--- title: In remembrance of Dan Williams | daily.dev description: Dan Williams, a beloved Linux kernel contributor, passed away unexpectedly on July 21. A computer scientist specializing in storage, persistent memory,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/in-remembrance-of-dan-williams-nft7b2wvo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: In remembrance of Dan Williams | daily.dev og:description: Dan Williams, a beloved Linux kernel contributor, passed away unexpectedly on July 21. A computer scientist specializing in storage, persistent memory,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/in-remembrance-of-dan-williams-nft7b2wvo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NFT7b2wvO.png og:image:alt: In remembrance of Dan Williams og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # In remembrance of Dan Williams **[LWN.net](https://daily.dev/sources/lwn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Dan Williams, a beloved Linux kernel contributor, passed away unexpectedly on July 21. A computer scientist specializing in storage, persistent memory, filesystems, and trusted computing, Dan made foundational contributions including DAX support for persistent memory devices and the introduction of Compute Express Link (CXL) technology. He served as a member and chairman of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board, where he shaped the Code of Conduct, the Kernel Contribution Maturity model, and Inclusive Terminology documentation. Beyond his technical work, he was known for his kindness, humor, mentorship of minorities in the kernel community, and his passion for competitive Latin ballroom dancing. He is survived by his wife Catherine and their three children. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ralsei** · 0 upvotes > RIP Dan. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Mourning Dan Williams](https://daily.dev/posts/mourning-dan-williams-v5jkw3hqz) · LWN.net · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Loses Another Prominent Linux Engineer - Now Going To NVIDIA](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-loses-another-prominent-linux-engineer---now-going-to-nvidia-uceqlmsru) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/in-remembrance-of-dan-williams-nft7b2wvo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"In remembrance of Dan Williams","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/in-remembrance-of-dan-williams-nft7b2wvo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/in-remembrance-of-dan-williams-nft7b2wvo"},"datePublished":"2026-07-25T14:50:41.179Z","dateModified":"2026-07-25T15:01:15.801Z","description":"Dan Williams, a beloved Linux kernel contributor, passed away unexpectedly on July 21. 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