Attending Abel Prize 2026 as a participant.
About
Hello! I'm Ole Aamot, an independent Free Software developer working on audio, radio, recording and geospatial technologies for the GNOME desktop. My work combines GTK, GStreamer, XML, Internet radio, geolocation, digital audio recording, and open standards to build privacy-respecting software for musicians, journalists, broadcasters, researchers and Linux users. I have contributed to GNOME software for many years and continue to develop applications that demonstrate how Free Software can be used for communication, recording, music production and global radio.
Projects
GNOME Radio
Internet radio application for GNOME featuring worldwide stations, interactive maps, GTK integration and GStreamer playback.
GNOME Internet Radio Locator
Interactive radio discovery software for locating radio stations around the world using geographic information.
GarageJam
Open music recording studio for Linux supporting audio recording, collaboration and GarageJam XML.
GNOME Voice
Privacy-oriented voice communication and recording software built with GTK and GStreamer.
GNOME Audio Locator
Location-aware audio recording software using GeoClue and multiple-location audio metadata.
Piperpal
Location-based search engine and APIs for discovering services, content and media.
Geopher
Research project exploring movement-based search and spatial information retrieval on the World Wide Web.
WikiDNS
Open DNS management software and JSON-based DNS infrastructure tools.
Software Technologies
- GNOME
- GTK 4
- GStreamer
- PipeWire
- GeoClue
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenLayers
- XML
- JSON
- REST APIs
- Python
- C
- JavaScript
- HTML5
- CSS3
Research Interests
- Free Software
- Internet Radio
- Digital Audio Recording
- Open Audio Standards
- Location Computing
- Movement-based Search
- Geographic Information Systems
- Open Web Technologies
- Digital Preservation
- Distributed Audio Systems
Selected Websites
Mission
My goal is to develop Free Software that gives people complete control over their audio, communications and digital media. Through GNOME, GTK, open standards and open source collaboration, I work to build software that remains accessible, transparent and useful for everyone.