Introduction

• My full name is Dax Solomon Umaming from Baguio City, Philippines
• Got into Ubuntu during the Hoary release back in 2005
• PHP/MySQL Web Developer
• Currently employed at Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Contact

• Email: knightlust at ubuntu.com
• IRC: Knightlust and Igorot at irc.freenode.net

• Launchpad: Knightlust

• Forum: daxumaming

• GPG: 0x715C3547

Contributions

Summary of Contributions

• My contributions on Ubuntu has been quite diverse - from Bug Management to Translations. But most of my free time now is spent getting our LoCo back on its feet.

Detailed List of Contributions

Launchpad

• Bugs

• Answers

• Translations

• Karma

Ubuntu-PH

• LoCo Team Contact as of March 24, 2009

• I'm currently working on the Ubuntu-PH website.

• Facilitated the PhilippineTeam Logo

• Cleanup of our wiki (when Mekong's still up)

• Revive deferred Projects

• I'm an Administrator of our Website (see note below)

• Documented LoCo accomplishments via Timeline

Note: Website down at the moment while awaiting transition from Mekong to Canonical Servers

Translations

• In touch with Arne Goetje who already assigned the following languages under our Launchpad Team

  • Hiligaynon
  • Cebuano
  • Pangasinan
  • Pampanga
  • Iloko
  • Bikol and
  • Filipino
• (Ongoing) Getting the above listed languages added to glibc

Mailing Lists

• Moderator of Ubuntu-Users

• Administrator of Xubuntu-Devel with Cody Somerville

Presentations

• Introduction to Linux Presentation

• Introduction to Linux Handout

• Xubuntu Training Presentation

• Xubuntu Training Handout

Note: all presentations and handouts were also linked on the Presentations Wiki.

Wiki

• Continuous updates of our PhilippineTeam wiki

• Update: MSI Wind U100

• Addition: Genius Colorpage Vivid 4X

• Addition: HP PSC 1210v Installation

• Addition: Dancer-IRCD

• Clean-up: HP Printer Installation

Advocacy

• Jaunty Release Party (organized by Allan Caeg)

• Xubuntu Training for the faculty and staff of Computer Studies at Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation back in April 11, 2007

• I was again invited for the second time for another Linux Training/Seminar by the Vice-President of Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation for a 2-day seminar on Xubuntu and FOSS. This time, it's a regional meet and will be attended by Teachers, Doctors and representatives from the Government sector of Daet, Camarines Norte on June 29 & 30, 2007

Testing

• Jaunty: KernelTeam/SuspendResumeTesting, MSI Wind U100X on the Feedback wiki

• Feisty: HPLIP 1.7.3

• Edgy: Kubuntu Upgrade Tool

• Continuous ISO Testing (as daxumaming)

Virtual Desktops

• I created the HTML-only Ubuntu and Kubuntu Dapper Virtual Desktops together with Windows 2000 & XP used by Call Center Associates as a troubleshooting tool at ClientLogic - back in 2006 when I was still employed there.

Ongoing

• Ownership of our Launchpad Team - awaiting response from Zak Elep

• Ownership of our Mailing List - awaiting response from Zak Elep and from Jorge

• Moderator of our LoCo Forum - awaiting response from ubuntu-geek

Future Plans

• Filipino Translate-a-thon event (100% translations for the Filipino Languages)
• Translation Upstream Merges
• Documentation Team

• More active participation in the BugSquad and BugLords Teams

• MOTU
• LPI Certification and Ubuntu Certified Professional
• Canonical employee (ok, i'm dreaming here)

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