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== Contact Information ==
|| '''Name:''' || Maxim Derkach ||
|| '''My Blog:'''|| [[http://brutalblog.wordpress.com|WebLog Link]] ||
|| '''Launchpad:''' || [[https://launchpad.net/~m-derkach|Launchpad Link]] ||
|| '''Wiki:''' || [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaximDerkach|Wiki Link]] ||
|| '''OpenPGP key:''' || [[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x953B5BE7&op=index|OpenPGP Link]]||
|| '''Email:''' || <<MailTo(clarkeblogs@gmail.com)>> ||
|| '''IRC:''' || clarke8 on irc.freenode.net ||
== About me ==
I'm currently living in the scientific center Academgorodok in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, am a 3rd year Student of the Novosibirsk State University (Department of Foreign Languages). So I am a professional translator. After dealing with plenty of Linux distributions (including Debian) and BSD, only Ubuntu made it possible for me to completely abandon proprietary OS. As a translator I do my best to help people, who don't speak English to know more about Ubuntu and about the life of community. I don't just translate, I try to adopt the documentation, news etc. for Russian readers. I am full of enthusiasm to help to spread Ubuntu widely.
== Ubuntu related work ==
* I translate Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters into Russian to help people in our country who does not speak English to get latest news and events of Ubuntu community:
1. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue74/Ru|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #74]]
2. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue75/Ru|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #75]]
3. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue76/Ru|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #76]]
4. [[http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/02/ubuntu-77.html|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #77]]
5. [[http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/02/ubuntu-77.html|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #78]]
6. [[http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/02/ubuntu-79.html|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #79]]
7. [[http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/03/ubuntu-80.html|Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #80]]
* The active member and the founder of students' Ubuntu-Club in Novosibirsk State University
* In interview with local radio station I was talking about Open Source and the advantages of using Ubuntu instead of proprietary systems.
* Many Ubuntu-related articles are already translated from English or from German into Russian, see examples:
1. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaximDerkach/BezopasnostUbuntu|Безопасность в Ubuntu]] (Security system of Ubuntu Desktop and Server); [[http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Sicherheits_1x1|original article]]
2. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaximDerkach/WasistUbuntuRus|Что такое Ubuntu]] (Ubuntu philosophy); [[http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Was_ist_Ubuntu|original article]]
* About 250 Ubuntu/Edubuntu CDs burned are spread to friends, classmates and school pupils. Even my mother and and one her colleague now work with Ubuntu.
* Ubuntu- meetings are held every second saturday, where people can come with their laptops and obtain assistance in installing Ubuntu, drivers etc., or just get an Ubuntu CD.
* I organized two presentations of Ubuntu in local schools so far. With the help of my friends from Students' Ubuntu-Club of course.
== Ubuntu Goals ==
* My short term goals
* To keep Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters translated into Russian in reasonable time (successful so far)
* To organize Ubuntu presentations in other two schools of our district to show pupils and teachers that Ubuntu is a very safe and easy operation system for using in schools
* My long term goals
* To translate Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters into German every week
* To do my best to help Ubuntu to become the OS, which will unite people from different parts of the world
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== Testimonials ==
I have worked with Maxim since he started translating the UWN into Russian. I'm impressed with his dedication and the amount of work he produces. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CraigAEddy|Craig A. Eddy - Tyche]]
Name: Chris Jones ([[https://launchpad.net/~cmsj/|Launchpad]] [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChrisJones2|Wiki]]). Any [[https://launchpad.net/terminator/|Terminator]] user gets a cheer from me. There's no denying excellent taste!
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