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{{infobox person
| name = Matthew Garrett
| image = Matthew Garrett "You're not even a wiki" (cropped).jpg
| alt = Garrett in 2016, standing outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where [[WikiLeaks]] founder [[Julian Assange]] had received asylum, holding a sign saying "You're not even a Wiki"
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| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|birth date†}} -->
| birth_place = [[Galway]], Ireland
| nationality =
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| known_for = [[Free software]] development and advocacy
| notable_works =
| other_names = mjg59
| website = {{url|mjg59.dreamwidth.org/}}
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'''Matthew Garrett''' is
== Life and career ==
Garrett
Garrett has been a contributor to the [[GNOME]]<ref name="GNOME-2004-07-27"/><ref name="GNOME-2014-05-05"/> and the [[Debian]] [[Linux]] projects, was an early contributor to [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], was an initial member of the Ubuntu Technical Board, worked as a contractor at [[Canonical Ltd.]], and worked at [[Red Hat]].<ref name="scaleinterview"/>
At [[Canonical Ltd.]] and [[Red Hat]], Garrett worked on [[power management]] in Linux.<ref name="EFYtimes" /> While at Red Hat, Garrett also worked on issues relating to [[Secure Boot]] and [[UEFI]] and the [[Linux kernel]] to preserve users' ability to run the operating system of their choosing on hardware supporting [[Secure Boot]].<ref name="CNME" /> This work eventually led to his being awarded the 2013 [[FSF Free Software Awards|FSF Free Software Award]].<ref name="fsfaward" />
Garrett worked at the [[cloud computing]] platform company [[CoreOS]] and is cited in the press as an expert in [[cloud computing issues]].<ref name="Magnanti"/> From 2017 until 2021, he worked for Google<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.linuxplumbersconf.org/2017/ocw/users/1551|title=Matthew Garrett / Linux Plumbers Conference: Developing the Kernel, Libraries and Utilities}}</ref> and is currently employed at [[Aurora Innovation|Aurora]].
On January 9, 2023, Garrett was appointed to the Debian Technical Committee.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Jonathan |title=New appointment for the Debian Technical Committee: mjg59 |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/01/msg00003.html |website=lists.debian.org |access-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119025740/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/01/msg00003.html |archive-date=2023-01-19 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
He has received the [[Free Software Award]] from the Free Software Foundation for his work on [[Secure Boot]], [[UEFI]], and the [[Linux kernel]].<ref name="fsfaward"/>
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<ref name="Cambridge">{{ cite journal | publisher = University of Cambridge | last = Garrett | first = Matthew James | title = Comparative genomic analysis as a tool for locating novel functional elements in D. melanogaster | location = Cambridge, UK |year = 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="BMC Genomics 2009-10-22">{{ cite journal | doi = 10.1186/1471-2164-10-489 | issn = 1471-2164 | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 489 | last = Garrett | first = Matthew | author2 = Ane Fullaondo, Larent Troxler, Gos Micklem, David Gubb | title = Identification and analysis of serpin-family genes by homology and synteny across the 12 sequenced Drosophilid genomes | journal = BMC Genomics | date = 22 October 2009 | url= | pmid = 19849829 | pmc=2770083 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
<ref name="Genetics">{{ cite journal | doi = 10.1534/genetics.107.071670 | issn = 0016-6731 | volume = 177 | issue = 3 | pages = 1349–1361 | last = Hudson | first = Stephanie G. | author2 = Matthew J. Garrett, Joseph W. Carlson, Gos Micklem, Susan E. Celniker, Elliott S. Goldstein, Stuart J. Newfeld | title = Phylogenetic and Genomewide Analyses Suggest a Functional Relationship Between kayak, the Drosophila Fos Homolog, and fig, a Predicted Protein Phosphatase 2C Nested Within a kayak Intron | journal = Genetics | accessdate = 23 March 2014 | date = 1 November 2007 | url = http://www.genetics.org/content/177/3/1349 | pmid = 18039871 | pmc=2147949}}</ref>
<ref name="Molecular and Cellular Biology">{{ cite journal | doi = 10.1128/MCB.00919-10 | issn = 0270-7306| volume = 31 | issue = 4 | pages = 639–651 | last = Guo | first = Jiannan | author2 = Matthew Garrett, Gos Micklem, Saverio Brogna | title = Poly(A) Signals Located near the 5′ End of Genes Are Silenced by a General Mechanism That Prevents Premature 3′-End Processing | journal = Molecular and Cellular Biology | date = 15 February 2011 | url= | pmid = 21135120 | pmc=3028650}}</ref>
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<ref name="remove-rms-letter">{{cite web | url=https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ | title=An open letter to remove Richard M. Stallman from all leadership positions | accessdate=25 March 2021}}</ref>
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