MartinEricRacine
About Martin-Éric
Name: Martin-Éric RACİNE
Place: Helsinki, Suomi
Previously the Business Development Manager at Artec, a hardware startup that contributes to Coreboot and Linux kernel, and manufactures the ThinCan.
Established Linutop with French partners, then migrated to the company that designs and manufactures their hardware (see above).
- Previous 10 years in various Free Software startups as CTO (network security products), Product Specialist (mobile communication platform), etc.
I've been a Free Software user on various UNIX platforms since 1996. My Linux experience started in 1999 with a failed Red Hat install, followed by a successful Debian install on the same hardware. I've been a satisfied Free Desktop user ever since. While I have been maintaining a few Debian packages since 2003, my main focus has always been on advocacy and business issues i.e. enterprise Linux adoption, rather than on software development. I first heard about Ubuntu through Sébastien Bacher back when Warty was still under development.
Conferences and Events
Attended Linux Tag in Berlin, in 2008. Involved at the Coreboot and Skole Linux booths.
Attended UDS Intrepid in Prague in 2008. Contributed to several sessions.
Attended Solutions Linux in Paris in 2008. Involved at the Debian and Ubuntu booths.
Attended Debconf5 in Helsinki in 2005. Leader of the PR team and MC of Debian Day.
Goals for Ubuntu
- Make Ubuntu the #1 Linux distribution in the Educational and Governmental sectors, with a focus on LTSP.
- Promote Asterisk and Open Mosix as original LTSP extensions to leverage the CPU power of thin clients.
Contributions to Ubuntu
- Sustained contributions to the Geode X.org driver to ensure it keeps on working on LTSP clients and on the OLPC.
Primary bug contact for all the Ubuntu packages maintained by myself at Debian.
- Involved in CUPS maintenance and in language packs for Estonian, Latvian and Russian.
Former member of Linux Tuki ("Linux Support" in Finnish), which is the official Ubuntu support partner for Finland.
Contributions to other Free Software
X.org
Release Manager for the Geode video driver.
Debian
- Leader of the Linux-Aktivaatori team that handled Debconf 2005 press relations.
- Master of Ceremony and main organizer of Debian Day at Debconf 2005.
Maintainer since 2003.
ALSA
Created the ALSA_on_PPC reference to document the status of ALSA support on PPC hardware.
Testimonials
I've known Martin-Eric for quite some time now and I've been a direct witness to his involvement and interest in Ubuntu, including advocacy. I've had to deal with intricate bugs where Martin-Eric provides useful comments, and even fixes
He's always keen on helping others "the Ubuntu way". -- FabianRodriguez aka MagicFab Working on LTSP, Martin-Eric's help with the Geode driver has been of great help. He's a very capable developer and his contributions to the Ubuntu project have helped a lot of people. I'd be pleased to see him become an Ubuntu member. -- StéphaneGraber - stgraber