Marcus Brinkmann

Marcus Brinkmann
Born	25 August 1975 (1975-08-25) (age 36) Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alma mater	Ruhr University Bochum
Occupation	Computer programmer
Website
marcus-brinkmann.de

Marcus Brinkmann (born August 25, 1975) is a German computer programmer. He is one of the lead developers of the Hurd/L4 which is supposed to supersede the GNU Mach microkernel in GNU. He also initiated Debian GNU/Hurd to push forward the development of GNU Hurd.

Early life and education

He was born in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Brinkmann studied mathematics at the Ruhr University Bochum, located in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, until his graduation in 2007.

Career

Personal life

See also

	Biography portal
	Computing portal
	Germany portal

• Neal Walfield
• L4

External links

• marcus-brinkmann.de, Brinkmann's official website
• ^{[dead link]} Interview with Marcus Brinkmann in 2005
  • French translation of the interview
• A speech he has held about Hurd
• How to install GNU/Hurd - video
• GNU Hurd - Lessons and perspective - video

Persondata
Name	Brinkmann, Marcus
Alternative names
Short description	computer scientist
Date of birth	25 August 1975
Place of birth	Dortmund, Germany
Date of death
Place of death