Gaël Duval Explained

Gaël Duval
Birth Name:Gaël Duval
Birth Place:Caen, Normandy, France
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).

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]

, Duval is chairman and Chief Technology Officer at Ulteo.[6] The company was 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

Duval is a graduate of the University of Caen Normandy in France, where he studied networks and documentary applications.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moody, Glyn. Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution. 2002-01-01. Basic Books. 0738206709. en.
  2. Web site: 2021-11-22 . Le Parcours de Jacques Le Marois (MandrakeSoft) sur JDN Chat . 2022-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122074558/https://www.journaldunet.com/chat/retrans/011015_marois.shtml . 22 November 2021 . dead.
  3. Web site: Mandriva Linux fires its founder. Cheung. Humphrey. 2006-03-16. TGDaily. en-US. 2019-10-14. 2019-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014105713/https://www.tgdaily.com/25171-mandriva-linux-fires-its-founder/. dead.
  4. http://www.indidea.org/gael/en/fired-message.php La page perso de Gaël Duval, créateur de Mandrake Linux/Mandriva Linux, co-fondateur de Mandrakesoft/Mandriva - FAQ Mandriva
  5. http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/Main/interview-fbancilhon-2006-03 Interview of François Bancilhon, CEO of Mandriva
  6. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9832336-7.html?tag=newsmap Ulteo brings OpenOffice to Web browser | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
  7. Web site: Etablissement ULTEO à ALENCON (61000) sur SOCIETE.COM (42388006100035) . 2023-08-21 . www.societe.com.
  8. https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/la-normandie-est-une-belle-carte-jouer-4711627 « La Normandie est une belle carte à jouer »
  9. https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e-is-the-symbol-for-my-data-is-my-data/ Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ is the symbol for “my data is MY data” — Gaël Duval (news, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...)
  10. You Say Goodbye, and I Say eelo. Byfield. Bruce. Bruce Byfield. Linux Magazine. en-US. 2019-09-07. March 2018. 208.
  11. Web site: eelo: In conversation with Gaël Duval, creator of the Google-less Android project. David. Nash. 5 January 2018. BGR India. en-US. 6 September 2019. 29 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100403/https://www.bgr.in/features/eelo-in-conversation-with-gael-duval-creator-of-the-google-less-android-project/. dead.
  12. Web site: 2021-09-12. Expérience – Un été sans Google (ou presque…) #2 : les applications. 2021-10-03. www.lesnumeriques.com. fr.
  13. Web site: eFoundation — /e/ . 2018-08-15 . 2018-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180815211509/https://e.foundation/efoundation/ . dead .
  14. https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/announcing-e-foundation-for-eelo/ Announcing «e Foundation» for eelo — Gaël Duval (news, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data…)
  15. Web site: ECORP solutions. 2021-08-31. ecorp.solutions.
  16. Web site: ECORP S.A.S (CAEN) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 840996516. 2021-08-31. www.societe.com.
  17. Web site: 2021-08-11 . 75 Notable Alumni of the University of Caen Normandy . 2023-08-21 . EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location . en.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Gaël Duval".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.