Chess Griffin (born Charles Griffin) is an American lawyer from Raleigh, North Carolina and father of two.

Linux

Griffin's main prescence on the Internet is as host of the very successful Linux Reality podcast, a guide to Linux for new users. He is also the creator of a widely-used derivative of bashpodder as well as numerous slackpackages for Slackware Linux and various helpful scripts (most of which are readily available from his website).

As a podcaster, and a general Linux and FOSS advocate, he has appeared on many other Linux related internet radio shows and podcasts. Most notably on The Linux Link Tech Show - episodes 155 (see 0:40) and 172 (see 48:12).

Trivia

He is also known as "Xi". This originates from his days as a member of the alpha iota chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma at Vanderbilt University.

In the Linux Reality community, he is known as the 'Patron Saint of Linux N00bs' for his help in spreading Linux adoption.

His trio of favorite distributions are Arch, Slackware and Debian. Although, as a Linux advocate, he insists that all distributions should be highly regarded. Griffin positively promotes freedom of choice in the FOSS world.

As explained on Linux Reality, the nickname 'Chess' was given to him by his parents when he was born and has been in use ever since.

Useful Links

Griffin's Homepage