Dr. Ricardo Adolfo Galli Granada, also known as gallir, is a

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computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

at the

University of the Balearic Islands The University of the Balearic Islands ( ca, Universitat de les Illes Balears, UIB; es, Universidad de las Islas Baleares ) is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma on the island of Majorca. The university is funded ...

, where he teaches

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design. He is a speaker for the

Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft (" ...

and a

free software Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, no ...

activist.

Projects

As a university project, he created a system that allows controlling of the airship parking at the Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands,

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. In December 2005, he programmed Menéame, a clone of the well-known

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Web site, which serves to promote stories published on blogs. He then released the source code of Meneame, which the source code of the open source Digg clone Pligg CMS is based on. He programme
cpudyn
a

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that can be used to underclock portable computers to reduce their power consumption. He programme
wp-cache
a

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plugin for the purpose of caching pages to make one's blog "faster and more responsive". In 2001, he was nominated for a Hispalinux prize. He has published over 200 technical articles in

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, a local Linux user Web site.

References

External links

Ricardo Galli, de software libre
— Galli's old blog
menéame.net
— Collaborative news site, launched by Galli {{DEFAULTSORT:Galli, Ricardo GNU people Free software programmers Computer systems researchers People from Mallorca Living people Academic staff of the University of the Balearic Islands Year of birth missing (living people) WordPress