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Jared Smith
Jared Smith
Fedora Information
FAS name: jsmith
Fedora email: jsmith@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: jsmith
IRC channels: #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #asterisk-doc, #asterisk-dev (and others)
Fedorapeople page: https://jsmith.fedorapeople.org
Badges (183)
Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker Baby Badger In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Apex Egg Tadpole with Legs White Hat Take this and call me in the morning Secretary General Vacation Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Associate Editor Sensei No Longer a Ronin White Rabbit Let Me Introduce Myself Proven Packager Froglet The Blessing of the FPL Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Flock 2014 Speaker Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Helping Hand If you build it... (Koji Success III) What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Flock 2014 Attendee Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Dancing with Toshio Nuancier 21 Readiness What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Shellshocked Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Corporate Drone What goes around comes around (Karma II) FUDCon Managua What goes up... (Koji Failure II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Flock 2015 Attendee The Panda Is In Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Macaron (Cookie I) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) DevConf 2015 Attendee OSCON 2015 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester II) Nuancier (F22) Origin Flock 2015 Speaker Nom Nom Nom Delivery Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Nuancier F23 FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Partners in Crime Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor The Last Argument of Kings What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 25 Top 100 Top 500 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Patches (SCM V) Flock 2016 Attendee Fedora 24 Change Accepted Nuancier F24 Krakow Brews! Nuancier F26 The cat came back... All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Community Messenger I Nuancier F25 Security Team Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Binary Star Chief Editor Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Podcast Interviewee F28 i18n Test Day Participant Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Rollercoaster Restaurant Flock 2018 Attendee It's a Cake Thing Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Badge Junkie (Badger IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Fedora Advocate Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) I Voted: Fedora 32 F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 Lets have a party Fedora 33 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2022 Magazine Editor Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 IoT Working Group Member Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee I voted: Fedora 38 I voted: Fedora 37 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 39
 

My name is Jared Smith. I'm a big Linux geek. I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP. I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should. I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices). As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest. Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony. For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/. I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.

Contact

Activities within Fedora

  • I was the Fedora Project Leader for two years.
  • I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself. I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.
  • I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server. (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
  • I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.


Badges

To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:

Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Egg Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Novice (Wordsmith I) Apex White Hat Take this and call me in the morning Secretary General Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Sensei No Longer a Ronin Let Me Introduce Myself Vacation Associate Editor Flock 2014 Speaker Proven Packager Froglet The Blessing of the FPL White Rabbit Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) If you build it... (Koji Success III) Party Pirate Helping Hand What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Flock 2014 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester I) Dancing with Toshio Shellshocked Flock Paparazzi Nuancier 21 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Fedora Docs FAD 2014 What goes around comes around (Karma II) Corporate Drone What goes up... (Koji Failure II) FUDCon Managua You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Flock 2015 Attendee The Panda Is In Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Science (Kernel Tester II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) DevConf 2015 Attendee OSCON 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Nuancier (F22) Origin Delivery Flock 2015 Speaker Nuancier F23 Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Nom Nom Nom If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Corporate Shill Partners in Crime Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Top 100 Senior Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 25 Black and White (Cookie III) The Last Argument of Kings Patches (SCM V) Top 500 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Nuancier F24 Flock 2016 Attendee The cat came back... Fedora 24 Change Accepted Krakow Brews! Community Messenger I Steampunk Arcade Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Adult Frog Nuancier F25 Security Team Nuancier F26 Chief Editor Binary Star Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Flock 2017 Attendee F28 i18n Test Day Participant Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds Flock 2018 Attendee Fedora Podcast Interviewee Catching the Bull (Tester IV) It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Badge Junkie (Badger IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 31 Fedora Advocate F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) I Voted: Fedora 33 I Voted: Fedora 32 nest-attendee-2020 Lets have a party Fedora 33 Magazine Editor DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Lets have a party Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker 2022 Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee I voted: Fedora 37 IoT Working Group Member Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 38 I voted: Fedora 39