet.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People] . My [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-September/msg00352.html self-introduction mail]  is archived, as well.
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* [http://www.gnome.org/~dscorgie/labyrinth.html labyrinth]  - A simple but powerful mind-mapping tool for the GNOME desktop
* [http://www.gnome.org/~dscorgie/labyrinth.html labyrinth]  - A simple but powerful mind-mapping tool for the GNOME desktop
* [http://icculus.org/~jcspray/LucidLife/ lucidlife]  - A simulator for Conway's Game of Life
* [http://icculus.org/~jcspray/LucidLife/ lucidlife]  - A simulator for Conway's Game of Life
* [http://www.ndesk.org/DBusSharp ndesk-dbus and ndesk-dbus-glib] - Managed C# implementation of DBus, and its glib mainloop integration library
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/nemiver/ nemiver]  - a C/C++ Debugger for GNOME
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/nemiver/ nemiver]  - a C/C++ Debugger for GNOME
* [http://libots.sourceforge.net/ ots]  - Open Text Summarizer
* [http://libots.sourceforge.net/ ots]  - Open Text Summarizer

Revision as of 08:01, 6 July 2009

Peter Gordon

Hi; I'm Peter Gordon. I'm a 23 year-old GNU/Linux and general Free Software advocate. You can contact me in many ways, as listed below. I maintain packages in Fedora (listed below). Aside from this, I also try to support the Fedora Project in other, more general, ways (such as helping out on the mailing lists, forums, etc.) I maintain a blog about my activities and interests, whose GNU/Linux-related posts are syndicated to Fedora People . My self-introduction mail is archived, as well.


Contact Information

  • Fedora Account: pgordon
  • E-Mail: [peter@thecodergeek.com]
  • IRC: codergeek42 on Freenode and OFTC
  • Jabber: codergeek42@jabber.org or codergeek42@gmail.com
  • Forums: codergeek42
  • Languages: English (en) and Spanish (es)

For those who wish to communicate with me securely (which I highly encourage), my GnuPG public key is available. It's fingerprint is: DD68 A414 56BD 6368 D957 9666 4268 CB7A FFC1 9479


Packages Maintained

I am the primary maintainer of the following Fedora packages:

  • deluge - A graphical BitTorrent client with support for PEX, UPnP and DHT.
  • empathy - An IM client for GNOME using Telepathy
  • glabels - A program for creating labels and business cards for GNOME
  • gnome-applet-music - A GNOME panel applet for controlling various music players such as Rhythmbox and Banshee.
  • gnome-theme-curvylooks - A modern Clearlooks theme using a Bluecurve-like color scheme
  • labyrinth - A simple but powerful mind-mapping tool for the GNOME desktop
  • lucidlife - A simulator for Conway's Game of Life
  • ndesk-dbus and ndesk-dbus-glib - Managed C# implementation of DBus, and its glib mainloop integration library
  • nemiver - a C/C++ Debugger for GNOME
  • ots - Open Text Summarizer
  • midori - A lightweight, WebKit-based GTK+ browser
  • rb_libtorrent - A C++ BitTorrent library aiming to be the best alternative
  • scribes - A simple, yet powerful text editor for the GNOME Desktop
  • scribes-templates - Templates ("Snippets") for the Scribes text editor
  • tango-icon-theme - Icons from the Tango Desktop project
  • tango-icon-theme-extras - Extra icons from the Tango Project
  • telepathy-haze - A libpurple connection manager for Telepathy (thus supporting everything Pidgin/Libpurple does: AIM, MSN, et al.)
  • viaideinfo - A command-line tool to display information and statistics about connected VIA IDE controllers on x86 machines
  • WebKit - Web Content Engine.

I co-maintain the following packages with other contributors:

  • epiphany-extensions - (with ChristopherAillon) A collection of really cool extensions for Epiphany, the GNOME web browser.
  • telepathy-mission-control - (with SindrePedersenBjordal) Central control for Telepathy connection manager


Retired/Orphaned Packages

At one point, I maintained the following packages, but they are since retired or orphaned:

  • gaim-libnotify - A notification plugin for Gaim using libnotify. Renamed on 2007-05-21 to pidgin-libnotify.
  • gnome-theme-clearlooks-bigpack - A set of color schemes for the Clearlooks GTK+ theme. Retired for Fedora 9+ on 2007-11-02 due to lack of upstream activity.
  • python-libtorrent - Python bindings to the rb_libtorrent library. Retired on 2007-03-07 since its development was dropped by the upstream authors.

Packaging in Progress

I am currently working on packaging the following for Fedora. If you want to package any of these as well, please contact me to avoid a potentially large amount of duplicated effort. :)

  • None at the moment.

The following are works-in-progress, but stalled or postponed for various reasons:

  • None at the moment.

Reviews in Progress

These are the packages currently under my review:

  • None at the moment.

Notes to Self

  • Note to self: No more notes to self. :)