Carsten Haitzler (born 1975), known as Raster or Rasterman to the

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, is an Australian-German

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, best known for initiating and leading the development of the

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window manager and its

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Life and work

In 1997 Haitzler moved to

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to work for

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in the development of the

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libraries, then later moved to work with VA Linux Systems. Between 2010 and 2018 he worked on Samsung's Linux platform

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References

External links

Carsten ''Rasterman'' Haitzler's private siteLWN Linux Timeline, June, 1999.ESD White Paper, RHS 1999.Fluffy Spider Technologies website

Linux 2000 UK Linux Developers' Conference.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haitzler, Carsten Living people University of New South Wales alumni Geeknet Australian people of German descent Australian people of Finnish descent German people of Finnish descent 1975 births