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== About me ==
I am a self-described Linux power user wanting to take a more active role in the Ubuntu community.  I have been using Linux since 1999, when I started with Debian potato (''muchas gracias, Cristian!'').  Since then I have tried Red Hat, Gentoo, and SuSE, but I'm definitely committed to Ubuntu -- so much so that I bought a [[http://www.system76.com|system76]] laptop in the summer of 2006.

For the past eight years I have been working in the litigation-support field, which (unfortunately for me) is still Windows-centric.  I have though used Perl extensively for text manipulation and scripting, and I'm currently learning Python.

== Community Participation ==

My contributions so far have been [[https://launchpad.net/people/carenas2/+translations|translations]], [[https://launchpad.net/people/carenas2/+reportedbugs|bug reporting]], and the occasional support offered in {{{#ubuntu-es}}}.

I am a member of the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ColombianTeam|Colombian LoCo]] and [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam|New York LoCo]] teams.

== Planes y visión de Ubuntu en Colombia ==

 * crear un espacio de interacción para la comunidad de usuarios y desarrolladores de Ubuntu
 * organizar o participar en eventos para dar a conocer a Ubuntu a potenciales usuarios particulares y empresariales
 * abogar por el uso de software libre y formatos abiertos (usando a Ubuntu como plataforma), sobre todo en el sector público y en el sector educativo

== Contact info ==

You can send email to <<MailTo(carlos DOT arenas AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com)>>;
for IRC, Jabber, and OpenPGP info, please  see my
[[https://launchpad.net/people/fooka|Launchpad profile]].

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