Gaël Duval
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Gaël Duval | |
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.jpg) Gaël Duval in 2016 | |
| Born | Gaël Duval 1973 (age 50–51) |
| Nationality | French |
| Years active | from 1998 to now |
| Known for | creator of Mandrake Linux, which became Mandriva Linux (discontinued), and co-founder of MandrakeSoft, which became Mandriva (discontinued). |
| Website | www |
Gaël Duval (born 1973) is a French entrepreneur. In July 1998, he created Mandrake Linux (which became Mandriva Linux, now discontinued), a Linux distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux and KDE.[1] He was also a co-founder of MandrakeSoft (which merged in Mandriva, now discontinued) with Jacques Le Marois and Frédéric Bastok.[2]
Gaël Duval was responsible for communication in the Mandriva management team until he was laid off by the company in March 2006, in a round of cost-cutting.[3] Duval suspected part of the reason for his dismissal was disagreement with management over the company's future strategy, resulting in a lawsuit against the company.[4][5]
As of 2006[update], Duval is chairman and Chief Technology Officer at Ulteo.[6] The company is bought by AZNetwork group in 2015.[7]
In 2016, he co-founded NFactory.io, an incubator-accelerator of "startups".[8]
In November 2017, Gael Duval created the /e/ mobile operating system,[9] which is a privacy-oriented fork of the Android-based LineageOS accompanied with a set of online services.[10][11][12] In 2018, Duval founded the E Foundation, which maintains /e/,[13][14] and ECORP SAS, a privately held corporation, which operates their online sales and services sites.[15][16]
Education[edit]
Duval is a graduate of the University of Caen Normandy in France, where he studied networks and documentary applications.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ Moody, Glyn (2002-01-01). Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution. Basic Books. ISBN 0738206709.
- ^ "Le Parcours de Jacques Le Marois (MandrakeSoft) sur JDN Chat". 2021-11-22. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ Cheung, Humphrey (2006-03-16). "Mandriva Linux fires its founder". TGDaily. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ La page perso de Gaël Duval, créateur de Mandrake Linux/Mandriva Linux, co-fondateur de Mandrakesoft/Mandriva - FAQ Mandriva Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Interview of François Bancilhon, CEO of Mandriva Archived 2007-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ulteo brings OpenOffice to Web browser | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
- ^ "Etablissement ULTEO à ALENCON (61000) sur SOCIETE.COM (42388006100035)". www.societe.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ « La Normandie est une belle carte à jouer »
- ^ Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ is the symbol for “my data is MY data” — Gaël Duval (news, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...)
- ^ Byfield, Bruce (March 2018). "You Say Goodbye, and I Say eelo". Linux Magazine. No. 208. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ David, Nash (5 January 2018). "eelo: In conversation with Gaël Duval, creator of the Google-less Android project". BGR India. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Expérience – Un été sans Google (ou presque…) #2 : les applications". www.lesnumeriques.com (in French). 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ eFoundation — /e/
- ^ Announcing «e Foundation» for eelo — Gaël Duval (news, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data…)
- ^ "ECORP solutions". ecorp.solutions. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "ECORP S.A.S (CAEN) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 840996516". www.societe.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "75 Notable Alumni of the University of Caen Normandy". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
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