= My Ubuntu story = ... == My involvement == ... == Areas of work == ... ---- = Comments = ''If you'd like to comment, but are not the applicant or a sponsor, do it here. Don't forget to sign with `@``SIG``@`.'' ---- = Endorsements = ''As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.'' ---- == TEMPLATE == {{{ == == === General feedback === ## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?) === Specific Experiences of working together === ''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.'' === Areas of Improvement === }}} ---- = Draft = * 34, french, married and have 2 young sons, * working as the Linux / Unix Expert at [[http://www.eaton.com|Eaton]] / [[http://www.mgeops.com|MGE Office Protection Systems]] (previously [[http://www.mgeups.com|MGE UPS SYSTEMS]]) (R&D Dpt), ie the one that has converted this UPS manufacturer to the Free Software world, * [[http://www.networkupstools.org|Network UPS Tools]] Project Leader since 2005, * former [[https://launchpad.net/~umc-team|Ubuntu Media Center Team]] Leader, * [[http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=aquette@debian.org|Debian Developer]], * [[http://arnaud.quette.free.fr|Free Software developer and contributor]], in many (unrelated) areas: * NUT: author of snmp-ups, mge-shut, newmge-shut, newhidups / usbhid-ups, mge-xml, Integrated Power Management (HAL integration) ; co author of mge-utalk, hidups, SNMP UPS Agent, the new naming scheme ; contributor to blazer, bestferrups, nut core, and many others ; coordination with manufacturers, linux-usb developers, Net SNMP and packagers (Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, SuSE, ...)... * author of [[http://wmnut.mgeops.org|WMNut]], the first graphical NUT client, * author of [[http://opensource.mgeops.com/index.php/projects/psp|MGE - Personal Solution Pac 3 for Linux]], which make the use of NUT with MGE units an easy task (hourly work), * [[http://www.lirc.org|LIRC]] team member: I'm still pushing several efforts to make LIRC use an easy task (key naming standardization, HAL and udev support, several GUIs and helper). Most of these tasks are part of the UMC project, * co author of the [[http://libhid.alioth.debian.org/|libhid]] project, * co author of the [[http://nagios.org/|Nagios]] plugin for NUT (check-ups) * contributed to [[http://www.knut.noveradsl.cz/knutclient/|KNutClient]], french translation, and various help, * Linux kernel: * help to the hiddev developments, * contributed information for the saa7134 cards, * help the (now defunct) [[http://tnemeth.free.fr/projets/gAcc-en.html|gAcc]] accounting program, * contributed to the [[http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH1910|iPaq h19xx]] effort, some documentation, and beta testing, * [[http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/kde/|Synce KDE]] french translation, * X11 Sunleo manpage creation, * [[http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/|Lincity NG]] french translation, * [[http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/|Xawdecode / XdTv]] showtime function (OSD display the time), * some pieces of my code seems to have been re used in other programs (like sdig) * Board member of the [[http://www.guilde.asso.fr/|Guilde]] (one of the biggest and oldest french LUG) for 2 years (1998 - 2000), * Free Software Evangelist * many more forgotten things... {{attachment:ubuntu-user-aq.png}} [[http://counter.li.org/|Linux User]] #99443 [[https://launchpad.net/~aquette|Launchpad user entry]]