birth_place other_names nationality birth_date known_for residence article_title name occupation
zurich , switzerland wpwrak austria 13 august 1967 linux kernel , gcc argentina werner almesberger
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werner almesberger

werner almesberger -lrb- born 13 august 1967 -rrb- is an austrian free software computer programmer and an open-source hardware designer/maker .
he is mainly known as a hacker of the linux kernel .
contributions to linux -lrb- free software projects -rrb- include the lilo boot loader , the initial ram disk -lrb- initrd -rrb- , the ms-dos file system , much of the atm code , the tcng traffic control configurator , the uml-based simulator umlsim , and the openmoko -lrb- a version of linux for completely open , low-cost , high-volume phones -rrb- .
