Remembering Seth Nickell

LWN has received the sad news that Seth Nickell passed away, onApril 16, from his father, Eric Nickell:

Many of you knew Seth from his work in the GNOME Usability Project, but hisroots in that community trace back to his high school years. As a father ofa high school junior, I remember being terrified when he flashed the harddrive of a computer he purchased for himself with this weird "Linux" thing.And I was a bit awed by the college application essay he wrote about opensource and Linus Torvalds.

It was his interest in packet radio that drew him into working withthe Linux AX.25 HOWTOas a high schooler, and from there to his focus on making the Linuxdesktop work for everyone.

The family plans to share news of a memorial at a later time. Hewill be deeply missed.