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Neal Gompa
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
  • Created and run the Asahi SIG
  • Contribute to many different projects as part of working on desktop Linux use-cases
  • Contribute to RPM, DNF, Mock/Koji, Pagure, and many other applications

Badges

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