Scott James Remnant (born 18 July 1980) is an

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. Scott served as a long-time

Debian Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of D ...

developer until 2006 and worked as "Ubuntu Developer Manager" on the

Ubuntu Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: ''Desktop'', ''Server'', and ''Core'' for Internet of things devices and robots. All the ...

Linux distribution A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one ...

Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. is a UK-based privately held computer software company founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. Canonical employs staff ...

He now works at

Google Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...

as a Technical Lead on

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Systems.

Work

* Ran the Linux humor website Segfault.org * While a Debian developer, Scott maintained several important packages, notably

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and

dpkg dpkg is the software at the base of the package management system in the free operating system Debian and its numerous derivatives. dpkg is used to install, remove, and provide information about .deb packages. dpkg (Debian Package) itself is ...

* Is the author of the Upstart initialization system * Developed the

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aggregation system * He served on the Ubuntu Technical Board until October 2011

Personal life

Scott is openly gay, and believes it important to be open about it to support others in the

community.

References

External links

Interview with Remnant
by

FOSDEM Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European event centered on free and open-source software development. It is aimed at developers and anyone interested in the free and ...

Another interview with Remnant
focusing on Upstart * 1980 births Living people Free software programmers Debian people Open source people Ubuntu (operating system) people Google employees {{compu-bio-stub English LGBT people Gay men