Brian Cameron

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I work for Sun Microsystems on the JDS (Java Desktop System) project. The Java Desktop System is Sun's branded version of the Free Software GNOME desktop (also used by Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Linux and Novell Linux). JDS is shipped with the in Solaris and OpenSolaris operating systems.

You can find my work blog at http://blogs.sun.com/yippi/.

If you are interested in doing GNU/FSF or GNOME code development on Solaris, I recommend the OpenSolaris JDS Project as the best starting point for getting started. The CBE (Common Build Environment) makes building and packaging Free Software on Solaris easy. The CBE is based on the SourceForge pkgbuild project.

I have worked on the GNOME project for the past 4 years, and have also worked on the OpenOffice Xmerge project. Examples of my GNOME contributions include:

I am a maintainer of the GDM (GNOME Display Manager) module since January, 2005. I have also been involved with making GDM work in accessible fastion (gesture listeners) and ported to Solaris/Sun Studio.

Work on the GNOME Accessibility Project, mainly in libgail.

Integrating gdk-pixbuf and GDK with the Solaris hardware accelleration chipset (VIS) via the mediaLib library. Patches can be found at bugzilla.gnome.org bug 344813I have also been involved with various performance tuning efforts in GNOME.

Porting GStreamer and programs which use GStreamer like totem, rhythmbox and sound-juicer to Solaris/Sun Studio.

Managed the ARC (Architecture Review Committee) process for the JDS desktop for the 2.6, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.16 community development cycles.

Work at making GNOME work properly with Solaris and Sun hardware.

Documentation (man pages, etc.).

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