Olivier Fourdan

Olivier Fourdan
Born	France
Occupation	Software engineer
Employer	Red Hat
Notable work	Xfce

Olivier Fourdan is the creator of the Xfce desktop environment, for which development began at the end of 1996. ^{[1] [2]}

He started his career as a new technologies production engineer, web developer, and embedded Linux systems engineer. ^[3]

Fourdan has been working for Red Hat since 2007, interrupted by 2 years at Intel during 2013 and 2014. Since 2017, he has been active in the adoption of Wayland, working on many different components, including GTK, Mutter, GNOME Control Center, XWayland, and Mesa3D. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. Borchers, Detlef (24 July 2011). "Programmieren zum Wohl der Menschheit" [Programming for the benefit of mankind]. faz.net (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2014.
2. Peel, Antony (January 28, 2021). "La historia de Linux: nacimiento, crecimiento y madurez de un pingüino" [The History of Linux: The Birth, Growth, and Maturity of a Penguin]. malavida. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
3. Then, Ewdison (6 February 2009). "Xfce creator talks Linux, Moblin, netbooks and open-source". SlashGear. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
4. "Olivier Fourdan currently active (as of 2025): Gnome bug tracker" . Retrieved June 7, 2025.
5. "Olivier Fourdan submitted patches: Gnome bug tracker" . Retrieved June 7, 2025.
6. "Patches from Olivier Fourdan: Freedekstop.org" . Retrieved June 7, 2025.