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=== Copy of launchpad homepage follows. I'll try to update later. === ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Contents'''<<BR>><<TableOfContents(2)>>||
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My name is Flávio Martins, however I usually omit the accentuation.
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I am a Portuguese guy, born in Funchal (Madeira Island, Portugal) and I am currently based on Almada (Setúbal, Portugal).
Currently I am a college student in Computer Sciences at FCT-UNL.
|| '''Name''' || Flávio Martins ||
|| '''Launchpad Page''' || https://launchpad.net/~xhaker ||
|| '''Wiki Page''' || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlavioMartins ||
|| '''IRC''' || xhaker (freenode) ||
|| '''Email''' || xhaker@gmail.com ||
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I am (was?) a skilled (Beach) Volleyball player and I have won some championships and tourneys as a member of various teams. I haven't seeked a team since three years ago from now, coincindentaly with college second year, and whenever I do sports I find myself playing football with my college mates. = Who I am =
''Hello. I am 23 years old and I am from Lisbon, Portugal. Although I was born in Madeira Island.
I am studying Computer Science.''
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As far as computer programming languages are concerned, I am knowledgeable in C/C++, Java, Mathematica, Pascal and soon maybe Python, and I've had some experience with Assembly, PHP, PL/SQL, (Visual) Basic. I have to set aside some time to get into Perl. = My Ubuntu story =
''I have started using Linux on servers with FedoraCore1, then CentOS and then Debian. It was not until Ubuntu first release Warty that I decided to pursue using Linux on the desktop and it works for me ever since.''
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I am currently involved in the development of a wireless connection manager for Gnome called GTKWifi which is hosted at http://gtkwifi.sf.net == My involvement ==
=== LoCoTeam ===
  * Ubuntu Booth demonstrator at the First Free Software Forum Portugal.
  * Organized the first Ubuntu-pt meeting. Casual dinner with 18 Ubuntu users.
  * Regular at the monthly ubuntu-pt LoCo meetings.
  * Translator for Ubuntu in Portuguese.
  * IRC channel support at #ubuntu-pt.
=== General ===
  * Did some packaging and related work.
  * Was bugcontrol/bugsquad member (membership expired).
== Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of ==
  * Packaging fixes for eclipse:
    - Fixed FTBFS for powerpc and other bugs reviewed by Michael Koch and doko.
  * Packaging fixes for libmtp:
    - Fixed package to install hal .fdi file and other conffile magic.
  * Very proud of the inclusion of Transmission as the default bittorrent client following my proposal to ubuntu-desktop ML.
== Areas of work ==
''Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers you cooperated and how it worked out.''
## As a per-package uploader, please give us some insight into the package maintenance and bug situation since you're working on it.
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In general, I consider myself: a designer, a developer, an enthusiast and a spectator, in no particular order. ;-) == Things I could do better ==
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I wish I had the opportunity to play an important role in FOSS, in the mean time I try to do what I can in the limited spare time I am allowed to have with all the my academic duties and girlfriend needs. =) = Plans for the future =
== General ==
== What I like least in Ubuntu ==
''Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.''
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Name

Flávio Martins

Launchpad Page

https://launchpad.net/~xhaker

Wiki Page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlavioMartins

IRC

xhaker (freenode)

Email

xhaker@gmail.com

Who I am

Hello. I am 23 years old and I am from Lisbon, Portugal. Although I was born in Madeira Island. I am studying Computer Science.

My Ubuntu story

I have started using Linux on servers with FedoraCore1, then CentOS and then Debian. It was not until Ubuntu first release Warty that I decided to pursue using Linux on the desktop and it works for me ever since.

My involvement

LoCoTeam

  • Ubuntu Booth demonstrator at the First Free Software Forum Portugal.
  • Organized the first Ubuntu-pt meeting. Casual dinner with 18 Ubuntu users.
  • Regular at the monthly ubuntu-pt LoCo meetings.

  • Translator for Ubuntu in Portuguese.
  • IRC channel support at #ubuntu-pt.

General

  • Did some packaging and related work.
  • Was bugcontrol/bugsquad member (membership expired).

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

  • Packaging fixes for eclipse:
    • - Fixed FTBFS for powerpc and other bugs reviewed by Michael Koch and doko.
  • Packaging fixes for libmtp:
    • - Fixed package to install hal .fdi file and other conffile magic.
  • Very proud of the inclusion of Transmission as the default bittorrent client following my proposal to ubuntu-desktop ML.

Areas of work

Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers you cooperated and how it worked out.

Things I could do better

Plans for the future

General

What I like least in Ubuntu

Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.


Comments

If you'd like to comment, but are not the applicant or a sponsor, do it here. Don't forget to sign with @SIG@.


Endorsements

As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.


TEMPLATE

== <SPONSORS NAME> ==
=== General feedback ===
## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?)

=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.''
=== Areas of Improvement ===


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