Akkana Peck is a freelance programmer and writer who has been involved with the open source community for decades.. She has contributed code to Mozilla, GIMP and a variety of other projects. She's also involved in education and advocacy groups and is one of the "Tres Chix" LinuxChix coordinators.. Akkana is also the author of. "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional" and has written an assortment of tutorials for various online publications, including her own site.
