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Troy Harvey

Over six months, contributed to getsolus/packages by delivering over 500 features and 70 bug fixes focused on modernizing the Linux desktop stack. Led KDE Plasma, Frameworks, and Qt6 upgrades, ensuring compatibility through extensive kernel and driver rebuilds. Applied security patches and maintained browser, firmware, and tooling updates to improve system stability and user experience. Used C, C++, and Python to implement cross-module changes, automate build systems, and manage package dependencies. Maintained a fast, auditable release cadence with clear documentation and commit discipline. The work emphasized maintainability, hardware support, and security across a complex, multi-language Linux packaging environment.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

88%Features

Repository Contributions

1,850Total
Bugs
77
Commits
1,850
Features
571
Lines of code
3,146,218
Activity Months5

Your Network

53 people

Work History

June 2026

400 Commits • 152 Features

Jun 1, 2026

June 2026 monthly summary for getsolus/packages. Delivered a broad wave of stability, security, and feature updates across the Linux kernel, tooling, browsers, and KDE software, with a strong emphasis on business value and maintainability. Key milestones include kernel and driver stability work (linux-current updated to 7.0.11 and 7.0.12, linux-lts updated to 6.18.34 and 6.18.35, linux-tools to 7.0.11/7.0.12) and extensive kernel-module rebuilds to preserve compatibility across 14+ drivers (nvidia-470-glx-driver, broadcom-sta, bbswitch, lenovo-legion-linux, nvidia-open, nvidia-beta-driver, nvidia-glx-driver, openrazer, open-vm-tools, virtualbox, rtl8852bu, vhba-module, v4l2loopback, zenergy, xone). Features were delivered across a broad software stack, including KDE Frameworks 6.27.0 across many modules and a Plasma 6.7.1 batch (Release Batch 8), plus multiple KDE Applications updates to 26.04.2. Browser and web-engine updates modernized security and reliability (libwebkit-gtk 2.52.4 with CVEs, Firefox updates to 151.x/152.x, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, Geckodriver 0.37.0, Qt6 WebEngine patches). Security posture and firmware were enhanced with yt-dlp 2026.06.09 CVEs, linux-firmware 20260622, and other targeted patches. The month also emphasized release discipline and cross-team coordination to sustain a fast, auditable release cadence.

May 2026

597 Commits • 159 Features

May 1, 2026

May 2026 monthly summary for getsolus/packages focused on delivering up-to-date baselines, hardware support, and modernization of the KDE/Qt stack while hardening the platform with security and stability fixes. Delivered a broad set of feature updates and critical fixes across core packages, browser stacks, and kernel/driver compatibility. Highlights include major package updates (btop 1.4.7; rclone 1.74.0; linux-tools 7.0.3; linux-headers 7.0.3; fonts-installer 1.1.0; mesalib 26.0.6; nvidia 580.159.03; nvidia-open 580.159.03; vivaldi/firefox/VSCode/Opera/Brave updates), a KDE Frameworks 6.26.0 upgrade across modules, and Qt6 stack maintenance with upstream patches and Chromium updates. Implemented kernel/driver maintenance and driver rebuilds to maintain compatibility with the latest kernels (linux-current 7.0.6+; linux-lts 6.18.29+; RTL8852BU, vhba-module, xone, openrazer, etc.), plus a set of targeted bug fixes (gimp run dep; nodejs-22 permissions; Calamares rebuild against kpmcore). The month also included security-minded updates to Firefox/Thunderbird/Vivaldi and other critical applications, improving security posture, stability, and hardware support across the release train.

April 2026

276 Commits • 52 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 (2026-04) monthly summary for getsolus/packages. This period delivered security patches, large-scale stack upgrades, and hardware/driver readiness across multiple components to improve security, stability, and performance for end users. The work emphasized business value through security hardening, compatibility with latest kernels and Qt6 stack, and updated tooling.

March 2026

455 Commits • 167 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for getsolus/packages: Focused on delivering a stable, secure, and up-to-date Debian-based Solus workflow with a heavy emphasis on KDE Plasma/Frameworks modernization, developer tooling upgrades, and security hardening. The month combined large-scale desktop stack updates with targeted security patches and critical tooling improvements to improve user experience, system security, and maintainability.

February 2026

122 Commits • 41 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 (2026-02) delivered security, stability, and compatibility improvements across getsolus/packages. Key features delivered include KDE Plasma 6.6.1 component updates across 20+ packages (batch 7 of 9) and coordinated core component updates, NSS library upgrades (v3.120.1 and v3.121) for security and compatibility, and Qt6 WebEngine patching to address CVEs CVE-2026-2649 and CVE-2026-2648. Kernel-compatibility maintenance was advanced via targeted rebuilds for bbswitch, broadcom-sta, lenovo-legion-linux, nvidia drivers, and other kernel-facing modules. A stability-critical Lutris decision resulted in upgrading to v0.5.20 where appropriate while downgrading to v0.5.19 to resolve reported saves/gpu issues. Browser and tooling updates (Brave, Vivaldi, yt-dlp/ejs, Discord, Opera, Firefox 148) were prepared to improve security and user experience across the client surface.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness99.6%
Maintainability98.4%
Architecture98.6%
Performance98.4%
AI Usage20.4%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CC++CMakeJavaScriptMarkdownPythonQMLRustShellXML

Technical Skills

3D Graphics3D graphics programmingACPIAPI designAPI developmentAPI integrationAnimation renderingBluetooth driver developmentBuild System ManagementBuild system managementC programmingC++C++ DevelopmentC++ developmentC++ programming

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

getsolus/packages

Feb 2026 Jun 2026
5 Months active

Languages Used

CC++CMakeMarkdownQMLXMLYAMLJavaScript

Technical Skills

Build system managementC programmingC++C++ DevelopmentC++ developmentC++ programming