FabiánRodríguez

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Je suis conseiller indépendant en technologies libres, m'intéressant plus particulièrement à la formation et l'accompagnement. À la recherche de mandats en consultation ou toute opportunité à temps plein, je travaille surtout à Montréal mais je fais la navette entre Ottawa et Québec. Je suis disponible pour des mandats à l'étranger. Visitez mon site Internet ou mon profil LinkedIn pour en savoir plus.

La liste de conférences, ateliers et formations que je suis en mesure d'adapter à vos besoins est disponible ci-bas.

"Ubuntu Member" depuis 2005, j'ai aussi les certifications "Ubuntu Certified Professional" et "Ubuntu Certified instructor". Je suis surtout un adepte de GNU/Linux et des logiciels libres depuis la première version d'Ubuntu en 2004. En fait j'ai commencé avec Mandrake et...

J'utilise ou je propose quotidiennement des solutions technologiques guidées par les principes fondateurs des logiciels libres. J'ai adapté ces principes pour les appliquer plus largement, comme suit:

  • La liberté d'utiliser la technologie, pour tous les usages (liberté 0).
  • La liberté d'étudier le fonctionnement d'un technologie, et de l'adapter à vos besoins (liberté 1). Pour ceci l'accès au code source, schémas, plans ou instructions de fabrication et création sont une condition requise.
  • La liberté de redistribuer des copies, donc d'aider votre voisin, (liberté 2).
  • La liberté d'améliorer une technologie et de publier vos améliorations, pour en faire profiter toute la communauté (liberté 3). Pour ceci l'accès au code source, schémas, plans ou instructions de fabrication et création sont une condition requise.

Pour me contacter

About me

I am a consultant, mostly doing "free IT" advocacy & coaching (software , hardware, formats, licenses) in and around Montreal, QC, Canada, focusing on training, security and migration from non-free IT.

I am interested in free technologies advocacy (including formats, content, licensing) & training for new users, with an emphasis on security.

I am an Ubuntu Member since 2005, and also Ubuntu Certified Professional + Ubuntu Certified instructor. I am mostly just an avid GNU/Linux and free software user since Ubuntu's first version came out in 2004. Well, it all started with Mandrake for me...

Some links about me:

Teams

Presentations

Most under the GNU Free Documentation license.

  • Oct. 2010 - Mile-End Library, Montreal: "Getting started with Linux and FLOSS", offered monthly starting Jan 2011
  • May 2010 - Libuntu, 2-day advocacy event at SupInfo: "FACIL and FLOSS in Quebec", "Why is it important to know about Ubuntu ?"

  • Oct. 2008 - Why is Ubuntu important for you ? (16MB), delivered at BarCamp Delhi

  • Ubuntu Developers Summit: Montreal (6.06 LTS, 2005), Seville (7.10, 2007), Texas (10.04 LTS, 2009), Orlando (11.04, 2010)
  • Ubucon

    • 2008 - San Francisco - Speaker: "Discovering the Ubuntu Desktop"
    • 2008 - San Salvador - Speaker: "Ubuntu: En pro o en contra del software libre", taller de práctica
    • 2008 - Guatemala - Speaker: "El ecosistema Ubuntu: comunidades, empresas, Canonical "
    • 2007 - New York (Google HQ) - Speaker: "The Ubuntu support ecosystem"
    • 2007 - Seville
  • 2008 - Linux World Expo – Ubuntu desktop and Landscape presentations
  • Sept. 2007 - Cultures Libres, innovations en réseau, UQAM - "L'écosystème de soutien technique Ubuntu: réussites, expériences" (speaker)
  • « Myths and truths of securing a software development environment », presentation at PHPConf 2006
  • Summer 2006, « Securing email communications: a challenge everyone can take – and win», Accès Libre magazine
  • 2004, Semaine Québécoise de l'Informatique Libre, « Improving security on your computer desktop with Mozilla »
  • Oct. 2006 - 33e Congrès annuel et colloque de l'ASTED, "Appropriation des Technologies Émergentes: nouveaux contenus, nouveaux services" (speaker)
  • Apr. 2006 – Linux Expo Toronto (sales engineering support for Savoir Faire Linux)
  • Apr. 2006 – ARIN XVII – American Internet Registry annual meeting (for ISOC Québec)
  • Mar. 2006 – Forum Internet Participatif Internet Society Québec (speaker)
  • Nov. 2005 – Ubuntu Below Zero, Ubuntu Linux developpers conference
  • 2005, 2006 - PHPConf : "PHP: Pretty Hot Programming: Tips & Tricks to keep coding securely" (speaker)

  • Mar. 2005 - Forum ISOC Quebec sur l'Internet participatif - "Les outils de l'Internet participatif: Un petit tour d'horizon" (speaker)
  • Oct. 2004 – GTEC 2004, largest canadian hi-tech expo for governement and their suppliers (Ottawa)
  • Oct. 2004 – Conference day: « eGovernment: community groups and minorities problematics » (Montréal)
  • Sept. 2004 – Semaine Québécoise de l'Informatique Libre « Improving security on your computer desktop with Mozilla » (workshop speaker)
  • Aug. 2004 – Conference: “Profession: Entrepreneur; colombian entrepreneurs success stories in Quebec” (organizer)
  • Jun. 2004 – First eGovernment Seminar (Québec, QC)
  • Jun. 2004 - Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal (CRIM) / Linux Québec – Conference: « Residential VoIP »
  • 2003 – Conference: « Constellation W3 » - provincial hi-tech « Think Tank »
  • Dec. 2003 - Conference « Digital security: It's (no) kid's play » (speaker)
  • Oct. 2003 – Provincial Free Software Conference
  • May 2003 – CRIM / Linux-Québec – Conference « La sécurité (n'est pas) un jeu d'enfants » (speaker)
  • Mar. 2003 – U. Del Valle, ICESI, ACUC, etc. (Colombia) – Training and conferences on security and cryptography
  • 2002 – Mercado Multimedia de las Américas, Montreal QC (business development)
  • 2001 – eCommerce Gala (finalist, “Security” catégory)
  • 2001 – Linux Expo Toronto - « Microsoft ASP applications under Linux » (speaker)
  • 2001 – Provincial OCTAS programming contest (evluation committee)
  • 2000 – ISP Con Toronto, Linux Expo Montreal - « Microsoft ASP applications under Linux » (speaker)
  • 1998 – Provincial OCTAS programming contest (finalist)
  • 1996 – iNet '96 – « Creating an Internet Presence - Student's extra-curricular IT activities » (speaker)
  • 1995 – GTEC 2004, largest canadian hi-tech expo for governement and their suppliers (Ottawa)
  • 1986 – CompuExpo (Bogota, Colombia) speaker, invited by Radio Shack Colombia

  • 1985 – Microsistemas conference (Cali, Colombia) at age 13 , speaker invited by Apple Cali, Colombia

Hardware

  • Intel Core i5 680 workstation with integrated GPU (HD55) with Asus P7H55-M PRO motherboard

    • Very faint sound in Maverick and Natty
    • GPU full support starting with xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2.14 (available in Natty or via the xorg-edgers PPA)

    • Temperature and other sensors supported in Natty
  • HP Pavilion tx1220ca tablet laptop - worse hardware to use with Ubuntu, pretty much everything needed tweaking. Best laptop to practice on when you do support Smile :)

  • Samsung N120 netbook, with Ubuntu 10.04LTS - everything works out of the box except for brightness controls, that would be Bug #429351

Home networking

  • Asus WL-500W 802.11n Multi-Functional Wireless Router hacked with OpenWRT and DD-WRT - I switch back and forth depending on my mood Smile :)

    • 2 x Linksys WRTGS2 smaller routers - I mesh them with the above more powerful router to cover all my living space
  • Neuros OSD open, embedded media center

  • Printing: HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One Printer, a bit pricey for the model with scan-to-email and duplex features, but worth every penny. 100% supported and work out of the box in Ubuntu with HPLIP.

  • Storage: DNS-323 small NAS (with 2x500GB). Didn't hack this one, I use NFS R/W mounts (for data) and Samba RO mounts (for media), everything worked out of the box but required some exploration
  • Bycycle: A BionX - equipped bicycle is my daily ride. Ok, this does not run Linux but is very hackable. As an early adopter I had my share of problems mostly due to my infinite ignorance combined with the incompetence and terrible customer service of local dealers.

  • Phone: Google Nexus One phone running Cyanogen's ROM based on Android.

  • Chumby, a Linux-based multi-media hardware player. Used mostly to show pictures, jokes and remaining days until important dates at the office

Older stuff I don't use much anymore

  • Nokia N810 Internet tablet - I need to buy a new battery and install Android on this thing

Contributions

These are some of my past contributions to Ubuntu, there's also a more detailed list.

  • Bug reporting, documentation and translation for Ubuntu, particularly Xubuntu (XFCE)

  • I regularly blog about Ubuntu for Ubuntu-FR.org

  • Started UbuntuInLibraries, CanadianPress, also helping create the ColombianTeam and QuebecTeam LoCos

  • Ubuntu advocacy at local events (Ontario and Quebec). See ConferenceAppearances .

  • I've installed Ubuntu (Hoary) to my 60 yr.-old parents in Colombia, 1 support call since Aug. 2005, a very convincing use case
  • I offer Ubuntu professional training and consulting in Quebec province - as listed in Marketplace - North America

  • I regularly relay Ubuntu news and usecases to my business contacts and to the most active and visible organizations involved in free software and free computing in Quebec province. I have strong links to the local community (see organizations below).
  • Over the past year I have created a CD-insert in spanish and french to help promote Ubuntu through CDs - 900 copies estimated distribution, used by several LUGs in Europe and LatinAmerica.

Plans & vision for Ubuntu

I see Ubuntu becoming an essential tool to make Gnu/Linux more accessible to everyone, starting with my parents and close friends Smile :) 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:

In all teams

  • Keeping the Ubuntu community open and friendly, following the code of conduct
  • Contributing and teaching others how to contribute through in tasks that will make the MOTU's work easier
  • Actively encouraging people to register to Launchpad and document their participation
  • Encouraging participation in UbuntuInLibraries

In Quebec, as part of the Ubuntu-QC team

  • Actively marketing and selling Ubuntu-related services locally:
  • * Training
  • * Servers install and support
  • * Desktop migration and support
  • Becoming a liaison for local support & advocacy

  • Participating or organazing events with Ubuntu mentions / presence

In Colombia, as part of the Ubuntu-CO team

  • Mentoring ElkinBotero (the team leader) and the members to officialize the team

  • Actively monitoring and helping with the IRC channel, mailing list and initial web resources (forums, etc.)

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: HubertFiguiere, CoreyBurger, DanielRobitaille, SivanGreen, EtienneGoyer (who is a colleague at Canonical's Montreal office)

Local organizations

I am a member of and/or helped founding the following organizations:


CategoryHomepage CategoryColombianTeam