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= About =

'''Name:''' Sridhar Dhanapalan

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

'''About me:''' [[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/about/]]

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

'''Launchpad profile:''' [[https://launchpad.net/~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 part my childhood in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonamble|Coonamble]] before returning.


= 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://gplus.to/sridhard|Google Plus]]
 * [[https://twitter.com/sridhardha|Twitter]]
 * [[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://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=Yama|Affero]]
 * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Friesian-Holstein.jpg|A cow]] :p




= Speaking =

A selection of [[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/category/personal/talks/|talks]] that I have given.

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

 * [[http://www.qssc.com.au/node/10 | Keynote speaker]] at The Queensland Surveying and Spatial Conference, 2012
 * [[http://linux.conf.au/schedule/149/view_talk?day=thursday|Speaker]] at linux.conf.au 2012
  * [[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2012/02/01/creating-an-education-programme/|detailed article]]
 * [[http://2011.osdc.com.au/AUST|Speaker]] at the [[http://2011.osdc.com.au/|Open Source Developers' Conference 2011]]
  * [[http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/australia/olpc_australia_is_the_countrys_toughest_linux_deployment.html|coverage in OLPC News]]
  * [[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/11/27/olpc-australia-talk-at-osdc-2011/|blog post]]
 * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuRX1LbG4uk#t=37m11s|OLPC Australia Second Anniversary Progress Report]], given at the [[http://www.slug.org.au|Sydney Linux Users Group]], 27 May 2011
 * [[http://lca2011.linux.org.au/programme/schedule/view_talk/237?day=Thursday|Speaker]] ([[http://linuxconfau.blip.tv/file/4727137/|video]]) at [[http://lca2011.linux.org.au/|linux.conf.au 2011]]
 * 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]]

= Press =

Places in the media where I ([[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/category/personal/interviews/|interviews]]) or my work have been featured.

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

== Direct ==

OLPC Australia
 * '[[http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/australia/olpc_australia_is_the_countrys_toughest_linux_deployment.html|OLPC Australia is the Country's Toughest Linux Deployment]]', OLPC News, 2 December 2011
 * '[[http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo15/xo-au_usb_an_easy_image_for_xo.html|XO-AU USB: An easy image for XO-1 and XO-1.5 laptops]]', OLPC News, 10 August 2011

Other
 * 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]], 18 October 2006
 * Senior Administrator/Editor of [[http://www.pclinuxonline.com|PCLinuxOnline]], 2000-2006

== Indirect ==

OLPC Australia (some samples)
  * '[[http://www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/content/2012/02/s3432425.htm|Laptops improving school attendance on Palm]]', ABC News, 16 February 2012
  * Praise in Australian federal parliament
   * [[http://bit.ly/vddqNR|House of Representatives debates]], 2 November 2011
   * '[[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/simple-solution-to-our-learning-challenge/story-e6frg6zo-1226192930096|Simple solution to our learning challenge]]', The Australian, 11 November 2011
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-VNhgZLDw|The OLPC Australia Programme in Action]], 31 May 2011
  * OLPC Australia awarded a [[http://www.canneslions.com/work/media/entry.cfm?entryid=1762&award=4|Bronze Lion]] at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Lions_International_Advertising_Festival|Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival]], 2011
  * '[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5PhoAGGiSQ|Ideas for Good: One Laptop per Child Australia]]', Channel 7 television, December 2010
  * '[[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2863047.htm|Remote Revolution]]', The 7:30 Report (ABC1 television, Australia), 1 April 2010
  * '[[http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2010/03/31/Arnhem_Land_school_receives_200_laptops_446526.html|Arnhem Land school receives 200 laptops]]', Bigpond News, 31 March 2010
  * '[[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/joy-as-computer-power-comes-to-yirrkala/story-e6frgakx-1225848236378|Joy as computer power comes to Yirrkala]]', The Australian, 1 April 2010

Bi``zCubed
 * 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

= FLOSS Community Contributions =

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) ==

 * A director of [[http://unleashkids.org/|Unleash Kids]] and [[http://activitycentral.com/|Activity Central]].
 * [[http://www.laptop.org.au/node/87/lightbox2|Engineering Manager]], [[http://laptop.org.au|OLPC Australia]] (2010-2013)
 * Leader of [[http://dev.laptop.org.au/|OLPC Australia community]] (2010-2013)
 * Active member of [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Sridhar|One Laptop per Child]]: hardware, Sugar, XS server, documentation, community, pedagogy, deployments, etc.
 * See the [[#Speaking|Speaking]] section for some presentations I have made


== Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG) ==

 * Active member of the [[http://www.slug.org.au|Sydney Linux Users Group]]
   * President, 2008-2010
   * Ordinary Committee Member, 2007
 * Co-host and Speaker at [[http://google-au.blogspot.com/2008/03/document-freedom-day-sydney-2008.html|Document Freedom Day Sydney 2008]]
 * 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
 * See the [[#Speaking|Speaking]] section for some presentations I have done

== Linux Australia (LA) ==

 * Active member of [[http://www.linux.org.au|Linux Australia]]
   * [[http://linux.org.au/council|Linux Australia Council]], 2009-2010
   * Press Team
   * Web Team
     * Author, [[http://www.linux.org.au/linux|'Introduction to Linux, Free Software and Open Source']] (translated into [[http://www.webhostinghub.com/support/introduction-to-linux-be|Belarussian]])
 * 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)
 * Administrator 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]]
   * Administrator 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) ==

 * as Senior Administrator/Editor of [[http://www.pclinuxonline.com|PCLinuxOnline]], oversaw the growth of this Web site into the largest independent Mandrake (now Mandriva) Linux community site in the early 2000s
 * a founder of the successful PCLinu``xOS`` distribution
 * 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


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About

Name: Sridhar Dhanapalan

GNU/Linux user since: 1998

About me: http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/about/

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

Launchpad profile: https://launchpad.net/~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 part my childhood in Coonamble before returning.

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

Speaking

A selection of talks that I have given.

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

Press

Places in the media where I (interviews) or my work have been featured.

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

Direct

OLPC Australia

Other

Indirect

OLPC Australia (some samples)

BizCubed

FLOSS Community Contributions

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)

  • as Senior Administrator/Editor of PCLinuxOnline, oversaw the growth of this Web site into the largest independent Mandrake (now Mandriva) Linux community site in the early 2000s

  • a founder of the successful PCLinuxOS distribution

  • 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

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