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Jared Smith
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 (186)
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) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Tadpole with Legs Apex Sensei Proven Packager Froglet Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Flock 2014 Attendee Nuancier 21 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Readiness You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Science (Kernel Tester II) Nuancier (F22) Origin Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Partners in Crime Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Now, I return to my farm Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Patches (SCM V) Fedora 24 Change Accepted The cat came back... Community Messenger I Security Team Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Binary Star Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Parselmouth I Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Embryo Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Egg White Hat Take this and call me in the morning Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit The Blessing of the FPL Flock 2014 Speaker Helping Hand If you build it... (Koji Success III) Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Dancing with Toshio What goes up... (Koji Failure I) What goes around comes around (Karma II) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee DevConf 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Flock 2015 Speaker Delivery Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor Top 100 Top 500 Paranoid Panda Krakow Brews! Nuancier F25 Nuancier F26 Adult Frog Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Flock 2018 Attendee It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) I Voted: Fedora 32 I Voted: Fedora 33 Lets have a party Fedora 33 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 I voted: Fedora 37 I voted: Fedora 39 Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Secretary General Vacation Associate Editor No Longer a Ronin What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Party Pirate Shellshocked Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Corporate Drone Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee Let's have a party (Fedora 42) Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Nom Nom Nom Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Nuancier F23 Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 25 Nuancier F24 Flock 2016 Attendee All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Steampunk Arcade Chief Editor Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 F28 i18n Test Day Participant Meeting of the Minds Fedora Podcast Interviewee You’re on a boat! I Voted: Fedora 31 I Voted: Fedora 30 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 38 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 40 Flock 2019 Attendee Fedora Advocate F32 i18n Test Day Participant nest-attendee-2020 Magazine Editor I Voted: Fedora 34 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee 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) Flock 2013 Speaker In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Secretary General Vacation Associate Editor No Longer a Ronin Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Party Pirate Shellshocked What goes around comes around (Karma II) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) The Panda Is In Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Origin Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Partners in Crime Now, I return to my farm Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Patches (SCM V) Nuancier F24 Flock 2016 Attendee Security Team Nuancier F26 Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Binary Star Chief Editor Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 F28 i18n Test Day Participant Meeting of the Minds Fedora Podcast Interviewee Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Flock 2019 Attendee Fedora Advocate I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 32 I Voted: Fedora 33 Lets have a party Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Magazine Editor I Voted: Fedora 36 Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Apex Take this and call me in the morning Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Froglet Helping Hand If you build it... (Koji Success III) Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Dancing with Toshio Readiness Corporate Drone FUDCon Managua FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Flock 2015 Speaker Let's have a party (Fedora 42) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Nom Nom Nom Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor Top 25 The cat came back... Community Messenger I Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Fedora Docs FAD 2018 It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor IoT Working Group Member Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I Voted: Fedora 35 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 40 White Hat Sensei Proven Packager The Blessing of the FPL Flock 2014 Speaker Flock 2014 Attendee Nuancier 21 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) DevConf 2015 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester II) Nuancier (F22) Delivery Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Nuancier F23 Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 100 Top 500 Paranoid Panda Fedora 24 Change Accepted Krakow Brews! All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Nuancier F25 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Flock 2018 Attendee Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) I Voted: Fedora 31 F32 i18n Test Day Participant I voted: Fedora 37 I voted: Fedora 38 I voted: Fedora 39