Aaron Bockover is a software developer with Novell and creator of a leading music player application for the Linux operating system. Bockover is actually a lead developer for Novell's OpenSUSE multimedia projects, the most notable being his own Banshee audio player. With Banshee, Bockover has clearly shown himself to be not just a capable designer, but a worthy project lead who has spearheaded the program's evolution quite nicely over its five year development cycle. Many regard Banshee as one of the top media players for Linux, and two of the most obvious reasons are the product's scalability, thanks to the plug-in support that Bockover has enabled, as well as its straightforward design and often-praised user interface. The plug-in system alone has allowed Banshee to expand its offerings to include support for such features as iPod management, streaming radio and podcast subscriptions - not a bad set of accompaniments to an already strong entry in the Linux media player lineup. Bockover clearly put alot of thought into Banshee's overall presentation, and just a glimpse at the project changelog shows the kind of incremental improvements in its development that appear reflective of an involved and creative developer. The support Bockover offers is top-notch, from helping to maintain an extensive FAQ and user guide at the project site to a regularly updated personal blog featuring the latest news in Banshee's development - which to date has never been more active. Bockover helped make his creation the first Linux music player to support the Android G1 phone. The development community loves this guy (ranked #297 out of over 300,000 member at developer site Ohloh.com) and obviously his achievements with Banshee are a big reason why.
Aaron Bockover is a software developer with Novell and creator of a leading music player application for the Linux operating system. Bockover is actually a lead developer for Novell's OpenSUSE multimedia projects, the most notable being his own Banshee audio player. With Banshee, Bockover has clearly shown himself to be not just a capable designer, but a worthy project lead who has spearheaded the program's evolution quite nicely over its five year development cycle. Many regard Banshee as one of the top media players for Linux, and two of the most obvious reasons are the product's scalability, thanks to the plug-in support that Bockover has enabled, as well as its straightforward design and often-praised user interface. The plug-in system alone has allowed Banshee to expand its offerings to include support for such features as iPod management, streaming radio and podcast subscriptions - not a bad set of accompaniments to an already strong entry in the Linux media player lineup. Bockover clearly put alot of thought into Banshee's overall presentation, and just a glimpse at the project changelog shows the kind of incremental improvements in its development that appear reflective of an involved and creative developer. The support Bockover offers is top-notch, from helping to maintain an extensive FAQ and user guide at the project site to a regularly updated personal blog featuring the latest news in Banshee's development - which to date has never been more active. Bockover helped make his creation the first Linux music player to support the Android G1 phone. The development community loves this guy (ranked #297 out of over 300,000 member at developer site Ohloh.com) and obviously his achievements with Banshee are a big reason why.