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

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== a/s/l ==

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

'''Sex:''' ''/me tries very hard not to say 'please' :-)''
    I am Male. No man-boobs as of yet, but I'm working on it.

'''Location:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney Sydney], New South Wales, Australia (GMT +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.		 '''[[Membership|Official Ubuntu Member]] since:''' 2006

'''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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'''IRC:''' yama, yama_ or yama_away (if I'm away) on irc.freenode.net and irc.oftc.net

'''OpenPGP/GnuPG key''': [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x049D38B4&op=index 0x049D38B4]		 '''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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 * [http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=Yama My Affero 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]


= FLOSS Community Contributions: Press =		  * [[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.
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 * Senior Administrator/Editor of [http://www.pclinuxonline.com PCLinuxOnline], 2000-2006
 * 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]
 * Interviewed for [http://www.localfoss.org/node/188 Open Source On The Air], [http://www.localfoss.org/node/319 episode 11] (2006-10-18)


= FLOSS Community Contributions: General =		  * [[http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2013/10/15/interview-with-australian-council-for-computers-in-education-learning-network/|Live video interview]] for the Australian Council for Computers in Education Learning Network
 * [[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 ==

Unleash Kids
  * '[[http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/free-laptops-bridge-digital-divide-20131114-2xiib.html#!|Interview with Australian Council for Computers in Education Learning Network]]', 14 October 2013

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

General
 * 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.smh.com.au/national/education/free-laptops-bridge-digital-divide-20131114-2xiib.html#!|Free laptops bridge digital divide]]', The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 November 2013
  * '[[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 =
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== Sydney Linux Users' Group ==

 * Active member of the [http://www.slug.org.au Sydney Linux Users' Group]
 * Member of the Audio/Visual Team and general helper for [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] 2006 in Sydney

== Linux Australia ==

 * Active member of [http://www.linux.org.au Linux Australia]
 * Representative at [http://www.cebit.com.au/ CeBIT Sydney], 2006
 * Representative at the [http://www.edexpo.info/ Sydney Education Expo], 2006
 * 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]
 * Volunteer at [http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2007]
   * Audio/Visual Team (lead video encoder)		 == One Laptop per Child (OLPC) ==

 * A board member 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
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 * 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
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== 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.
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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 [wiki:EnglishTranslation English Translation] initiative
   * Principal author of the [wiki: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 [wiki:LaptopTestingTeam Laptop Testing Team]:
   * Major contributor to the [wiki:LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron9400 Dell Inspiron 9400] page and original author of the [wiki:LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron3800 Dell Inspiron 3800] page
 * Bugs reporter and tester

== Gentoo (2002 - 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) ==
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== PCLinuxOnline / PCLinuxOS (2000-2006) ==

 * Senior Administrator/Editor of [http://www.pclinuxonline.com PCLinuxOnline]		 == 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
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 * Original author and maintainer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS PCLinuxOS Wikipedia page]  * Original author and maintainer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS|PCLinuxOS Wikipedia page]]
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== Mandrake Linux (1998-2004) == == Mandrake Linux (1998 - 2004) ==
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 * Miscellaneous [http://www.kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=Yama scripts and themes]  * Miscellaneous [[http://www.kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=Yama|scripts and themes]]
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 * Maintainer of [http://galeon.sourceforge.net/bookmarks/ Smart Bookmark Archive]  * Maintainer of [[http://galeon.sourceforge.net/bookmarks/|Smart Bookmark Archive]]
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= My Plans for Ubuntu =

The bulk of my current focus is on the [wiki: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

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

GNU/Linux user since: 1998

Official Ubuntu Member since: 2006

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

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

Unleash Kids

OLPC Australia

General

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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