Aryan Karamtoth (spaciouskarter78)
About
I'm a Debian Maintainer who volunteers to take up packaging work in Debian or design logos and posters for Debian Events during his free time.
I'm from Southern India and I'm an active member of the Debian India community.
Professionally, I aim to be a Digital Hardware Design Engineer or a researcher in Computer Science.
Interests: Science, Research, Astronomy, Electronics Engineering, History, Computer Science, Writing, Cooking and whatever comes to my mind
Conferences/Events Attended so far: ?UbuCon Asia 2024, FOSSHACK 2024, MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025
Development Work
Note: As of 21 Feb 2026, I'm no longer actively working on hobby programming projects or any other projects other than Debian packaging to prioritise my real-life career and lifestyle.
Free Software Projects that I contributed to so far: Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Alpaca, valent, liferea, asyncprawcore, Pigment, Cartridges, GNOME Pomodoro
Some of my successful free software projects:
QuickOverflow -- CLI Tool to autodetect errors in your terminal
ghz-sh -- Free and Open Source Shell for Linux Operating Systems
Websites
Contact
Note: Emailing me is the best way to get in touch with me. I'm not active on any messaging platforms or social media to prioritise deep work.
- OpenPGP: 7A7D 9308 2BD1 9BAF A83B 7E34 FE90 07B8 ED64 0421
Email: <spaciouscoder78@disroot.org>
- Matrix: @spaciouskarter78:matrix.debian.social
- IRC: spaciouskarter78
Debian information
Current Role in the Project: Debian Maintainer
I belong to a STEM background hence I mostly work on packaging packages related to Science and Engineering as well as work on bringing many Flatpak and Snap exclusive software to apt. I also assist new contributors on the mailing lists.
I'm also a Wiki Editor and I help maintain this wiki for Debian India. I'm also a hobbyist graphic designer who makes posters for Debian India Events.
Events that I helped with organisation so far: MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025 , MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026
Debian Development Hardware
The following are my PC specifications that I use for developing stuff for Debian.
PC Name: Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen 5
PC Nickname: Thinkie
OS: Linux Mint Debian Edition 'Gigi' 7
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 7
RAM: 24GB DDR4
Storage: 1TB SSD
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