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I'm a developer and contributor in Fedora and other Linux distributions, focusing primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and software management. I'm a big believer in "upstream first", which has led me all over the open source world.
I'm a developer and contributor in Fedora and other Linux distributions, focusing primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and software management. I'm a big believer in "upstream first", which has led me all over the open source world.


I've been a user of Red Hat Linux and Fedora since 2002, and I've been a contributor to Fedora since 2007. Nowadays, I largely work in software and systems management projects, but I also dabble in video games and other things.
I've been a user of Red Hat Linux and Fedora since 2002, and I've been a contributor to Fedora since 2007. I used to primarily work in software and systems management projects, but now I focus on desktop Fedora Linux, especially on multimedia; video games and game development; and audio+video production on Fedora Linux.


== Contact ==
== Contact ==

Revision as of 23:12, 30 December 2022

Neal Gompa
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Personal information
Pronouns: he/him
Location: Norwalk, CT, USA


GPG key: BA9778545005C10C
Contact information
Twitter: Det_Conan_Kudo
LinkedIn: ngompa
Fediverse: @Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org
GitHub: Conan-Kudo
GitLab: Conan_Kudo

Fedora-specific information
FAS name: ngompa
Fedora e-mail: ngompa@fedoraproject.org
Fedora homepage: ngompa.fedorapeople.org
 


Neal Gompa

General Information

DevOps Engineer by day, Linux systems aficionado and developer by night!

I'm a developer and contributor in Fedora and other Linux distributions, focusing primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and software management. I'm a big believer in "upstream first", which has led me all over the open source world.

I've been a user of Red Hat Linux and Fedora since 2002, and I've been a contributor to Fedora since 2007. I used to primarily work in software and systems management projects, but now I focus on desktop Fedora Linux, especially on multimedia; video games and game development; and audio+video production on Fedora Linux.

Contact

  • Email: ngompa A fedoraproject D org
  • Matrix: A conan_kudo C matrix D org
  • IRC: Conan_Kudo, Pharaoh_Atem, Son_Goku, King_InuYasha, Sir_Gallantmon, Eighth_Doctor on Libera Chat and OFTC

Activities within Fedora

  • Maintain many packages in Fedora
  • Participate in the Admin, CoreOS, RelEng, Go, Java, Python, Ruby, Rust, KDE, GNOME/Workstation, Modularity, MinGW, Server, Cloud, Buildsys, and OKD groups
  • Contribute to RPM, DNF, Mock/Koji, Pagure, and many other applications

Badges

In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 Corporate Drone Involvement You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) Mugshot What goes up... (Koji Failure I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Don't Call it a Comeback Riddle Me This Egg Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Froglet Tadpole Paranoid Panda Embryo Take this and call me in the morning Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Tadpole with Legs Junior Badger (Badger I) Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) White Rabbit Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) It still works! Partners in Crime BrickHack 2016 Attendee Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) The cat came back... Top 500 Macaron (Cookie I) Taming the Bull (Tester V) What goes around comes around (Karma I) Nuancier F24 You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Senior Badger (Badger II) If you build it... (Koji Success III) Mirror, Mirror on the Wall What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Junior Editor Red Hat Summit 2016 Let Me Introduce Myself Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Riding the Bull Home (Tester VI) Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Associate Editor Python SIG member Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Helping Hand Fedora 26 Change Accepted Packager Sponsor The Bull Transcended (Tester VII) Proven Packager Red Hat Summit 2017 Binary Star What goes around comes around (Karma II) Old Yeller Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Override, you say? Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Red Hat Summit 2018 Fedora 27 Change Accepted Senior Editor Fedora 28 Change Accepted What goes up... (Koji Failure III) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) White Hat Crypto Panda What goes around comes around (Karma III) Speak Up! Flock 2018 Attendee Rollercoaster Restaurant DevConf.us Attendee 2018 Top 100 Patches (SCM V) What goes around comes around (Karma IV) Fedora 29 Change Accepted Parselmouth I Both Bull and Self Transcended (Tester VIII) Fedora 30 Change Accepted Parselmouth II Black and White (Cookie III) Fedora 31 Change Accepted Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 31 You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Corporate Shill Readiness Fedora 32 Change Accepted I Voted: Fedora 30 Master Badger (Badger III) The Blessing of the FPL All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Reaching the Source (Tester IX) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing IV) Fedora & CentOS Social @ Summit 2020 Like a Rock (Updates-Stable IV) Social Panda What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) I Voted: Fedora 32 Community Messenger I Secretary General Pizzelle (Cookie IV) I converted to btrfs! The Last Argument of Kings Master Editor Fedora Legal Badge of Doom Fedora 33 Change Accepted Let's do lunch! Fedora 34 Change Accepted I Voted: Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 It's a Cake Thing Lets have a party Fedora 33 Linux App Summit 2021 NYE Party Panda FOSDEM 2021 Attendee Adult Frog Fedora Podcast Interviewee DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 34 Red Hat Summit 2021 I Voted: Fedora 34 United Packages of Fedora Learning from Sensei Akademy 2021 Community Survey Taker I GUADEC 2021 Podcast Contributor Fedora 35 Change Accepted Mic Check! (Updates-Testing V) Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Nest Attendee 2021 Lets have a party Fedora 35 Tectonic! (Updates-Stable V) Fedora 36 Change Accepted DevConf.cz 2022 Attendee FOSDEM 2022 Attendee Top 25 Return to Society (Tester X) Corporate Overlord Fedora Mentor Summit 2022 Community Survey Taker 2022 Lets have a party Fedora 37 Lets have a party Fedora 36 SCaLE 19x Attendee Fedora Week of Diversity 2022 I Voted: Fedora 36 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Fedora 38 Change Accepted Fedora 37 Change Accepted I voted: Fedora 37 CentOS Connect 2023 Attendee Fedora 39 Change Accepted FOSDEM 2023 Attendee Let's have a party (Fedora 38) I voted: Fedora 38 Ghost Tour Flock 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 LXQt SIG Member KDE SIG Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 39 CentOS Connect 2024 Attendee SCaLE 21x Attendee FOSDEM 2024 Attendee