ARM 64-bit porting project being run by the Linaro group. The objective is to port a collection of Linux open-source libraries to the 64-bit ARM architecture (ARMv8). In January 2022, Hall gave testimony in a New Hampshire subcommittee for the use of free and open source software for government use. Personal life In June 2012, the day after Alan Turing's birthday, Hall published an article in Linux Magazine announcing that he is gay. He is the godfather to Linus Torvalds' children. References External links linux today, Words of a maddog, April 19, 1999 Jon 'Maddog' Hall at 2003 FOSDEM An Interview with Jon "Maddog" Hall, executive director of Linux International, at Linux World in Mexico City, Feb. 16, 2006 Interview at LinuxWorld 2006 Linux Link Tech Show interview (audio), 2006 Interview on TWIT.TV's FLOSS Weekly Podcast, March 24, 2007 International Community Wireless Summit 2007: Closing Plenary (audio), 2007 Jon Maddog Hall, How opensource will dominate the world. at LinuxFest Northwest 2009. (bad audio) Jon Maddog Hall, "Free and Open Source Software in the developing world" at FrOSCon 2010 March 2012 Interview for the blog "The Linux Setup" Interview with Jon Hall at the LinuxTag in Karlsruhe by RadioTux Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group 1950 births Living people Drexel University alumni American computer programmers Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni Linux people Digital divide activists American gay men American nonprofit executives Scientists at Bell Labs Digital Equipment Corporation people Geeknet Silicon Graphics people Open source advocates