Welcome to my "new" personal home page.
-At the end of August, 2012, I retired from my long-held position as
-[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist. From September
-through December of 2013, I worked part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com)
-as Senior Adviser to the Open Source Group that is part of Samsung Research
-America.
-
-I serve on the boards of the [Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org)
-the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), and
-[Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com), and as
-President of [Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org).
+After retiring at the end of August, 2012, from my long-held position as
+[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I worked
+part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) as Senior Adviser to the Open
+Source Group that is part of Samsung Research America. In September of 2014,
+I was recruited back to HPE and served for 25 months as an
+[HPE Fellow](http://www.hp.com/united-states/Bdale-Garbee-External-Bio-V2.pdf)
+in Martin Fink's Office of the CTO at what became
+[Hewlett Packard Enterprise](http://hpe.com), driving open source
+strategy and advocacy for the company. At the end of September 2016, I
+returned to early retirement... and am now enjoying "Retirement v2.0".
+
+I currently serve on the boards of
+the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org),
+the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org),
+and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org), where I am
+also the Treasurer / CFO.
+
+I served for a while on the board of the
+[Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org) helping it recover from
+some organizational trauma and transform to a membership-based entity.
+
+I served for a decade as President of
+[Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org), and as a member of
+the board of directors for some time before that.
+
+I also served for several years on the board of the
+[Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org)
+representing the interests of developers and individuals.
I remain actively involved in the [Debian](http://debian.org) project,
-where I continue to maintain various
-[packages](http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bdale@gag.com),
-and chair the
-[Debian Technical Committee](http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte)
+where I served for a year as the elected Debian Project Leader, and for nearly
+a decade as Chairman of the Debian Technical Committee. I continue to maintain
+various [packages](http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bdale@gag.com)
+for Debian.
My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with
[rockets](http://gag.com/rockets), which includes managing
-[Altus Metrum, LLC](http://altusmetrum.org) along with partner
+[Altus Metrum, LLC](http://altusmetrum.org) with business partner
[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org).
-I think the web is way too picture-oriented these days, but if you're really
-curious, there are some pictures of me on my
+I miss the early days of the web, when it was mostly informative text...
+but if you're really curious, there are some pictures of me on my
[bio page](bio/), and associated with the
[Wikipedia page about me](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bdale_Garbee). If you're
a close friend or family member, email me for credentials to
I'm most comfortable when there are lots of electrons flowing nearby, mostly
in high-end computer equipment. There are only a few carbohydrates I've met in
my life that I didn't like, I have very eclectic tastes in music, enjoy old
-movies, and I have this "German metal habit"... Porsche flavored.
-My most recent such toy was a 1987 Porsche 944S, black with beige interior,
-that was unfortunate completely destroyed when our home burned in June of 2013.
+movies, and I have this "German metal habit"... Porsche flavored. My
+current such toy is a 1984 Porsche 928S Euro, moss green metallic
+with beige interior and a dog-leg 5-speed.
Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of
[Amateur Radio](rf/). KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA
a former Vice-President of [TAPR](http://tapr.org/),
a past Chairman and member of the Technical Committee of
the
-[Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org),
+[Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org), past board member
+of the [Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association](http://ppraa.org),
and a member of the
[ARRL](http://www.arrl.org).
-Perhaps my best-known contribution to the hobby is the silly little mail
-program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called
+Perhaps my best-known early contribution to the hobby was the silly little
+mail program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called
[BM](ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/mailers),
though I suppose I'm more proud of my role as integrator and documentation
author for the package prior to April 1989. I helped instigate N6GN's work on
I was also one of the developers of the RUDAK
digital communications processor. My primary focus on the RUDAK team was
communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the
-CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards. I am
-pleased to now be working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA Fox microsat
-program.
+CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards. More
+recently, I led the design and delivery of the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA
+[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program, and one of my
+boards has been "in the stack" on every recent AMSAT-NA satellite.
If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance
right now is to catch us
-[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest...
+[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest, or on the
+flight-line at a rocket launch.
While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750
-with Eric Crane at CMU, and have run some flavor of BSD on at least one
-machine ever since (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS, and NetBSD on a
-pc532),
-I have become a strong supporter of
-Linux particularly the
-[Debian GNU/Linux](http://www.debian.org)
+with Eric Crane at CMU, and ran some flavor of BSD on at least one
+machine up until the [fire in 2013](http://gag.com/blackforestfire.html)
+ (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS,
+and NetBSD on a pc532), I have become a strong supporter of Linux
+particularly the [Debian GNU/Linux](http://www.debian.org)
distribution, because of the emphasis on perpetual free availability of
all of the source code to the system. I've contributed a few packages to
-the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number,
-including some that are essential packages in the base distribution,
-and some that are "big hairy monsters". At least it keeps me off the streets
-at night...
+the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number, including some that
+are essential packages in the base distribution, and some that are "big
+hairy monsters". At least it keeps me off the streets at night...
Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"? Why not let Linus himself
[tell you](ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au)...
In recent years, my son and I have become very active building and flying
-small and large model [rockets](http://www.gag.com/rockets). I now hold a
-"Level 3 certification", and am a federally-licensed user of
-low explosives, which means I'm authorized to buy, store, and fly the largest
-motors currently available in the rocket hobby. My personal confirmed
-flight altitude record is 21,654 feet above ground, my highest recorded
-acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket to beyond Mach 2.2. I served
-on the committee that defined the [Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/Certifications/TripoliMentoringProgram/tabid/322/Default.aspx), and am
+small and large model [rockets](http://gag.com/rockets). I hold a
+"Level 3 certification", and my personal confirmed
+flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest recorded
+acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket that reached Mach 3.21. I served
+on the committee that defined the
+[Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/TMP), and am
proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP
participants. My current focus combines rocketry with my electronics
-background and strong
-interest in radio, see the [Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org)
+background and strong interest in radio, see the
+[Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org)
community web site for more details...
* [Bdale's blog](blog)
* [Cabell Garbee](http://www.garbee.net/~cabell), Bdale's brother, restores
neat old vehicles as a hobby.
-* [Allen B. Loyd](href="http://sites.google.com/site/allenloyd/Home),
+* [Allen B. Loyd](http://sites.google.com/site/allenloyd/Home),
one of Bdale's first cousins, has a site documenting his theatrical set
designs, paintings, and other fun stuff.
* [Space Machine & Engineering Corp](http://space-machine.com),
* [Graves Mountain Lodge](http://www.gravesmountain.com),
owned and operated by "my extended family" in Virginia. We used to
visit often... and still get back once in a while!
-* >Visit the <a href="http://www.rf.org/">Radio Farm</a>... a most
- unusual place!
+* Visit the [Radio Farm](http://www.rf.org/)... a most unusual place!
* [Colorado Satellite Services](http://www.coloradosatellite.com)
Jim and I worked closely together on AO-40 RUDAK, and he's definitely
"one of the good guys". The EyasSAT educational satellite system
linked to from his page is neat stuff.
I was named for my
-[maternal grandfater](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale),
+[maternal grandfather](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale),
who was a prominent individual in his time. While my father is the serious
genealogist in our family, every once in a while I go do a web search on
-various family names. These are some references to Grandaddy that I have
+various family names. These are some references to Granddaddy that I have
found:
* He now has a
[Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale)!
-* A [phote](http://www1.vmi.edu/archivephotos/Details.asp?ACCNUM=2631) of him
+* A [photo](http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15821coll7/id/2862/rec/1) of him
from 1919, in uniform.
* He was a [Judge of the United States Court](http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=97)
* Many of his papers were gifted to the
[University of Virginia Library](http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu00129.xml)
* There are scholarships in his name at
- [VMI](http://www.vmiaa.org/AA/Alumni%20Association/Scholar.html) and
- [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu/admissions/scholarship/need_based.htm)
+ [VMI](http://www.vmi.edu/media/content-assets/documents/human-resources/Faculty-Handbook.pdf) and
+ [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu).
I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom
[Barksdale Air Force Base](http://www.barksdale.af.mil) was named. My parents
tell me they believe
-[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409) was my third cousin twice removed.
-<
+[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409)
+was my third cousin twice removed. I had the chance to visit the base museum
+in the fall of 2016, and I must say I'm proud of his accomplishments!
+
Encrypting email is good. My currently preferred public key is
<pre>
-pub 4096R/C095D941 2009-07-26
- Key fingerprint = 8470 F20B 0625 9218 7CBA 7BB3 3A93 6196 C095 D941
-uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
-uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@hp.com>
-uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@debian.org>
-sub 4096R/166755FB 2009-07-26
+pub rsa4096 2019-10-21 [SC]
+ 1E0B AAD8 5C22 32A1 B3CE 92EB B704 7105 830B 9FA1
+uid [ unknown] Bdale Garbee <bdale@debian.org>
+uid [ unknown] Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+sub rsa4096 2019-10-21 [E]
</pre>
You should be able to fetch that key from any of the major keyservers.
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