I've been a Debian user for approximately 20 years, and I started contributing to the Linux kernel in 2005 (bcm43xx driver, then b43, and rc80211_pid for mac80211).
More recently, I started working as a developer at Red Hat (2017), and I'm currently working in a virtualisation team with focus on networking. My recent contributions are mostly centered on netfilter (authored nft_set_pipapo) and core networking (IPv6, routing). I recently started passt (https://passt.top, a user-mode network stack), mbuto (https://mbuto.sh), seitan (https://seitan.rocks), and I've been mentoring for the Linux kernel community in the Outreachy program.
Since 2022, I've been maintaining the passt package (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/passt) as a sponsored maintainer (my sponsor is Vincent Bernat). I didn't make any other direct, relevant contribution to Debian, yet. My interest in becoming a full Debian maintainer revolves around this package, and possibly helping out with surrounding ones (say, Podman/libpod).
I've been a Debian user for approximately 20 years, and I started contributing to the Linux kernel in 2005 (bcm43xx driver, the… Expand
Stefano Brivio