User:maffblaster

Developer
Name	Matthew Marchese
Nickname	maffblaster (www.g.o link)
Email	maffblaster@gentoo.org
PGP key ID	0x7656DA1BCB1ED4F1
Ebuild repository	https://github.com/maffblaster/maffblaster-overlay.git
Blog	https://maffblaster.github.io/
Developer bug	546262
Is active	Yes
Projects	Devmanual General editing Docker Tester Embedded Project ARM Handbook Lead maintainer Gentoo Infrastructure General system administration, wiki, documentation editor Installer Chief architect Gentoo Foundation Foundation Wiki Editor Webapps Public Relations Cafepress store, Twitter, Telegram (admin) RISC-V Development VisionFive 2 Website maintainers Maintainer: General Wiki King Installer (test project) Chief architect

en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

"Let him cook!"

I'm a Christ follower, a husband to my beautiful wife Christina, a father, and man who loves to learn. My plan is to help improve the Gentoo domains around the web by adding and improving documentation, aiding in website maintenance, and executing system administration. I am passionate about creating and sustaining a strong developer culture within Gentoo. As I continue learning about Gentoo it only makes sense to help make it better for everyone by helping others find their way.

My personal gratitude is owed to all past and present Gentoo developers who collectively commit thousands of hours each month into making Gentoo the most flexible and powerful software distribution ever created!

Let's make Gentoo better together!

My projects

P2P E2EE

RISC-V

Gentoo on RISC-V

GenPi64

GenPi64

Ebuild development

I try to look after some packages.

See this subarticle.

ebook overlay

Work in progress...

Machine learning

Machine learning in progress...

Wiki improvement

Adding and correcting information here on the wiki is one of my main responsibilities as a developer. Here is some information on how I'm improving the wiki:

Tasks

Articles

Admin

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Wiki stats

98 active users.
8,656 articles (number inflated by translations).
167,426 pages (number inflated by translations).

Personal

List of recommended applications — applications I recommend in order to have a pleasant Gentoo experience
Ideas for Gentoo — various improvement ideas I have for Gentoo (as a distribution). (improvements of small scope).
Raising Gentoo to prominence (improvements of large scope).
Experiments — Ideas from my Gentoo laboratory.
Notes and quotes — Often times Gentoo developers and members of the community have helped me in big ways. They've provided advice, training, solutions, technical expertise, guidelines, ideas, testing, etc. This article is dedicated to mentioning times when I've personally received help from those kind and helpful souls in the Gentoo community.
Infrastructure — A place where I keep some infrastructure tips.
Reference — A place where I store different command-line shortcuts and other things I reference often.

My hardware

Notebooks

/Drafts/Lenovo Thinkpad T14 (Gen 2) (maffbook mark 5; 5.19.1-kconfig, built-in Wi-Fi, specs)
/Drafts/Lenovo Thinkpad P52 (maffbook mark 4, 5.14.9-kconfig, specs)
/Drafts/Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14IIL05 (kernel coming soon, specs)
HP Pavilion dv5t-1000 - Coming soon.
/Drafts/HP Pavilion 15-ab292nr

Desktops

Mobile

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Plus
Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus

Keyboards

Keychron K3 Ultra-slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard (Version 2) - Keychon optical brown switches
Keychron K10 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard - Gateron G Pro brown switches

Embedded

Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B)
Raspberry Pi 4 (Model B) 2G, 4G, 8G.
Pine A64(+) -
StarFive VisionFive 2 (RISC-V)

Misc

PlayStation 3 - Let's try targeting a PS3 with a Gentoo install!

Previous notebooks

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (mid 2010)
Lenovo Thinkpad T420
Dell XPS 15 9570 (maffbook mark 3)
Lenovo Thinkpad W530 (maffbook mark 1) - Libreboot support @ v20230319.
Dell XPS 13 9360 (maffbook mark 2)
Acer Chromebook C720 - Sold to Tlhonmey .

Previous mobile

Nexus 6 (arm7l)

Previous keyboards

Razer Blackwidow Chroma RGB - Clicky switches

Hardware wishlist

Embedded

Orange Pi 5 - It's exciting to see that device tree support may make it into the mainline kernel; collabora has a matrix for mainlining the RockChip RK3588. If that happens, I'm probably going to get one to reward the upstreaming effort!
Raspberry Pi 5 - VideoCore VII?!?

My software

Revival — a Gentoo-based operating system focused on system rescue.
Vitality — a micro-server (IoT) distribution for digital survival and self reliance.

kaudit - A Python powered kernel audit tool.
kcmdlined - A simple daemon that parses and reacts to kernel cmd-line arguments.
sheen — a cross-platform system informational tool

gencache - Like aptcacher, but for Gentoo.
trickle - Coming soon.
readmuh - Quickly generate a readme.md file for an ebuild repository.
big brother - Inspect developer status to ensure policy and standards are being enforced... aka "slacker reports".

Artwork

Artwork - Some very basic artwork.

Contact me

Those that have some reason to contact me can do so most effectively with real time chat via:

Freenode's secure webchat client in the #gentoo-wiki (webchat) channel. Be sure to highlight with my nickname in the message so I'll see it!
Official Gentoo Telegram channel.

Alternatively use the email link provided in the developer information box, although your email may be missed and there will be a slow reply if I do see it. I'm typically much more available via instant message.

Links

Recent changes - See what other people have been doing here on the wiki (sometimes I look to be encouraged).
https://maffblaster.github.io/ - Find out more about my faith and other interests on my blog.
https://www.digitalsurvival.us/ - If you are interested in helping out with some of the projects I'm working on message me on Freenode IRC using the nickname found in the InfoBox above. If you use email I will never see it.
Bug 546262 - My Gentoo 'New Developer' bug.