{{http://frimouvy.org/hackergotchi.png}} Links : * BugResponses * BreezyAccessibilityStatus * AccessibilityTeam * EpiphanyDefaultBrowser * [[https://launchpad.net/people/ploum/|Launchpad]] ---- I'm from Belgium, born on 9th of march 1981 and former president of LouvainLiNux, a belgian LUG. Everybody call me "Ploum" online. Sometimes even in real life, so please use this nickname ;-) * My email is ploum at frimouvy.org (or zeploum at gmail.com ) * My Jabber ID is ploum at frimouvy.org (the same) * My blog : http://ploum.frimouvy.org ([[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?en|English only]]) * My CIA account : http://cia.vc/stats/author/ploum * Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/in/dricotlionel * Twitter : http://twitter.com/ploum * Last.fm : http://www.last.fm/user/ploum I'm an OpenSource Evangelist that like to write (in french, mostly), to talk in front of a large crowd an to travel. I'm the founder and administrator of fritalk.com Jabber server (more than 4000 accounts) and the writer of an [[http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Livre/9782212120035/livre-ubuntu-efficace.php|Ubuntu french book]]. I studied Engineering at [[http://www.uclouvain.be|UCL]] in Belgium and I'm working as a research engineer. {{http://ploum.frimouvy.org/images/livre.jpg}} My favourites projects in the FLOSS world are Ubuntu (of course), Debian, GNOME, GStreamer and Jabber. You've maybe seen me in the following communities : Ubuntu, Ubuntu-fr, Ubuntu-be, gnomefr, jabberfr, LouvainLiNux, Andesi,... Besides OpenSource, my interests in life are Space & Astronomy, Technology, Martial Arts, Sports, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature|Literature]] and Travels around the world. ---------------------------- == What have I done in the OpenSource world ? == (it won't be of any interest to you. I just want to keep tracks of what I did ) As from January 2008, I'm not a Ubuntu member anymore and I spend as less time as possible in front of my computer. I'm still a heavy Ubuntu enthousiast and I still do conferences from time to time. Please do not contact me anymore for technical stuffs. 2007 : * I used to be an active member of http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org and http://ubuntuforums.org , helping newbies and writing howto. * I maintained the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ToshibaSatelliteU200-163|Toshiba Satellite U200-163]] page and the related ThinkFinger howto. * Hacking and helping on the [[http://www.bongo-project.org/|Bongo]] mail & calendar server. * Hacking on [[http://conseil.fritalk.com|Conseil Bug Triager]] * On November 11, I spent the day with NicolasDaLuzDuque to install Ubuntu on the public computers of Infor Jeunes, Waterloo (Belgium) * On October 31, I gave a conference at Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) to introduce Ubuntu and the benefits of Free Software Development. * From Frebuary to June 2007, I hold a short weekly chronicle about free softwares on [[http://www.purefm.be/|PureFM radio]] * On April 28, for [[http://www.installfest.info/FLISOL2007/|FLISOL 2007]], I gave [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?143-flisol-2007-in-guadalajara|a conference about Ubuntu and the Free Software world in Guadalajara]], Mexico. * I'm the editor of the Feisty Fawn "Linux Identity Set" Magazine (in French), Oxypress editions. 2006 : * On Novembre 14, I gave a conference at Louvain-la-Neuve, introducing more than 70 people to Ubuntu, Linux and Free Softwares. This was a Louvain-Li-Nux event. * The second edition of my [[http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Livre/9782212120035/livre-ubuntu-efficace.php|Ubuntu book]] is available ! Lot of new goodness including a CC licensed chapter about the command line (see [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?124-ubuntu-efficace|the announce on my blog]] for more informations). * As a Summer Of Code, I did the [[http://conseil.fritalk.com/conseil|Conseil]] software wich is an hard client interface against launchpad. Shame on me, it is not yet finished. It can read bugs but not modify them. I think I will not work on it before launchpad as true XML-RPC support. * Bugs reporting and triaging in both Gnome and Ubuntu Bugzilla. * Working on specifications for Dapper * I wrote an article for [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/06/01/110-the-long-time-support-flying-car|6.06 LTS release]] ([[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/06/01/111-la-voiture-volante-long-time-support|french translation]]) * My [[http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Livre/9782212116083/|book about Ubuntu]] is published, in french, at [[http://www.editions-eyrolles.com/Livre/9782212116083/|Eyrolles Editions]]. See [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/01/06/88-ubuntu-le-livre|my blog]] for more informations. It was a commerical success according to the editor. * I was the official interviewer for FOSDEM. Interviews were published on the FOSDEM website. * I've launched Ubuntu-be, the BelgianTeam at FOSDEM, making [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/03/01/97-it-s-a-long-way-to-the-top|a little speech]]. Ubuntu-be is now rocking thanks to a lof of very talented people, speaking a mix of both languages of our lovely country. * My LUG and I organized an install party. Only 30 installation this time but it was still Breezy. * I've launched the [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/04/06/103-may-19th-the-open-discussion-day-19-mai|Open Discussion Day]] which was [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/05/17/107-the-captive-clown|a success]] * I did the official [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/02/23/96-say-hello-to-your-planet|sabdfl hackergotchi]] ! Not kidding, that's my greatest contribution so far. 2005 : * I wrote an article in french for [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2005/04/08/48-lhoary-ma-meilleure-amie|the hoary release]] and for [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2005/10/13/73-breezy-pitez-vous|breezy release]]. * I have worked a lot in the Wiki to improve specs * I've done some french translations in Rosetta * I organized a big Breezy install party with my lug : nearly 100 successful installations * I gave a talk about Ubuntu at my University * I was doing bugs reporting and triaging in both Gnome and Ubuntu Bugzilla, then Launchpad ;-) * I've been working on a french book about Ubuntu for Eyrolles Editions 2004 : * In July, Sébastien Bacher (seb128), invited me as an Ubuntu beta tester. I wrote a long review of the Warty-beta. The only "souvenir" : http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~mako/ubuntu-traffic/u20040903_02.html (look for "ploum") * For Warty, I wrote the first Ubuntu FAQ in french (there was no french ubuntu website at this time). This FAQ was used as one of the first documentation of ubuntu-fr.org and was widely consulted. I also wrote an article [[http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2004/10/21/4-ensemble-les-yeux-leves-vers-le-ciel|for Warty release]]. * I also wrote an howto about installing Warty on a very old laptop : http://wiki.frimouvy.org/CompaqPresario . (I receive a lot of email about this page and helped some people to have sound on their Compaq ) * I wrote a big documentation about using GNOME 2.6 and Spatial Nautilus (in french) * I was doing bugs reporting and triaging in both Gnome and Ubuntu Bugzilla. 2003 and before : * I wrote a long text called [[http://wiki.frimouvy.org/ThePerfectDesktop|The Perfect Desktop]]. It was a long list of recommandations to make Debian+Gnome the perfect desktop. Just what Ubuntu did ! * I was at this time a member of the french debian community. (reporting bugs, writing documentation and helping newbies on http://andesi.org ) * I was for a few months responsible of the french translation of TheOpenCD. * I was the webmaster, for more than a year of "La Grenouille Bleue", a website that was promoting free software under Windows * I did [[ftp://ftp.crans.org/pub/Install-party/Lionel_Dricot.ogm|a speech at Cachan]] about the use of OpenOffice. I also published an [[http://www.framasoft.net/article1891.html|how-to]] about installing OpenOffice in an professionnal environment. ---- Related pages for Ploum : <> Related pages for me : <> ---- CategoryHomepage