Peter has contributed to numerous Linux kernel subsystems, and is the author and/or maintainer of several Open Source projects, including the Syslinux boot loader suite, the Netwide Assembler (NASM), klibc, and tftp-hpa. He is also the founder and President of The Linux Kernel Organization, which maintains the kernel.org servers across the globe.

Peter lives in San Jose, California, working for Intel's Open Source Technology Center. He has previously worked on as a architect and Technical Director at Transmeta, working on CPU architecture and Code Morphing Software, at Orion Multisystems, designing personal supercomputers and at rPath, working on Linux software appliances. In his spare time, he enjoys hacking programmable logic, scuba diving, and fuzzy bunnies.