Tobias Platen's Home Page

Introduction

I am a Libre Hardware Designer living in Hamburg, Germany. I contribute to the advancement of freedom in digital technology in a few ways, with a focus on hardware-specific aspects. Currently I work on the libre riscv project.

I have been using GNU/Linux for many years, with a particular emphasis on running fully free systems: I support the ideas behind the GNU project as I am a strong free software advocate. I care deeply about being in control of technology and especially about the ability to understand how it works and change its behaviour. My main computer is a Talos II from Raptor Computing Systems.

Current Projects

I am currently contributing to the following projects (more or less often):

• the GNU Hurd, the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel
• Linux, the reference free software kernel
• U-Boot, the reference embedded free software bootloader
• MBROLA, a speech synthesis software as a worldwide collaborative project.

Past Projects

In the past, I have contributed to the following projects:

• Libreboot, a free (as in freedom) BIOS or UEFI replacement, initialising the hardware and booting the operating system
• NVDA, enables blind and visually impaired people to gain access to and interact with the Microsoft Windows operating system

Studies

I studied computer science at the TH Mittelerde in Giessen, Germany

Contact

The most efficient way to contact me is to send me an email at: tplaten klammeraffe posteo.de

Websites

• My git hosting page