Frank Karlitschek
Frank Karlitschek | |
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Frank Karlitschek at Akademy 2009 | |
Born | Reutlingen, West Germany | 25 July 1973
Nationality | German |
Occupation | open source developer |
Known for | ownCloud, KDE contributor and KDE e.V. vice president |
Website | karlitschek.de |
Frank Karlitschek (born 25 July 1973 in Reutlingen, West Germany) is a German open source software developer. He was born in Reutlingen but lives in Stuttgart, Germany.
Free software
Karlitschek is a KDE contributor since 2001 when he mainly worked in web community and artist team. He is a member of the KDE e.V. since 2003. In summer 2009 he was elected as a board member and vice president of KDE e.V.[1]
In 2001, Karlitschek started KDE-Look.org.[2] At Akademy 2008, Frank presented the vision of the Social Desktop for the KDE project.[3] Karlitschek started and maintains the Open-PC and the Open Collaboration Services projects. He is the main developer and maintainer of openDesktop.org websites. Karlitschek is also a cohost of RadioTux the biggest German Linux Podcast. In 2012 Karlitschek started the User Data Manifesto initiative. [4]
Karlitschek gives keynotes at conferences like LinuxCon [5] , Latinoware, [6] openSUSE Conf [7] , and Akademy. [8]
ownCloud
In 2010 Karlitschek started the ownCloud project during a CampKDE keynote [9] and released the version 1.0 in June 2010. [10] He is the current project leader and maintainer.
In 2011 Karlitschek co-founded ownCloud Inc. to offer an enterprise version of ownCloud. He currently serves as the CTO and oversees the product development and community relations. [11]
References
- ^ Sebastian Kügler (2009-07-07). "KDE e.V. Elects New Board of Directors". KDE. KDE.NEWS. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ Fabrice Mous (2004-01-28). "The Person Behind KDE-Look.org and KDE-Apps.org". KDE. KDE.NEWS. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Presentation of the Social Desktop as keynote of the Akademy 2008 from Frank Karlitschek". Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ Karlitschek (2012-10-19). "The User Data Manifesto". Karlitschek. Karlitschek. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Linux Foundation (2014-07-01). "The Linux Foundation Announces Early Keynote Speaker Line Up for LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe". Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Latinoware (2012-09-04). "LatinoCLOUD". Latinoware. Latinoware. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Jos Poortvliet (2010-11-02). "Frank Karlitschek Introduces Bretzn". KDE. KDE.NEWS. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Anika Kehrer (2008-08-01). "Community Congregation". Linux Magazin. Linux Magazin. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Frank Karlitschek (2010-01-21). "Camp KDE 2010 Continues with More Talks". KDE. KDE.NEWS. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Frank Karlitschek (2010-06-24). "ownCloud 1.0 is here". Karlitschek. blog. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Markus Rex (2011-12-23). "Well we did it and happy Holidays". Karlitschek. blog. Retrieved 2014-09-07.