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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:

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.

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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