Matthew Garrett

Matthew Garrett
Born
Galway, Ireland
Other namesmjg59
EducationComputational Genetics
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationSoftware developer
EmployerAurora
Known forFree software development and advocacy
AwardsFree Software Award
Websitemjg59.dreamwidth.org

Matthew Garrett is an Irish technologist, programmer, and free software activist who is a major contributor to a series of free software projects including Linux, GNOME, Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat. He has received the Free Software Award from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for his work on Secure Boot, UEFI, and the Linux kernel.