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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 (179)
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) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Apex Flock 2013 Speaker Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs Take this and call me in the morning White Hat Vacation Associate Editor Novice (Wordsmith I) Let Me Introduce Myself Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) No Longer a Ronin Sensei Secretary General Flock 2014 Speaker The Blessing of the FPL White Rabbit Proven Packager Froglet Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Helping Hand What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Flock 2014 Attendee If you build it... (Koji Success III) Dancing with Toshio Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Nuancier 21 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Shellshocked Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Readiness What goes up... (Koji Failure II) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Corporate Drone Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) FUDCon Managua FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) The Panda Is In Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee DevConf 2015 Attendee Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Science (Kernel Tester II) Origin Flock 2015 Speaker Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Macaron (Cookie I) Nuancier (F22) Delivery Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Nom Nom Nom FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Corporate Shill Nuancier F23 Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Partners in Crime Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Black and White (Cookie III) The Last Argument of Kings Senior Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Patches (SCM V) Top 100 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Top 25 Top 500 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Flock 2016 Attendee Nuancier F24 Krakow Brews! Community Messenger I All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) The cat came back... Chief Editor Nuancier F25 Nuancier F26 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Binary Star Security Team Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Podcast Interviewee F28 i18n Test Day Participant Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Flock 2018 Attendee It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant Badge Junkie (Badger IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 30 Fedora Advocate I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Lets have a party Fedora 33 F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 32 I Voted: Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Community Survey Taker I Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Magazine Editor Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2022 Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 36 IoT Working Group Member Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee I voted: Fedora 37
 

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