Heroes of Linux and FOSS: Ken Starks, AKA Helios | Linux Today

Heroes of Linux and FOSS: Ken Starks, AKA Helios

Written By
CS
Carla Schroder
Oct 7, 2007

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“This was originally going to be a comment attached to Build ’em
Right, Build ’em Strong, Build ’em Linux. Then it grew and grew,
and I decided that Ken deserved his own feature. And then I
realized that there are a lot of unsung heroes of FOSS, so watch
this space for future installments. I encourage all of you fine
LXers to write your own ‘Heroes’ features–there are a lot of
people out there who deserve some recognition.

“This seems like a good time for a Ken Starks
retrospective…”

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Carla Schroder

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