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= About =

'''Name:''' Sridhar Dhanapalan

'''GNU/Linux user since:''' 1998

'''Homepage:''' [[http://www.dhanapalan.com]]

'''Blog:''' [[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog]]

'''Launchpad profile:''' [[https://launchpad.net/people/sridhar]]

'''Ubuntu Fora profile:''' [[http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=44804]]

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== a/s/l ==

'''Age:''' I was born in 1982. Work it out :)

'''Gender:''' Male

'''Location:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney|Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia (UTC +1000)

I was born in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney|Sydney]], and spent a wonderful six years of my childhood in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonamble|Coonamble]] before returning in 1990.


= Contact =

'''E-mail:''' sridhar AT dhanapalan DOT com

'''XMPP/Jabber/Google Talk:''' sridhar AT dhanapalan DOT com

'''IRC:''' yama on irc.freenode.net and irc.oftc.net

'''OpenPGP/GnuPG key''': [[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x049D38B4&op=index|0x049D38B4]]

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 * [https://launchpad.net/people/lordyama My Launchpad page].
 * [http://www.dhanapalan.com/ My Weblog]
 * [http://www.users.on.net/~yama/ My home page] (not much here at the moment)
 * [http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=Yama My Affero page]
 * [http://www.kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=Yama My KDE-Look.org page]
 * See [http://www.last.fm/user/LordYama/ What I have been listening to lately]
 * Make a mark on [http://www.frappr.com/lordyama my Frappr map]
 * [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Cow.jpg A cow]

 * [[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhard|LinkedIn]]
 * [[http://www.facebook.com/sridhard|Facebook]]
 * [[http://www.last.fm/user/LordYama/|Last.fm]] (what I have been listening to lately)
 * [[http://identi.ca/yama|Identi.ca]] (open microblogging)
 * [[http://twitter.com/lordyama|Twitter]]
 * [[http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=Yama|Affero]]
 * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Friesian-Holstein.jpg|A cow]] :p


= FLOSS Community Contributions: Press =

Some of these items are replicated in other sections as deemed appropriate.

 * My work referenced: '[[http://www.cio.com.au/article/320592/nsw_office_state_revenue_cio_reflects_five_successful_years_open_source?pp=1|NSW Office of State Revenue CIO reflects on five successful years of open source]]', CIO Magazine, 1 October, 2008
 * My work referenced: '[[http://www.techworld.com.au/article/226081/insurance_company_bets_health_open_source|Insurance company bets health on open source]]', T``echW``orld, 23 June, 2008
 * Interviewed and quoted: '[[http://www.itnews.com.au/Feature/4611,opinion-open-source-advocates-discuss-windows-addition-to-olpc.aspx|Opinion: Open Source advocates discuss Windows addition to OLPC]]', iTnews, 6 June, 2008
 * Interviewed and quoted: '[[http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=75163|Open Source is the 'software establishment', report says]]', iTnews, 2 May, 2008
 * Interviewed and quoted: '[[http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=74939|ReiserFS developer convicted of murder]]', iTnews, 29 April, 2008
 * Author of article, 'Freedom in the Digital Age', [[http://masalatimes.com.au/|Masala Times]], 15 February, 2007
 * Interviewed for [[http://www.localfoss.org/node/188|Open Source On The Air]], [[http://www.localfoss.org/node/319|episode 11]] (2006-10-18)
 * Represented Linux Australia in the [[http://smc.monte.nsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=11|Live Online Event]] at the [[http://smc.monte.nsw.edu.au/|Sydney Moodle Conference, 2006]]
 * Senior Administrator/Editor of [[http://www.pclinuxonline.com|PCLinuxOnline]], 2000-2006

= FLOSS Community Contributions: General =

This is an incomplete list of my contributions to the free/libre and open source software community. I'll try to cover the main ones, but it's likely that I have forgotten some. A lot has happened since I started using free software in 1998 :)

 * General GNU/Linux and free software advocacy, both online and in person

== One Laptop per Child (OLPC) ==

 * Active member of [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Sridhar|One Laptop per Child]]: hardware, Sugar, XS server, documentation, community, pedagogy, deployments, etc.
 * Active member of [[http://www.olpcfriends.org/|OLPC Friends]]


== Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG) ==

 * Active member of the [[http://www.slug.org.au|Sydney Linux Users Group]]
   * Elected to the post of President, 2008-2010
   * Elected to the post of Ordinary Committee Member, 2007
 * Organiser, [[http://softwarefreedomday.org/|Software Freedom Day]] 2007 in Sydney
 * Co-organiser, [[http://www.slug.org.au/2007/bootcamp|SLUG Bootcamp]], 2007
 * Member of the Audio/Visual Team and general helper for [[http://softwarefreedomday.org/|Software Freedom Day]] 2006 in Sydney

== Linux Australia (LA) ==

 * Active member of [[http://www.linux.org.au|Linux Australia]]
   * Elected to the Linux Australia Council, 2009-2010
   * Press Team
   * Web Team
     * Author and maintainer, [[http://www.linux.org.au/linux|'Introduction to Linux, Free Software and Open Source']]
 * Co-ordinator of the Linux Australia stand, [[http://www.edexpo.info/|Sydney Education Expo]], 2008
 * Joint co-ordinator of the Linux Australia stand, [[http://www.opencebit.com.au/|Open CeBIT Australia]], 2008
 * Co-ordinator of the Linux Australia stand, [[http://www.opencebit.com.au/|Open CeBIT Australia]], 2007
   * Organiser, CeBIT panel discussion on the Free Software community
 * Volunteer at [[http://lca2007.linux.org.au/|linux.conf.au 2007]]
   * lead video encoder, Audio/Visual Team
   * Ubuntu-Au stand at Open Day
   * Other miscellaneous duties
 * Representative at the [[http://smc.monte.nsw.edu.au/|Sydney Moodle Conference, 2006]]
   * Represented Linux Australia in the [[http://smc.monte.nsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=11|Live Online Event]]
 * Representative at the [[http://www.edexpo.info/|Sydney Education Expo]], 2006
 * Representative at [[http://www.cebit.com.au/|CeBIT Sydney]], 2006

== Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) ==

 * Active member of [[http://www.osia.net.au|Open Source Industry Australia]]
 * Representative at the OSIA stand, [[http://www.opencebit.com.au/|Open CeBIT Australia]], 2008


= FLOSS Community Contributions: Software Projects =

This is an incomplete list of my contributions to software projects in the free/libre and open source software community. As in the previous section, I'll try to cover the main ones, but it's likely that I have forgotten some.

== Pentaho (2007-2010) ==

Active member of the Pentaho community: documentation, community, testing, etc.

== Fedora (2007 - present) ==

Active member of the Fedora community.

== CentOS (2007 - present) ==

Active member of the CentOS community.

== Ubuntu (2005 - present) ==

Refer to [[https://launchpad.net/people/lordyama|my Launchpad profile]] for further detail.

 * Active member of [[http://ubuntu.org.au/|Ubuntu-Au]] (including #ubuntu-au on irc.freenode.net)
 * Adminstrator of the [[https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-en-gb|Ubuntu English (United Kingdom) Translators]] team
   * Founder of the [[EnglishTranslation|English Translation]] initiative
   * Principal author of the [[CategoryEnglishTranslation|English Translation wiki pages]]
   * Adminstrator of the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-eng|ubuntu-l10n-eng]] mailing list
 * Contributor to the [[LaptopTestingTeam|Laptop Testing Team]]:
   * Major contributor to the [[LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron9400|Dell Inspiron 9400]] page and original author of the [[LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron3800|Dell Inspiron 3800]] page
 * Ubuntu-Au stand at linux.conf.au 2007 Open Day (''see above'')
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== Gentoo (2002 - 2009) ==

 * Active member of Web fora
 * Active member of Gentoo-Au (including #gentoo-au on irc.freenode.net)
 * Created and tested ebuilds
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== PCLinuxOnline / PCLinuxOS (2000-2006) ==

 * Senior Administrator/Editor of [[http://www.pclinuxonline.com|PCLinuxOnline]]
 * Administrator of the PCLinu``xOnlin``e and PCLinu``xOS`` mailing list and Web forum
 * Original author and maintainer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS|PCLinuxOS Wikipedia page]]
 * Created packages and artwork
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== Mandrake Linux (1998-2004) ==

 * Active member of Web fora and Newbie, Expert, Cooker and MNF mailing lists
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== GNOME/KDE/Xfce/X ==

 * Miscellaneous [[http://www.kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=Yama|scripts and themes]]
 * Active member of mailing lists
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== Galeon ==

 * Maintainer of [[http://galeon.sourceforge.net/bookmarks/|Smart Bookmark Archive]]
 * Active member of mailing lists
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== Other ==

 * Miscellaneous bug reports, testing and fixes to Mozilla, Ope``nOffic``e.org and many other projects
 * Posts to mailing lists and Web fora of many FLOSS projects

= My Plans for Ubuntu =

The bulk of my current focus is on the [[EnglishTranslation|English Translation]] effort. I would like a unified translation that suits the needs of most (Commonwealth) English speakers, and provides the means to create localised variants with only minimal alteration. I would like to co-ordinate this with similar translation efforts upstream and in other distributions.

I would also like to help with the community-building and marketing efforts of Ubuntu. I love the community-focus of this distribution, and its respect for free software ideals.


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About

Name: Sridhar Dhanapalan

GNU/Linux user since: 1998

Homepage: http://www.dhanapalan.com

Blog: http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog

Launchpad profile: https://launchpad.net/people/sridhar

Ubuntu Fora profile: http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=44804

http://www.dhanapalan.com/images/linux-user-232420.png

http://www.dhanapalan.com/images/ubuntu-user-4695.png

a/s/l

Age: I was born in 1982. Work it out Smile :)

Gender: Male

Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (UTC +1000)

I was born in Sydney, and spent a wonderful six years of my childhood in Coonamble before returning in 1990.

Contact

E-mail: sridhar AT dhanapalan DOT com

XMPP/Jabber/Google Talk: sridhar AT dhanapalan DOT com

IRC: yama on irc.freenode.net and irc.oftc.net

OpenPGP/GnuPG key: 0x049D38B4

Links

FLOSS Community Contributions: Press

Some of these items are replicated in other sections as deemed appropriate.

FLOSS Community Contributions: General

This is an incomplete list of my contributions to the free/libre and open source software community. I'll try to cover the main ones, but it's likely that I have forgotten some. A lot has happened since I started using free software in 1998 Smile :)

  • General GNU/Linux and free software advocacy, both online and in person

One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG)

Linux Australia (LA)

Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA)

FLOSS Community Contributions: Software Projects

This is an incomplete list of my contributions to software projects in the free/libre and open source software community. As in the previous section, I'll try to cover the main ones, but it's likely that I have forgotten some.

Pentaho (2007-2010)

Active member of the Pentaho community: documentation, community, testing, etc.

Fedora (2007 - present)

Active member of the Fedora community.

CentOS (2007 - present)

Active member of the CentOS community.

Ubuntu (2005 - present)

Refer to my Launchpad profile for further detail.

Gentoo (2002 - 2009)

  • Active member of Web fora
  • Active member of Gentoo-Au (including #gentoo-au on irc.freenode.net)
  • Created and tested ebuilds
  • Bugs reporter and tester

PCLinuxOnline / PCLinuxOS (2000-2006)

  • Senior Administrator/Editor of PCLinuxOnline

  • Administrator of the PCLinuxOnline and PCLinuxOS mailing list and Web forum

  • Original author and maintainer, PCLinuxOS Wikipedia page

  • Created packages and artwork
  • Bugs reporter and tester

Mandrake Linux (1998-2004)

  • Active member of Web fora and Newbie, Expert, Cooker and MNF mailing lists
  • Bugs reporter and tester

GNOME/KDE/Xfce/X

Galeon

Other

  • Miscellaneous bug reports, testing and fixes to Mozilla, OpenOffice.org and many other projects

  • Posts to mailing lists and Web fora of many FLOSS projects

My Plans for Ubuntu

The bulk of my current focus is on the English Translation effort. I would like a unified translation that suits the needs of most (Commonwealth) English speakers, and provides the means to create localised variants with only minimal alteration. I would like to co-ordinate this with similar translation efforts upstream and in other distributions.

I would also like to help with the community-building and marketing efforts of Ubuntu. I love the community-focus of this distribution, and its respect for free software ideals.


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