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Dirk Hohndel
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Dirk Hohndel : Übersicht
07-Dec-2001/09-Jan-07
Übersicht
 Dirk
has been involved with Linux since the early days. He was 24 and a
student of mathematics/computer science at the University of Wurzburg in
Germany. Working as a system administrator within the university, he
``found postings from Linus in the comp.os.minix group, where he talked
about a project of his.'' Dirk wanted a UNIX operating system for his
own machine. ``FreeBSD didn't exist and 386BSD wasn't an option,'' says
Hohndel. Linux was the best choice, so he began to develop.
With an interest in memory management and adding hardware support, he
helped with the first Ethernet drivers (for the WD8003) and the first
SCSI support (ST01). ``Soon thereafter,'' he says, ``I became involved
in the first implementation of shared libraries (based on jump tables)
and applied that for the XFree86 shared libraries.'' Dirk can recall an
e-mail exchange with Linus ``where we joked that at some time, it might
be possible to run X on Linux.'' Since then, he has continued his work
with the XFree86 project, currently holding the title of Vice President.
Dirk was recently named CTO of SuSE Linux AG. This means he spends much
of his time managing projects and not so much on programming. ``Working
on XFree86 is what I do for fun,'' he says with a smile. Helping Linux
continue to grow is an overall goal. ``Making Linux easier to use for
the end user'' is one area for Linux developers to place focus on. Dirk
doesn't see this as ``dumbing down,'' as it in no way subtracts from the
power and flexibility of the operating system.
Claiming to have a life outside computers, Dirk said, ``Having friends
that know nothing about computers and get bored when you talk about
computers really helps.'' Do such people exist?
Dirk Hohndel can be reached via e-mail at
hohndel@suse.com.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4037.
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Hohndel is head developer for XFree86, the project that
has implemented a totally free and widely used version of the X Window
System for Linux, BSD, and OS/2. XFree86 is also the name of the
nonprofit organization set up to join the X Consortium, which controls
X's definition. When he's not programming, Hohndel is CEO of SuSE's
consulting group, based in Germany.
Quellennachweis Abbildung:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/.../4037f4.jpg,
http://www.linux-mag.com/.../lm50_16.jpg.
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