They are the ones to blame…
Olivier Cleynen
Co-founder and President.
Olivier has a background in aeronautics and product design, and started off the GetGNULinux.org project in May 2006. He enjoys communicating around the concept of free software and the world that surrounds it, mostly through the Internet. His hobbies include windsurfing, listening to music, kiting, hiking, and wearing a hat.
Olivier (olivier at gnulinuxmatters dotorg ; résumé ; personal page) lives near Paris, France; and speaks French, English, and German.
Gustavo Narea
Co-founder and General Secretary.
Gustavo has a background in computing and joined the GetGNULinux.org project early on. He loves programming, web design and spreading the word about free software. He also enjoys being with his family, traveling, listening to music and blogging, among other things.
Gustavo is Venezuelan, but lives in Madrid, Spain. He speaks Spanish and English, as well as a little French and Ido. You can reach him at gustavo at gnulinuxmatters dotorg, visit his blog on Information Technology or read his curriculum vitae.
Thomas Jollans
Member of the Advisory Board.
Thomas is a student at a Bavarian Gymnasium emphasizing mathematics and natural sciences, and joined GNU/Linux Matters in September 2007 after having tracked GetGNULinux.org for some time on Nuxified.org. He enjoys programming (which he started as a young boy), web design, tinkering with computers and the joys of software liberty, which he came to appreciate soon after discovering GNU/Linux. He is a scout patrol leader and loves listening to music and making films with his friends.
Thomas lives near Munich, Germany and is both German and British citizen. He speaks English, German and French and can be reached at thomas at gnulinuxmatters dotorg.
Danijel Orsolic
Member of the Advisory Board
Danijel is the founder and current head of the Libervis Network, which includes the influential Libervis.com Digital Freedom Community and the Nuxified.org free software help forums. He currently lives in Zagreb, Croatia, and can be reached at danjiel at gnulinuxmatters dotorg.
Dennis Wronka
Member of the Advisory Board
Dennis is a specialized computer scientist working in system and network administration. An early Linux adopter, he is mostly known for being the head developer of EasyLFS, a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on the description in the Linux from Scratch book. When he is not enjoying one of many forms of car racing, he spends considerable amounts of time swimming.
Dennis currently lives in Hong-Kong and can be reached at dennis at gnulinuxmatters dotorg.
Landy DeField
Member of the Advisory Board
Landy Defield, an internet marketing consultant, is long-time freedomware advocate who got involved in more successful web projects than we can list here. Let’s still mention the REVELinux gear and TheTuxProject.com, which spun off the work from the Tux500 marketing initiative, the getnix.com website, and involvement in the Freedomware-Gamefest and Kde-artists.org. A happily married father of 5 kids, he has been advocating the use of the term “freedomware” to designate free software for a long time, an idea which is making its way into GNU/Linux Matters.