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