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= Martin-Éric Racine = | Martin-Éric is the Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group]. |
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== Moto == | = Contact = * Q-FUNK on Freenode, mainly on #ltsp and #ubuntu-x. * [https://launchpad.net/~q-funk Profile on Launchpad] |
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''' Making Ubuntu a visible brand name in the corporate world. ''' === Background === * Professional pedigree in Software Project Management and Key Account Management. http://q-funk.iki.fi * Experienced UNIX user who recently started maintaining some Debian packages of his own (cups-pdf, numlockx, upgrade-system). http://funkyware.konflux.at/ http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=q-funk%40iki.fi http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=q-funk%40iki.fi * Hyperactive bug reporter with a strong emphasis on localisation and usability aspects. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=q-funk%40iki.fi |
== Contributions to Ubuntu == * Primary Ubuntu bug contact for all the packages he originally maintains at Debian. * Lot of time spent on X.org issues pertaining to the Geode chipset to make it work on LTSP. * Created the ["ALSA on PPC"] reference to document the status of ALSA support on PPC hardware. * Team member of [http://www.linux-tuki.fi/ Linux Tuki], which is the official Ubuntu support partner for Finland. * Ubuntero since 2006-09-18. |
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* Make Ubuntu the #1 Linux distribution in the Educational and Governmental sectors. * Promote Asterisk and OpenMosix as original LTSP extensions to leverage the CPU power of thin clients. * OliverGrawert is also developing ideas along these lines. |
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* Create, develop and implement marketting strategies to make Ubuntu the new de-facto Entreprise Linux solution. * Further support startups interested in developing Ubuntu-based custom distributions for their local market. * Maintain my own packages (same as those I have on Debian - see above) and possibly adopt MOTU packages too. * Actively sollicit Linux PPC developers' help towards fixing ALSA on PPC. Got MarkShuttleworth to offer a 500 USD bounty towards this issue. https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=306 http://www.iki.fi/q-funk/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2005/02/04#2005-02-04_ALSA_PPC_bounty |
== Contributions to Debian == * Master of Ceremony and main organizer of Debian Day at Debconf 2005. * Leader of the Linux-Aktivaatori team that handled Debconf 2005 press relations. * Debian maintainer since 2003: * [http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=q-funk%40iki.fi Debian Developer's Packages Overview] |
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=== Availability === | == Professional Background == |
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* Full-time. See blog for details. | * Expertise in Business Strategy, Key Account Management, Product Management. * Co-founded [http://www.linutop.com Linutop], following which he moved on and joined their hardware manufacturer's team. * Currently working as Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group], an electronic design startup that contributes to Coreboot and to the Linux kernel, and that manufactures the [http://www.thincan.com ThinCan] thin client. = Testimonials = * TBA. |
Martin-Éric is the Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group].
Contact
- Q-FUNK on Freenode, mainly on #ltsp and #ubuntu-x.
[https://launchpad.net/~q-funk Profile on Launchpad]
Contributions to Ubuntu
- Primary Ubuntu bug contact for all the packages he originally maintains at Debian.
- Lot of time spent on X.org issues pertaining to the Geode chipset to make it work on LTSP.
- Created the ["ALSA on PPC"] reference to document the status of ALSA support on PPC hardware.
Team member of [http://www.linux-tuki.fi/ Linux Tuki], which is the official Ubuntu support partner for Finland.
- Ubuntero since 2006-09-18.
Goals for Ubuntu
- Make Ubuntu the #1 Linux distribution in the Educational and Governmental sectors.
Promote Asterisk and OpenMosix as original LTSP extensions to leverage the CPU power of thin clients.
OliverGrawert is also developing ideas along these lines.
Contributions to Debian
- Master of Ceremony and main organizer of Debian Day at Debconf 2005.
- Leader of the Linux-Aktivaatori team that handled Debconf 2005 press relations.
- Debian maintainer since 2003:
[http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=q-funk%40iki.fi Debian Developer's Packages Overview]
Professional Background
- Expertise in Business Strategy, Key Account Management, Product Management.
Co-founded [http://www.linutop.com Linutop], following which he moved on and joined their hardware manufacturer's team.
Currently working as Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group], an electronic design startup that contributes to Coreboot and to the Linux kernel, and that manufactures the [http://www.thincan.com ThinCan] thin client.
Testimonials
- TBA.
MartinEricRacine (last edited 2010-11-02 12:18:21 by ns02)