In Memoriam: John R. Hall
September 23rd, 2005 by LJ Staff in
John R. Hall, a respected programmer, writer and Linux advocate, passed away on September 17 at age 24.
John studied computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology and was the author of Programming Linux Games, which he wrote at age 19 while interning with Loki Software. He later worked at Treyarch. His other interests included flying, gaming and music.
John chronicled his battle with cancer on his blog, War. He and friends also formed an American Cancer Society Relay for Life team, Team Melanoma. John's Web page is available here.
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On October 10th, 2005 Carlos R. Caicedo (not verified) says:
Lamento mucho la perdida de una persona tan joven, buena y talentosa. Mis condolencias para su familia. Su vida y obra quedan con nosotros.
Muchas personas de la comunidad Linux conocieron su valioso trabajo y estoy seguro sienten mucho pesar por su muerte. Que Dios le de fuerzas y consuelo a su querida familia.
Lamento mucho la perdida de
On April 11th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Lamento mucho la perdida de una persona tan joven, buena y talentosa. Mis condolencias para su familia. Su vida y obra quedan con nosotros.
Rest in Peace
On December 21st, 2005 Andrew Matta (not verified) says:
I agree, I'm reading his book now. I hope there will be more people like him willing to share their knowledge. I didn't realize he was so young. I learned so much from the book that I thought I'd search to see if he'd written anything else only to find this page. It's really too bad that such a telented guy died so young.
His blog is really touching.
On September 30th, 2005 Rajesh Vijayarajan (not verified) says:
His blog is really touching. Quite, frankly when I read 'In Memoriam' in my RSS Feed I was expecting some legendary old guy with a thick white beard. Never even dreamt it would be someone as young as 24.
Really unfortunate.
who??
On September 25th, 2005 Anonymous (not verified) says:
It's sad that he died, but he wasn't exactly well-known. How does he deserve a mention here?
you're an idiot.
On May 11th, 2007 Anonymous (not verified) says:
you're an idiot.
On the contrary, I think he w
On September 26th, 2005 Anonymous (not verified) says:
On the contrary, I think he was indeed well known in the Linux community.
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On September 26th, 2005 Frapazoid (not verified) says:
He was awesomes, and that's as good a reason as any.
I didn't really know him though... I just talked to him in a chatroom briefly several years ago, and I bought his book back when I was into gaming stuff.
You'd probably have to be more into gaming stuff to know of him though, and Linux gaming didn't quite catch on, except in specialty context. (Like cell phone games, and I ~think~ I heard the PS3 uses Linux but I wasn't paying much attention.)
If you weren't into Linux in the late 90s and early 00s, you probably missed all the Loki games and stuff.
Well loved in the community
On September 26th, 2005 Anonymous (not verified) says:
John was a well known author, contributor, and friend to many of those in the Linux community (me included). RIP
whoever "you" are
On September 26th, 2005 Anonymous (not verified) says:
just the anonymous community, I guess.
Still can't say he was well-known, but RIP anyway, Mr. Hall.
Come on...
On October 14th, 2005 Dan (not verified) says:
Please man, show some respect. I didn't know him, but he DID exist, and he was important to many people.
To everyone else, I'm sure people like John -shooting stars like him- who light up the sky of understanding, don't disappear. I'm convinced his influence will assist others in their efforts to discover, to create.
My best feelings to his friends and family.
Praying
On September 24th, 2005 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I wish you were still with us
RIP
On September 23rd, 2005 Anonymous (not verified) says:
RIP
Thanks for sharring your
On May 7th, 2007 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Thanks for sharring your knowladge with so many people. RIP