About me

• PhD student in Information Technology at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Digital Enterprise Research Institute,

• An Information Technology engineer from the best Computer Science School in Tunisia ENSI, since June 2007,

• Linux User since 2000 and Ubuntu User since Dapper Drake 6.06,

• International relations responsible in DFSA : Digital Free Software Association from Tunisia,

• My philosophy: sharing, sharing and sharing...

Contact

• Email : dfsa.derwas(at)gmail.com

• IRC : derwas on freenode

• Launchpad : https://edge.launchpad.net/~derwas

Open source involvements

My activities are not only related to Ubuntu but also to the philosophy of open source software as all. Currently I am involved in several open source projects and communities supporting and promoting open source software use.

Articles

Starting with Ubuntu 7.04, I was contacted by Linux+ DVD in order to write some articles about Ubuntu. From that special issue dedicated to Ubuntu, I used to write/updates articles to be published in each special Ubuntu issue.

Here is a list of my articles :

• Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Linu+ link

• [FR] Les dépôts APT
• [FR] Pourquoi personnaliser sa distribution Ubuntu et comment ?
• [FR] Beryl
• [FR] Wine - installation ,configuration, utilisation
• [FR] Les nouveautés de Ubuntu et Kubuntu 7.04

• Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Linu+ link

• [FR] Les dépôts APT
• [FR] Bureau 3D : Compiz-Fusion
• [FR] Les nouveautés d'Ubuntu 7.10
• [FR] Wine - installation ,configuration, utilisation
• [FR] Pourquoi et comment avoir sa distribution Ubuntu à la carte ?

• Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Linux+ link

• [FR] Ubuntu est-il fait pour vous ? // in collaboration with Rafik Ouerchefani
• [FR] Installation d’Ubuntu 8.04 // updated from the one written by Arne Stölck
• [FR] Pourquoi et comment avoir sa distribution Ubuntu à la carte ?
• [FR] Les dépôts APT
• [FR] Bureau 3D : Compiz-Fusion
• [FR] Wine - installation ,configuration, utilisation
• [FR] Installation d’Ubuntu sur un disque USB

• Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Linux+ link

• [FR] Intrepid Ibex
• [FR] Passer à Ubuntu 8.10
• [FR] Pourquoi et comment avoir sa distribution Ubuntu à la carte ?
• [FR] Les dépôts APT
• [FR] Bureau 3D : Compiz-Fusion
• [FR] Wine - installation ,configuration, utilisation
• [FR] Installation d’Ubuntu sur un disque USB

• [FR] BurgerSpace et SuperTux - deux clones du bon vieux temps

• [FR] WW2D

• Ubuntu 9.04 Intrepid Ibex Linux+ link

• [FR] Les dépôts ATP
• [FR] Pourquoi et comment avoir sa distribution Ubuntu à la carte ?
• [FR] Installation d’Ubuntu sur un disque USB
• [FR] Faq : questions les plus souvent posées // in collaboration with Katarzyna Winiarz
• [FR] L’économétrie sous Ubuntu avec R // in collaboration with Adnen Chokri
• [FR] Wine-installation, configuration, utilisation
• [FR] Ubuntu, se rapproche-t-il de la correction du bug #1 ? // in collaboration with Mohamed-Ikbel Boulabiar

• [FR] BurgerSpace et SuperTux : deux clones du bon vieux temps

Groups and events involved in

: Active member since the foundation of this association, I was the head of the group "web and media" and then international relations responsible.

: Active member since the foundation of this group and recently translating documents/reports from Fr to En.

via DFSA

SFI: Software Freedom International in organising each year Software Freedom Day in Tunisia since 2006, I was also as one of their board members during 2007.

, permanent author for special Ubuntu issues since Ubuntu 7.04

Shipped and distributed Ubuntu CDs more than 500 during all events organised with DFSA. Especially during SFD2007 where I memtioned Ubuntu as one of the sponsors.

Plans

As usual my objective is to help as much as I can to promote the use of free open source software and fix bug#1 of Ubuntu by:

• Assessing DFSA and Ubuntu-tn to be more efficient in their missions

• Continuing as a permanent author in Linux+ for Ubuntu Special editions.

• ...

Testimonials

waiting for

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