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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 (182)
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) Baby Badger Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Egg Apex Tadpole with Legs Take this and call me in the morning White Hat Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) No Longer a Ronin Vacation Associate Editor Proven Packager Sensei Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Secretary General Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Froglet The Blessing of the FPL Flock 2014 Speaker Helping Hand What goes around comes around (Karma I) If you build it... (Koji Success III) Senior Badger (Badger II) Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock 2014 Attendee Party Pirate Flock Paparazzi Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Nuancier 21 Dancing with Toshio Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness Shellshocked Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Corporate Drone You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) What goes around comes around (Karma II) FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee What goes up... (Koji Failure II) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In Flock 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) DevConf 2015 Attendee Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) OSCON 2015 Attendee Origin Nuancier (F22) Macaron (Cookie I) Science (Kernel Tester II) Flock 2015 Speaker Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Delivery Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Corporate Shill If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Nom Nom Nom Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Nuancier F23 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Master Badger (Badger III) 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) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Master Editor Top 500 Top 100 The Last Argument of Kings Top 25 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Patches (SCM V) Fedora 24 Change Accepted Flock 2016 Attendee Nuancier F24 Krakow Brews! The cat came back... Community Messenger I All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Nuancier F25 Nuancier F26 Security Team Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Steampunk Arcade Adult Frog Binary Star Flock 2017 Attendee Chief Editor Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 F28 i18n Test Day Participant Fedora Podcast Interviewee Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds Fedora Docs FAD 2018 It's a Cake Thing Flock 2018 Attendee Parselmouth I Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Rollercoaster Restaurant I Voted: Fedora 29 Badge Junkie (Badger IV) You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) 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) I Voted: Fedora 33 F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 32 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 I Voted: Fedora 34 Magazine Editor Lets have a party Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 36 Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 37 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) Community Survey Taker 2023
 

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