About

Hi, I’m Chris and I’m just another geek.

This is me.

I use free software like Linux, GNOME, KDE, wmii, Firefox and of course, GNU. I have a website about free software called Make The Move (which you totally should read)

I was previously the editor of DistroWatch’s weekly newsletter, where I discussed distro-related news from the past week and sometimes write a feature article. I recently had to give this away as I became too busy (although I intend to contribute feature articles from time to time). I also maintain a weekly blog for Linux Magazine.

I work for the National Archives of Australia in the Digital Preservation section. We develop two open source projects (Xena and DPR) which we use to ensure access to digital content now and in the future.

I also love languages and speak some German, Mandarin and Cantonese. I hope to learn a few others over the years.

Most importantly of all I am a disciple of Jesus Christ (AKA, “born again Christian”) and testify that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, sent to redeem mankind and bring us back into relationship with Him so that we might have life to the full.

You can contact me on email via mail [at] christophersmart [dot] com

Thanks!

P.S. My URL might seem somewhat pretentious, but it’s not meant to be – I just thought it was cool to get myname.com