MartinEricRacine
Moto
Making Ubuntu a visible brand name in the corporate world.
Availability
Actively solliciting offers.
Background
- Professional ICT pedigree in Business Strategy, Key Account Management, Product Management and Training:
[http://q-funk.iki.fi Funkyware: Martin-Éric Racine: Homepage]
- Experienced UNIX user who recently started maintaining some Debian packages (cups-pdf, numlockx, upgrade-system):
[http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=q-funk%40iki.fi Debian Developer's Packages Overview]
[http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=q-funk%40iki.fi Debian New Maintainer: Applicant Status]
- 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 Debian BTS: submitter]
Goals for Ubuntu
ALSA PowerPC issues
- Actively sollicit PPC developer help to permanently fix ALSA on all PPC subarchitectures:
[https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=306 ALSA BTS: 0000306: compiles, but no sound comes out] (use Guest login to view)
Got MarkShuttleworth to offer a 500 USD bounty to close this issue.
Interested developers should contact Ubuntu's MattZimmerman for details on how to claim the bounty.
Entreprise Linux
- Create, develop and implement marketing strategies that will make Ubuntu the new de-facto Entreprise Linux solution.
- Support startups interested in developing Ubuntu-based custom Debian distributions for their local market.
- Already in contact with two Baltic startups who want to do this.
Develop an [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EngineerCertification Ubuntu Debian Certified Engineer] (UDCE) training program.
- Eliminate the corportate world's scepticism against Debian and Ubuntu.
- Directly compete with Red Hat's RHCE as the #1 Linux certification.
- Motivate ISV support of Debian and Ubuntu (e.g. Oracle, etc.).
- Develop an Ubuntu Debian program for ISV partners.
- Motivate QA standards resulting from ISV participation in UDCE training program.
- Emphasize additional training on how to package software for Debian and Ubuntu.
Ubuntu packages
- Maintain my own packages (see Debian packages above) and adopt some MOTU packages too.
CUPS-PDF issues
It has been [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IdeaPool suggested] that CUPS-PDF would be used to give Ubuntu out-of-the-box PDF distilling capabilities.
However, [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=300320 Debian BTS #300320 cups-pdf: cannot run as non-privileged user on Ubuntu]
[http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=ef7b1edc0b92b039eb5605d985e6e7c5&p=167446&postcount=3 A possible fix] exists:
sudo nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
change RunAsUser from Yes to No.
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
- ..but it is my understanding that this would void Ubuntu's low-priviledge user strategy?
ALSA support on PowerMac
This table attempts to summarize the status of support for ALSA sound on Mac PowerPC hardware. Information gathering is still work in progress.
n/a = not applicable. |
# = see note below. |
? = untested. |
Chipset |
Platform (machine ID) |
Master Volume |
Speakers |
Headphones |
CD |
Line Input |
Microphone |
Beep |
AWACS |
601, 603, 604 (Old World) |
yes |
# |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Screamer |
G3 beige |
yes |
# |
# |
# |
? |
? |
yes |
Burgundy |
G3 iMac classic (iMac,1) |
yes |
# |
# |
yes |
? |
yes |
yes |
? |
G3 iBook clamshell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
no |
tumbler |
G4 Quick Silver |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
? |
? |
yes |
? |
G4 iMac flowerpot |
|
|
|
|
|
|
yes |
snapper |
G4 pBook (PowerBook 3,4) |
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|
yes |
tumbler |
G3 iBook2 (PowerBook 4,1) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
n/a |
n/a |
yes |
snapper |
G3 iBook2 (PowerBook 4,3) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
n/a |
n/a |
yes |
Snapper |
G4 pBook (PowerBook 5,6) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
n/a |
yes |
yes |
snapper |
G4 iBook2 (PowerBook 6,5) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
snapper |
G5 desktop (PowerMac 7,2) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
? |
yes |
snapper |
eMac 700 |
yes |
|
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|
|
no |
no |
intrepid |
Mac Mini |
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daca |
? |
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keywest |
? |
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NOTES
AWACS (601, 603, 604, 604e a.k.a. Old World)
* Beeping goes to both the internal speaker and the audio output, because the circuitry to mute the internal speaker is not detected by the driver. As such, getting beeps exclusively to the audio output requires disconnecting the cable going to the internal speaker.
Screamer (beige G3)
* CD playback requires selecting the CD source as recordable. * Output jack doubles as speaker/headphones. * Input jack doubles as line/microphone.
Burgundy (iMac G3)
As of kernel 2.6.13 (ALSA 1.0.9a): * Most of the mutes don't work, or their state cannot be saved. * Headphone detection induced auto-muting of the speakers doesn't work. * Controls for the stereo speakers and for the headphones are reversed (wrong offset in the control matrix?).
Snapper
G5 desktop
As of kernel 2.6.12 (ALSA 1.0.9): * The 3 outputs (line/headphones/speakers) work correctly, along with auto-detection of an insterted plug on the first two output. * The digital input is not working yet.
G4 PowerBook alu post-february-2005 (PowerBook 5,6)
As of kernel 2.6.13 (ALSA 1.0.9a): * Sound is dead when returning from a power suspend. * Analog CD control is not available.