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IRL Name: 
Hong Jen Yee
Biography: 

Hong Jen Yee is a Taiwanese Programmer who started the LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) project in 2006 when he published PCManFM, a new file manager and the first module of LXDE. The goal of his project is to provide a desktop environment that is fast and energy efficient for Unix and other POSIX compliant platforms, such as Linux or BSD.

Facts

Wrote LXDE in the C programming language, using the GTK+ toolkit.

Developed the IE Tab for Firefox which enables you to load webpages in Internet Explorer, without having to open another browser window.

PCMan File Manager is meant to be a replacement for Nautilus, Konqueror and Thunar.

References

http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/