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- Matthew_Garrett abstract "Matthew Garrett is a technologist, programmer, and free software activist who is a major contributor to a series of free software projects including Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat. He is a recipient of the Free Software Award from the Free Software Foundation for his work on Secure Boot, UEFI, and the Linux kernel.Garrett was born in Northern Ireland and has a PhD in Genetics from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several articles on Drosophila melanogaster (i.e., fruit fly) genetics.Garrett has been a contributor to the Debian GNU/Linux project, was an early contributor to Ubuntu, was an initial member of the Ubuntu Technical Board, worked as a contractor at Canonical Ltd., and worked at Red Hat.[citation needed] At Canonical Ltd. and Red Hat, Garrett worked on power management in Linux. While at Red Hat, Garrett also worked on issues relating to Secure Boot and UEFI and the Linux kernel in order to preserve users' ability to run the operating system of their choosing on hardware supporting Secure Boot. This work eventually led to his being awarded the 2013 FSF Free Software Award.Garrett currently works at the cloud computing platform company Nebula and is cited in the press an expert in cloud computing issues.Garrett has been a strong advocate for software freedom and compliance with the GNU GPL in the Linux kernel. For example, Garrett filed a complaint with US Customs against Fusion Garage due to violations of the GPL license.Garrett has also been outspoken on a series of cultural issues within the free software community including a number of issues related to feminism, sexism, and women in free software. For example, Garrett was involved in publicizing an incident in which Microsoft employees contributed code to the Linux Kernel that included hexidecimal code 0xB16B00B5 which was meant to refer to the English phrase "BIG BOOBS" and for publicly criticizing Microsoft for this.".
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