Jonas Smedegaard
Owner at IT-guide dr. Jones
Mørkøv, Region Zealand, Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolJonas Smedegaard is a seasoned systems administrator and developer with 20+ years designing sustainable, Free Software–based systems for schools, NGOs, and small organizations. As owner of IT-guide dr. Jones and a long-time Debian packager, he blends hands-on system administration with disciplined packaging and distribution practices that favor open standards and long-term maintainability. His work at Purism and contributions to Debian reflect a commitment to software freedom and practical privacy-respecting systems engineering. Jonas specializes in building intuitive resource-sharing platforms that are easy for non-technical users to operate while remaining auditable and strictly libre under thoughtful licensing. Based in Mørkøv, Denmark, he brings a rare combination of grassroots activism and professional consultancy, often translating philosophical commitments to freedom into robust, production-ready infrastructure.
20 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
6th grade (changed school fall of 7th grade), Grundskole, 6th grade (changed school fall of 7th grade), Grundskole at Stærmose Lilleskole9th grade, Grundskole, 9th grade, Grundskole at Tallerupskolen2nd year (then flunked), Gymnasium, 2nd year (then flunked), Gymnasium at Mulernes Legatskole10th grade, Efterskole, 10th grade, Efterskole at Vandel Ungdomsskole
Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Swedish, German, English
Github Skills (200)
firmware10
ubuntu10
cryptocurrency10
operating-system10
nanopi10
markup-language10
tar10
janus10
telephony10
nodejs10
webrtc10
licensing10
cryptography10
keyboard-navigation10
scanning10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
Debian/cdbs
Sep 2009 - Nov 2016
Contributions:766 commits in 7 years 2 months
sugarlabs/sugar-artwork
Mar 2008 - Dec 2016
Sugar icons and themes
Contributions:429 commits in 8 years 10 months
themesiconssugar
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