Harald Hoyer

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Harald Hoyer
Harald Hoyer 2012-10-10.jpg
Born (1971-12-04) December 4, 1971 (age 53)
NationalityGerman
OccupationSoftware engineer
EmployerMatter Labs
Known fordracut, Gummiboot
Website harald.hoyer.xyz

Harald Hoyer is a computer programmer and photographer, best known for developing the dracut initramfs generator and framework, [1] the udev device manager of Linux, [1] the systemd replacement for the System V init daemon [1] and the Gummiboot EFI boot loader. [2] Harald Hoyer also made various contributions to the Linux Kernel, starting 1997. [3] In 2012, together with Kay Sievers, Hoyer was the main driving force behind merging the /lib, /bin and /sbin file system trees into /usr in the Fedora distribution [4]

He is employed by Matter Labs [5]

Harald Hoyer resides in Vaterstetten, Germany. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Harald Hoyer, Ohloh, archived from the original on 2012-09-29, retrieved 2012-10-08
  2. ↑ Fabian, Scherschel, Gummiboot is an EFI boot loader that "just works", The H, archived from the original on 7 December 2013, retrieved 2012-10-08
  3. ↑ Quake Masquerading Module, LKML.org, retrieved 2012-10-08
  4. ↑ The Ever-Changing Linux Filesystems: Merging Directoris [sic] into /usr, linuxfoundation.org, retrieved 2012-10-08
  5. 1 2 Harald, Hoyer, About , retrieved 2025-02-18


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