Alan Cox (computer programmer)

Alan Cox
Cox at FOSS.IN/2005
Born (1968-07-22) 22 July 1968 (age 56)
Solihull, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesac
Alma materSwansea University Aberystwyth University
OccupationProgrammer
SpouseTelsa Gwynne (d. 2015)[1][2] Tara Neale[3]

Alan Cox (born 22 July 1968) is a British computer programmer who has been a key figure in the development of Linux. He maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in its development, an association that dates back to 1991. He lives in Swansea, Wales, where he lived with his wife Telsa Gwynne, who died in 2015[1][2][4][5] and now lives with author Tara Neale,[6] whom he married in 2020.[3] He graduated with a BSc in Computer Science from Swansea University in 1991 and received an MBA from the same university in 2005.[7]

  1. ^ a b Öberg, Jonas (3 November 2015). "In Memory of Telsa Gwynne". Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Gardiner, Mary Elizebeth (4 November 2015). "Remembering Telsa Gwynne". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "My Wedding Day". 1 May 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ "In Memory of Telsa Gwynne". GNOME website. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015. after living with cancer for a while she passed away this last Tuesday, 3 November 2015
  5. ^ Owen, Huw Dylan (4 November 2015). "Telsa Gwynne (1969 – 2015)" (Blog y Sesiwn). Sesiwn yng Nghymru (in Welsh). Retrieved 19 November 2015. (English translation in comments.)
  6. ^ "My Hero". 1 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Swansea University honours world class Linux computer programmer". Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

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