||<>|| {{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/87808389/Sridhar%20Dhanapalan%20profile%20greyscale%20192x192.jpg}} = About = '''Name:''' Sridhar Dhanapalan '''Location:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney|Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia (UTC +1000) '''GNU/Linux user since:''' 1998 '''[[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]] {{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''': [[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x049D38B4&op=index|0x049D38B4]] = Links = * [[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.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 = 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 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 * 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 ---- Related pages: <> ---- CategoryHomepage