<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >About the Author</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux Infrared HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Preface" HREF="infrared-howto-p0-preface.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Status of the Document" HREF="infrared-howto-s-status-document.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="IrDA" HREF="infrared-howto-p1-irda.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux Infrared HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="infrared-howto-s-status-document.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Preface</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="infrared-howto-p1-irda.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="infrared-howto-s-about-author" ></A >3. About the Author</H1 ><P > Since I have installed <A HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/hp800e.html" TARGET="_top" >Linux on my first laptop (HP OmniBook 800CT)</A >, I am addicted to Linux and mobile computers. I have written the <A HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/howto_linux_laptop.html" TARGET="_top" >Linux-Mobile-Guide</A > and founded <A HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/" TARGET="_top" >TuxMobil: Linux with Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs, Mobile Phones and Portable Computers</A >. I am also interested in <A HREF="http://repair4laptop.org/" TARGET="_top" >upgrading, repairing and modding laptops or notebooks</A >, <A HREF="http://repair4pda.org/" TARGET="_top" >disassembling and reassembling PDAs and HandHelds</A > and <A HREF="http://repair4mobilephone.org/" TARGET="_top" >taking apart and modding mobile (cell) phones</A >. In May 2000 I have founded the German vendor <A HREF="http://xtops.de/" TARGET="_top" >Xtops.DE: Linux, Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs pre-installed</A >, to sponsor the TuxMobil project. </P ><P > I am also the author of the <A HREF="http://computerecology.org/" TARGET="_top" >Linux-Ecology-HOWTO</A >, which describes Linux as a means to save our environment, as well as founder of <A HREF="http://dataconv.org/" TARGET="_top" >DataConv a survey of data conversion and migration tools</A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infrared-howto-s-status-document.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infrared-howto-p1-irda.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Status of the Document</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infrared-howto-p0-preface.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >IrDA</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >