Alesh Slovak
Linux Developer at ChimeraOS
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAlesh Slovak is a Linux developer and founder with 11 years of professional experience building system-level software, developer tools, and cloud services from Kitchener, Ontario. He leads PLAYTRON’s Linux development work and is the founder and architect behind ChimeraOS, a Steam Big Picture–focused couch gaming OS where he implemented robust installation, driver and bootloader automation for diverse hardware. Previously a staff developer at Roadmunk, he led integrations across major third-party tools, and at Epson he introduced CI, automated builds and Docker to speed deployments while delivering production-quality scanning and printer management systems. Comfortable across C/C++, Node.js, Python and DevOps tooling, he blends deep Linux expertise with practical product delivery and build automation. Notably, his work on ChimeraOS demonstrates an unusual combination of system architecture skills and gamer-focused UX considerations—shipping low-level installers that actually anticipate varied GPU and controller setups.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Mathematics Honours Computer Science, Co-operative Program, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Mathematics Honours Computer Science, Co-operative Program, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Japanese, Czech
Github Skills (15)
system-administration10
sh10
linux10
script10
bash10
shell10
package-management10
scripting10
pacman10
btrfs8
distributions7
osdev7
steam7
macos7
gam6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ChimeraOS/chimeraos
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
A Steam Big Picture based couch gaming OS
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & System Architect
DevOps Engineer & System ArchitectContributions:19 releases, 50 reviews, 463 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alesh primarily contributed to the installation and configuration scripts for a Steam Big Picture based OS. Their work focused on the core system setup, including partitioning, package management, driver installation, and bootloader configuration. They demonstrated an understanding of system architecture by implementing the installation process and incorporating features for various hardware configurations, including GPU and controller support, with some focus on build automation via FRZR.
couchwindowslinuxgamingpicture
Samsagax/steam-tweaks
Aug 2019 - May 2021
Various tools for tweaking Steam/game settings
Contributions:213 commits in 1 year 9 months
steam-gameazerothcoresteam-apisteambottweaking
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