The Linux App Ecosystem: A renaissance that nobody is watching
Keynote SeaGL 2023
The Linux App Ecosystem is essentially a group of projects, frameworks, and organizations that implement, contribute, and enhance writing applications on the Linux platform. During the initial years, there was a slew of excitement as open source became more prominent. Yet, as the years went by and even as the concept of open source took off and became the modus operand of software engineering, the interest in the app ecosystem seemed to dwindle and it found itself pushed further away from open source mainstream. Largely hidden from mainstream view, wonderful things are happening.
Presenters
Sriram Ramkrishna, GNOME Foundation
Sriram or ‘Sri’ has he is popularly known has been kicking around these here F/OSS parts for the past 21 years. Starting off as a UNIX systems administrator and storage engineer, Sri found his true calling though in marketing, developer advocacy, and building relationships. Sri started his Free Software journey when he joined the GNOME project in 1997 playing a unique role as a developer advocate through engagement while working for Intel’s microprocessor division. Sri further increased his exposure in the Open Source community when he joined Intel’s Open Source Technology Center as part of their marketing team. Recently, he accepted the role as a Business and Community Liaison for Puri.sm. Sri enjoys long walks off short piers, staring contests with cats, and cheering lost causes.