Jobs: Alexei Kuznetsov, TCP / IP stack on Linux creator and fellow Parallels

Today, the hero of our column was Alexei Kuznetsov - the legendary man who wrote with David TCP / IP stack of Linux Miller. In fact, all the features of the Internet '90s became available, the Linux users thanks to him. Alan Cox (another well-known in the Linux developer globally) said that for a long time thought that the "Kuznetsov" - is a collective name for a secret group of Russian programmers. Because one person can not write so much. For more than 10 years with the company Alexey Parallels. He is the only one for whom the company entered the post ExpertDeveloper, a kind of equivalent used throughout the IT world fellow category.

Who are you and what do you do?

C mid-90s, I was one of the Linux maintainers. Then all communication takes place through conferences, linuksnye mail lists. Often aggressive with someone swearing, I do not remember even what occasions. Now that's funny to remember. As a maintainer, not only myself doing something, but had to control the other. Those who in my view did the small stuff, you had zapinyvat, and those who do not nonsense - support. This constant conflicts, I was much exhausting. At some point, I began to notice signs of zabronzoveniya. Say or even do some stuff and after a while you discover that it is considered to be correct, simply because ANK (alias Alexey) thinks so. I began to have doubts, do not use their authority simply to preserve the status quo. Every morning started with a fight with yourself and then with the outside world. In 2003 I was finally tired of it and I gradually withdrew from the public field, and then changed his field of activity in general. At the same time I started my first project in Parallels. It was necessary to implement live migration of containers, it was very difficult (containers - Virtualization Technology at the operating system level, invented of Parallels, today applied to Facebook, Google, etc.)

Now we are engaged in Parallels ParallelsCloudStorage project - developing a cluster file system to store them in virtual machines. On the technology itself have been working for several years, recently released release. Now its finalizing.

How does your workplace?

Workplace for me - it's a bunch of computers. But always only work on a laptop. I use the Lenovo T530. The rest of the computers are used for different purposes. "TV", which is on the table, I never use. Keyboard too. Only in the event that something will break. Here there are different system blocks, including Power Mac, Intel, AMD. I used them in different years for different experiments. At one point, I took on the job to make a cluster of three machines. One machine is quite old, it is used for the sole purpose - manages PowerSwitch-th to working from home, I had the opportunity to restart the case if necessary. Here there are two Macmini and PowerMac. They are always on, but I use them very rarely, only if there is a need to see something in Parallels Desktop.

What software use?

Any programs do not use other than Google Chrome. Well, even the editor and compiler, if they can be considered. In Evernote notes and keep it with your personal data, such as a copy of the passport.

I use only a text console. For any program. However, on the new laptops as improving the quality of the screen text console runs all the uglier and uglier. So now I have moved to the GUI, which runs on top of several full-screen text-based terminals. It looks like an old unix console. That's how I live. So I read the mail, so I work.

I have an account on Gmail, simply because they use to read email with your phone. Sometimes it is necessary. Or when I see that, for example, someone sent any document to which the PDF attached, to me nothing left as otforvardit this letter where I can read this file. Same story with the PPT. But this is purely theoretical. In fact, I have never worked in the PPT.

"I do not use any software other than Google Chrome.»

I use Linux. Now I use version of Fedora 13 - she, to put it mildly, not the newest. I always use the version from which branched off the appropriate RHEL. Every few years there is a new RedHat, then I myself install the new system. And then a few years do not change anything. Let's say, 5 years. I can not imagine what a new feature the OS should be that it led me to update. After all, I use it as an editor, which I used 20 years ago.

"Messengers - a meaningless exercise. If you need something - write mail. If you urgently - you can call. Mail and phone are available for all. "

Phone my Motorola RAZR MAXX on Android. I do not like iOS. It is impossible to change anything. Not that I would like to customize this, I love to do it. I bought Motorola, because I can not stand Samsung irrational hatred. Absolutely irrational. I have not had any luck with Samsung products, either they do not always work, either immediately broke. On the phone, I need to call and check email occasionally, nothing else I need. It all turned off to prevent battery ate.

I also read the news on your phone via RSS every day as a morning newspaper. Feedly now used Google Reader, until it was shut down. I have a list of private bloggers that I read, but their names will not. I read Russian and Western media. Lenta.ru, for example. There is also a nice English-language service News 360. He adapts to what I like and provides the corresponding news. I can not say it works or not, but the fact is that what he shows me, is really quite interesting. At first, he showed me a huge amount of sports news. But gradually they disappeared from my collection.

Messengers like Skype or ICQ is not used because it is a pointless exercise. If you need something - write mail. If you urgently - you can call. Mail and phone are available for all.

As for social networks, then I have an account on Facebook and two Freund wife and sister. This account I scan only if they send me a photo. Just so I do not come back.

Is there a place in your paper work?

With this trouble. Handles I have, so if it is suddenly needed, then I simply do not find. If I'm with a laptop and you need something urgently to write - write anywhere. If the laptop does not, you can record your phone. For such cases I have recently started to use google Keep - a service that allows you to save your notes. While convenient. And so I throw into Evernote. In general, there is no system. However, on the laptop I have all the data base: mails in my life, all the files and notes. All this is indexed. Totaling less than 10 GB. I also do not have graphics. If this throw all the garbage that has practically nothing left.

Is there a dream configuration?

All that there is, to me it is more than enough. Here is the latest laptop is probably the best laptop for all the time that I had.

I am to him for a long time to get used to for a long time cursing. I had long use only laptops Thinkpad. They are from version to version are similar, but each subsequent becomes more and more difficult. In the physical plane. It's annoying. This keyboard has changed. To her have some time to get used to, but now I realized that this is the best keyboard I've ever had. In general, the ThinkPad me quite satisfied. Well, maybe if he had a Retina screen and it would be even easier to kilogramchik - it would be ideal.