FabiánRodríguez
About me
I am based off Montreal, QC, Canada.
I am mostly interested in advocacy/marketing, local support & training and new users introduction / migration to Gnu/Linux. I currently work full-time as an Open Source software solutions consultant, focusing on security and migration issues.
Launchpad profile, OpenPGP key: https://launchpad.net/people/magicfab
Website, contact: http://www.fabianrodriguez.com
Forum Profile: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=2465
On IRC: MagicFab
- On Jabber: jabber on secure.fabianrodriguez.com
Teams:
Plans & vision for Ubuntu
I see Ubuntu becoming an essential tool to make Gnu/Linux more accessible to everyone, starting with my parents 
I feel it's a community that is open enough to let anyone participate to the extent of their abilities and availability.
As part of my professional but also personal activities, I plan on focusing on the following:
- Keeping the Ubuntu community open and friendly, following the code of conduct
Becoming a local liaison for local support & advocacy in Quebec province, but also in the rest of Canada and the Colombian community (I originally grew up there)
- Contributing and teaching other how to contribute through in tasks that will make the MOTU's work easier
Contributions
Here's some of my current and past contributions to the Ubuntu Community.
Advocacy
Using and showing Ubuntu since 4.10
- Using Ubuntu to demo Mozilla in local tradeshows
- Donated several dozen CDs (both ship-it and self-produced) to carefully selected individuals and organizations (including recylced PCs being sent to Colombia)
- Plan on presenting Ubuntu at local conferences, LUGs, tradeshows
- Using Ubuntu at home and on the road full-time (2 PCs, laptop)
- Installed Ubuntu (Hoary) to my 60 yr.-old parents in Colombia, 1 support call since Aug. 2005, often cited as use-case
- Local liaison to several organizations
Joined the CanadianTeam (Oct. 2005)
Writing about Ubuntu in my [https://secure.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/category/tech/linux/ubuntu/ blog] since Apr. 2005
Marketing
Contributed to ConferenceTopTips
- Produced a spanish 1-pager to accompany CD-kits donated to spanish-speaking org/people
- Actively marketing "Getting Started with Linux" courses, based on Ubuntu
- Joined the Marketing Team (Oct. 2005)
Contributed a [http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ca/2005-November/000323.html spanish letter-sized CD-insert], soon to include upgrade instructions for Hoary CDs and a french version.
Documentation and Development support
Participated/participating to UbuntuLoveDay and UbuntuBelowZero
Documented (how-to) configuration of [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=27120 bluetooth], [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9454 wifi + WPA] on the forums
Started the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com//HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsAveratec Averatec] laptops information page (wiki)
[https://launchpad.net/people/magicfab/+reportedbugs Bug reporting] (Launchpad)
- Bug reporting (bugzilla):
[http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3254 Visioneer OneTouch 5300 USB Scanner detected but not working], [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7476 Partition resizing for FAT-32 produces an error at install time]
- Requests for enhancements (bugzilla):
[http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3299 Add search capability to the various support mailing lists]
- Bug reports editing, validation, voting (bugzilla):
People
Several members I've met at UBZ and while joining the Canadian Loco and Marketing teams may be able to provide more information on me: CoreyBurger, DanielRobitaille, SivanGreen
Local organizations
I am a member of and/or helped founding the following organizations:
[http://www.apcq.qc.ca APCQ] - Asociación de Profesionales Colombianos en Quebec
[http://www.isoc.qc.ca ISOC QC] - Internet Society, Quebec chapter
[http://www.facil.qc.ca FACIL]
[http://www.w3qc.org W3QC]
[http://www.ccmm.qc.ca Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal]