Name: Alan Cox

Born: July 22, 1968, in Solihull, England

  • British computer programmer who became heavily involved in the development of the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel.
  • Engineer at Red Hat (1999-2009).
  • Been involved in the GNOME and X.Org projects, and was the main developer of AberMUD.

Honors and awards

  • Recipient of the FSF (Free Software Foundation) 2003 Award for the Advancement of Free Software at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels.
  • Lifetime achievement award at the LinuxWorld awards in London.