Volans
Contacts
Jabber / Google Talk: MailTo(volans DOT ubuntu AT gmail DOT com)
IRC: Volans on irc.freenode.org
Profile on Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/~volans/ Volans]
Profile on Ubuntu-it Forum (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/flag-it.png): [http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2488 Volans]
Personal wiki page on Ubuntu-it (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/flag-it.png): [http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Volans Volans]
OpenPGP publick key: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xAA551316&op=index AA551316]
Ubuntu User http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Volans?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=ubuntuuser.gif on [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/ The Ubuntu Counter Project]
Ubuntu Memberships
[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-it-members Ubuntu Italian Member] since 2008-01-18
[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-it-forum/ Ubuntu Italian Forum] since 2006-12-30 (Team Administrator since 2007-07-16)
[https://launchpad.net/~mozilla-extensions-dev Mozilla Extensions Team Member] since 2008-04-25
[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-it/ Ubuntu Italian Team] (indirect member via Ubuntu Italian Forum and Ubuntu Italian Member memberships)
Major activities
I'm involved in the administration of the official [http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/ Ubuntu-it Forum], at first as a moderator (since 2006-12-30) and after as an administrator since 2007-05-23.
I'm the developer of the Firefox and Flock extension [https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/4684 Ubuntu-it Menu] that has been included as Ubuntu package in universe repository starting with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron: [http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/firefox-ubuntu-it-menu firefox-ubuntu-it-menu]. Here the source package in Launchapad: [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-it-menu/ ubuntu-it-menu]
Italian wiki pages I have developed from scratch (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/flag-it.png):
[http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/InternetRete/Navigazione/Firefox/MenuUbuntuIt Ubuntu-it Menu], a description and help page of the Ubuntu-it Menu extension
[http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Sicurezza/InstallazioneInPartizioniCifrate Installing Ubuntu on encrypted partitions (Edgy Eft)]
Me and Ubuntu
The beginning
I started using Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger in Dec 2005 after an hardware crash. Previously I had tryed both Red Hat and Mandrake but always in dual boot mode. Due to the great feeling with Ubuntu I don't have booted in the other OS for 3 months after the installation and a few months later I have made Ubuntu the only OS in my desktop.
In my laptop I have leaved the pre-installed OS only for some compatibility reasons and pratically I don't use it, I run only my Ubuntu installed in encrypted partitions. As a result of this installation I have made the relative Wiki page linked above.
Me and the Community
I begin to be involved in Ubuntu-it Community just after the first installation of Ubuntu with the subscription on the Forum (I intended to notify a little layout bug in the update manager and at that time I don't knew Launchpad). After that I have participated to the Forum giving support and also in Rosetta doing some translations. After some months my work was appreciated by the Forum Staff so I was nominated first Forum Moderator and, in May 2007, Forum Administrator. Now my activities are focused on Forum administration and maintenance (code and DB side in particular).
In June 2006 I have developed a Firefox extension that helped Forum's users having all the useful links grouped in a menu in Firefox. After some month in March 2007 I have re-writed this extension including all the resources of the Italian Ubuntu Community and also some resources of other Ubuntu Communities including the international one. Actually the extension is hosted in the public section of Mozilla Addons site and available as an Ubuntu package through the universe repository in Hardy.
Future of Ubuntu
Ubuntu have demonstrated in these years to have all the requirements needed to become a real alternative to closed OSs. I think that the most strengths of Ubuntu are the stability, the regular and quick upgrade releases, the very good hardware compatibility and the number of languages in which Ubuntu is translated and for which there is a localized support Community.
In my opinion in two different fields there are the bigger potentialities for Ubuntu: the education and the business worlds. While sensitization and advertising campaigns localized in all countries are fundamental within all the educational levels, for business places will be necessary to encourage the creation of companies for a professional localized support service, able to provide the support to companies that want to adopt Ubuntu. Everything must also be economically advantageous to have success.
Cheers for Ubuntu Membership
I would like to sponsor Volans for his membership, he is a great admin of the Ubuntu Italian Forum. His work on the Italian forum is invaluable. -- PalmaSalvatore DateTime(2008-05-06T18:35:42Z)
Volans is a great forum admin, he is behind the new layout of the forum, a very active user 
-- Daniel Schwitzgebel DateTime()
Riccardo is one of our heroic administrators of Ubuntu-it forum. He did a great job so far by improving forum's infrastructure and to solve technical issues by helping sysadmins in #canonical-sysadmins on our server. He really deserves to join Ubuntu Member ranks -- LucaFalavigna