About me

I am a 23-year-old boy living in Guastalla (RE), a little city in Northern Italy.

My main interests are GNU/Linux and kernel development, but i love [http://www.nba.com/lakers/ basketball] too.

Projects

• I created [http://www.linuxdc.it/download/software/sharp/ sharp], a simple kernel module which tries to prevent ARP poisoning attacks.

• I am the main developer of a [http://dev.gxware.org/index.php?dir=linux-lkt/ patchset] for the Linux kernel focused to increase overall system performances. Desktop users will definitely love it

• [http://www.linuxdc.it/download/ Complete listing] of my projects.

You can also visit my [http://www.linuxdc.it website], in italian.

Contacts

• E-Mail: [mailto:dktrkranz@linuxdc.it dktrkranz@linuxdc.it]

• Jabber: dktrkranz@jabber.linux.it

• IRC: dktrkranz on network irc.azzurra.org
• IRC: dktrkranz on network irc.freenode.org

• GPG Key: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x86BC2A50&op=index 86BC2A50]

About Ubuntu

My first try with Ubuntu was on a friend's webserver. He was unhappy of Windows 2000 Server, so he asked me to help him to setup a GNU/Linux-based platform. He had an Ubuntu CD so we decided to install it. I was so impressed of its features so I decided to use it on my box too.

Ubuntu and me

After many years with Debian, I feel "at home" with Ubuntu. It is one of the best distribution I have ever seen with unique features: up-to-date software, frequent updates, nice look & feel and, most of all, a great community behind the entire project. Some times ago, when I noticed a [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/50610 strange behaviour], I received good feedbacks and I was able to fix the bug quickly.

Ubuntu and business

I work as an accountant in a big enterprise in Northern Italy, but I am responsible for IT-related matters too. We needed to upgrade our internal servers based on Windows NT in order to achieve better performances. Ubuntu was my choice and now it manages e-mails, file storage and serves as PDC, but we are planning to migrate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_R/3 SAP R/3], our ERP application, to a GNU/Linux-based platform. With this solution we reduced noticeably our IT total cost of ownership and we achieved a better overall security and stability.

My engagement with Ubuntu

See my [https://launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/ Launchpad profile].

Bugs

As a member of BugSquad and DesktopTeam, I am going to help developers by reducing the number of unconfirmed bugs.

• See bugs [https://bugs.launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/+reportedbugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Rejected&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Released&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.status_upstream=&field.status_upstream-empty-marker=1&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.tag= I have reported].

• See bugs [https://bugs.launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/+subscribedbugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Rejected&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Released&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.status_upstream=&field.status_upstream-empty-marker=1&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.tag= I am involved].

• See also packages I am a [https://bugs.launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/+packagebugs bug contact] for.

Support

As Support Contact, I am trying to help people by answering at their support requests.

• See tickets [https://answers.launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/+createdtickets?field.search_text=&field.sort=by+relevancy&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.status=Open&field.status=Needs+information&field.status=Answered&field.status=Solved&field.status=Expired&field.status=Invalid&field.status-empty-marker=1 I have reported].

• See tickets [https://answers.launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/+subscribedtickets?field.search_text=&field.sort=by+relevancy&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.status=Open&field.status=Needs+information&field.status=Answered&field.status=Solved&field.status=Expired&field.status=Invalid&field.status-empty-marker=1 I am involved in].

• See tickets [https://answers.launchpad.net/people/dktrkranz/+answeredtickets?field.search_text=&field.sort=by+relevancy&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.status=Open&field.status=Needs+information&field.status=Answered&field.status=Solved&field.status=Expired&field.status=Invalid&field.status-empty-marker=1 I have answered].

Specifications

Here is a list of specifications I am involved in:

• ["cdrkit"]

• LinuxKernelCrashDumpSpec

• RapidReboot

Testing

I am currently running FeistyFawn in order to follow Ubuntu development process and to report issues I have encountered.

Wiki and Documentation

I am contributing to write [https://help.launchpad.net/SupportTrackerDocumentation Support Tracker Documentation] page in order to provide users a quick reference to the support tracker. My main work concerns [https://help.launchpad.net/SupportTrackerTour Support Tracker Tour] page, a quick tour of the main features provided by the tracker with some useful screenshots.

I am writing /QuickFixes, a page which is meant to give users a quick solution to some issues I have found in Ubuntu.

Italian Community

I am an active member of [http://forum.ubuntu-it.org Ubuntu Italian Forum], where I try to help new users to solve their issues.

Future activities

• Become a valid contact between Ubuntu Italian Community and Launchpad platform.

• Fix [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1 Bug #1]

Links

Here are some links I am interested the most:

• [http://www.kernel.org/ Kernel.org]

• Linux 2.6 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=summary git repository]

• [http://lwn.net/Kernel/ Kernel coverage] @ LWN.net

• Ingo Molnar's [http://people.redhat.com/mingo/realtime-preempt/ realtime preemption project]