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Ubuntu Brasil is the team of the Ubuntu Brazilian Community. Currently we have 541 members on our team, working in translations, development, documentation, support, and promotion.

Key Details

• Users on Launchpad: http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-br -- 541 members

• Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~brazilianteam (Team of Ubuntu Members from Brazil)

• Website: http://www.ubuntu-br.org/

• Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu-br.org

• Planet: http://planeta.ubuntu-br.org/

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ComUbuntuBrasil

• Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ComUbuntuBrasil

• Google Plus http://plus.google.com/106199678554369286906

• Forum: http://ubuntuforum-br.org/

• Mailing Lists: ubuntu-br on lists.ubuntu.com

• IRC Channel: #ubuntu-br on Freenode

Roadmap

• Increase even more each team, bringing new people to help and spreading the Ubuntu philosophy

• Website - update the content of the site.

• Wiki - recently Canonical sysadmins have restored our admin access to wiki. For now we are deleting spam and outdated pages and planning to create and update pages to help Brazilian users.

• Conferences - continue attending conferences as well promoting Ubuntu around the country.

• Hangouts - continue promoting Ubuntu for enthusiasts on biweekly hangouts via Google Plus ( http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHzf2AP5kl-DHAGoB9N3zUpiAi2Ox83Gk ).

• Ubuntu Brazil Users Map - it is a project to develop a map of Ubuntu Brazilian users ( https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-br-users-map ). The idea is to provide an easy way to locate people living at the same city than you and using Ubuntu as operating system.

Experience

Ubuntu Brasil has started about eight years ago with the creation of the Planeta Ubuntu Brasil and Wiki. Since then we have increase in size and quality with each user that Ubuntu wins in Brazil, and we like to think we had something to do with this increase.

Ubuntu-BR website have about 3.800 unique visitors daily ( http://www.ubuntu-br.org ).

SubTeams

• Ubuntu-BR-SC website - the subteam of Santa Catarina State users has launched the team website http://www.ubuntubrsc.com

• Ubuntu-BR-SP website - the subteam of São Paulo State users has launched the team website http://www.ubuntubrsp.com

Ubuntu Global Jam

• Ubuntu Global Jam 2012 - we had an audience of about sixty users on IRC. Some presentations about Ubuntu, Packaging, Translations, Support, Bug Squad, and Documentation.

• Ubuntu Global Jam 2013 - we had an audience of about five hundred users on YouTube and about one hundred on #ubuntu-br IRC channel. Some presentations about Ubuntu, IRC, Translations, Ubuntu Touch development, Documentation ( http://tiagohillebrandt.eti.br/blog/ubuntu-global-jam-brazil-2013.html ).

Presence at Conferences

• Latinoware 2011 - a Latin American conference about Free Software. We had about six presentations about Ubuntu, Ubuntu Brazilian Community, Translations, and other topics. We also had an Ubuntu booth.

• SoLiSC 2011 - a regional conference at Santa Catarina State ( https://plus.google.com/photos/103172290858656490894/albums/5666750140004990657 ).

• Seminário de Ciência e Tecnologia da UDESC - a regional conference at Santa Catarina State.

• I Workshop de Lançamento do Ubuntu 12.04 - a regional conference at Maranhão State ( http://labmacambira.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/sucesso-no-i-worshop-de-lancamento-do-ubuntu-12-04-2/ ).

• FISL 13 - the biggest Free Software conference at Latin America. In 2012, we had a presentation about Ubuntu as well an Ubuntu booth, where we had the presence of a lot of users (in pt_BR: http://www.ubuntubrsc.com/grupo-de-usuarios-do-ubuntu-br-marcou-presenca-no-fisl-13.html ).

• Latinoware 2012 - a Latin American conference about Free Software. Absolutely the best participation of Ubuntu Brasil on a conference. We had the presence of nine Ubuntu members from Brazil and one from Uruguay (Pablo Rubianes). On this conference we had about six presentations about Ubuntu, Ubuntu Brazilian Community, Ubuntu Gaming, Packaging, Ubuntu Server, and other topics. We also had an Ubuntu booth, helping a lot of users to install and configure Ubuntu on their devices ( https://plus.google.com/events/gallery/ctdqfrg5olb0818dl2thtt7t3es ).

• TcheLinux Porto Alegre 2012 - a regional conference at Rio Grande do Sul State.

• FLISOL - FLISOL is a Latin American free software install fest -- it occurs simultaneously in various cities around Latin America. In 2013, Ubuntu Brasil was present in more than 14 cities, and with Canonical support we were able to provide Ubuntu 12.04 Cds in all these locations.

• Ubuntu Day São Paulo 2013 - a regional conference at São Paulo State. During this day we had a lot of presentations talking about Ubuntu for more than 200 users. Canonical and other companies have sponsored this conference ( video of Jono Bacon broadcasted during the start of the conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QCNKxOqENM ).

• FISL 14 - the biggest Free Software conference at Latin America. In 2012, we had a presentation about Ubuntu as well an Ubuntu booth, where we had the presence of a lot of users (in pt_BR: http://www.ubuntubrsc.com/grupo-de-usuarios-do-ubuntu-br-marcou-presenca-no-fisl-13.html ).

• VI CONSEGI - it was a conference promoted by Brazilian Government. We had a presentation about Ubuntu on it.

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