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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

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