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Kay Sievers

b. 2000

Computer programmer

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About Kay Sievers

Born 2000. Kay Sievers is a German programmer and engineer, known for Gummiboot (software), Systemd and Udev.

Kay Sievers is a German computer programmer, best known for developing the udev device manager of Linux, systemd and the Gummiboot EFI bootloader.

Biography Kay Sievers made major contributions to Linux's hardware hotplug and device management subsystems. In 2012, together with Harald Hoyer, Sievers was the main driving force behind Fedora's merging of the /lib, /bin and /sbin file-system trees into /usr, a simplification which other distributions such as Arch Linux have since adopted.

In April 2014, Linus Torvalds banned Sievers from submitting patches to the Linux kernel for failing to deal with bugs that caused systemd to negatively interact with the kernel.

Kay Sievers worked for Red Hat, Inc. until 2019.

Kay Sievers grew up in East Germany and nowadays resides in Berlin, Germany.

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Important facts

Born
2000
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Programmer, engineer
Nationality
Germany
Known for
Gummiboot (software), Systemd, Udev
Employers
Red Hat

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kay Sievers?

computer programmer

When was Kay Sievers born?

Kay Sievers was born in 2000.

What is Kay Sievers's occupation?

Kay Sievers is a programmer and engineer.

What is Kay Sievers known for?

Kay Sievers is known for Gummiboot (software), Systemd and Udev.

What nationality is Kay Sievers?

Kay Sievers is German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Kay Sievers

· Wikidata: Q6380282

· DBpedia: Kay Sievers

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