User:Skvidal/Friend

Seth Vidal

We mourn the loss of Seth Vidal

Seth was a lead developer of yum and the update repository system, and a contributor to the CentOS project as well as the original Fedora Extras system. He worked tirelessly on the infrastructure for the Fedora Project to make all systems work well and consistently for our contributors around the world. He was a gifted speaker, a brilliant thinker, a clever wit, a humble and genuinely funny person, and a good friend.

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Donate in his memory

Seth was a charitable soul, in words and in deeds. His family has requested that any donations in his memory be made to one of the following worthy charities:

• Animal Protection Society of Durham
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Rails to Trails Conservancy

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• The French community
• The Italian community
• User:Kevin - An Incomplete rememberance of a friend
• Seth Vidal in Memoriam
• Stunned
• Goodbye to a Great Friend
• A humble farewell to Seth Vidal
• Michael's post to project mailing list
• Funeral memorial site
• LWN article with several remembrances from friends in the comments
• A sad day — Brian Hanson
• In memoriam − Konstantin Ryabitsev
• Our friend Seth − Greg DeKoenigsberg

Photos

• Photos of Seth from Máirín Duffy