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Rationale

This page is not a "personal marketing" piece. Ubuntu members applicants must document their contribution to Ubuntu and the FOSS comunity in order to prove they deserve such title - and I'm an applicant.

My credentials :-)

Yves Junqueira Marques Teixeira (nictuku). Born in 02/1982

  • Work: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social e Combate à Fome ("Ministry of Social Development") [http://www.mds.gov.br]

  • Education: Graduated in Relações Internacionais ("International Relations") at the Universidade de Brasília [http://www.unb.br]

  • Life: I love literature, movies, hacking and, most of all, I love Carla, my wife.
  • Tecnical interests:
    • Systems administration
    • Autonomic Computing
    • MS -> FOSS migration

    • Python development

Contact

Community Presence

  • Founder and operator of #ubuntu-br at freenode

NWU

NWU is "Network wide updates for systems which use APT."

To fix bug #1, we need a good system for managing updates. Mr. Gates' company distributes freely its SUS and the newer WSUS, that manage updates for their products. RHN is an option as a paid service, but we need something GPL - and better.

NWU is based on a spec written by MichaelVogt. When I saw the spec, I talked to AdamConrad and MichaelVogt proposing to work on it. They said "great, go go". I've been working hard on it since december/2005.

I only code in my free time, but I think the project has walked a long path already. I dedicate many daily hours to it, as you can see in the history.

I hope it will prove itself useful and stable enough for dapper+1.

I've received a lot of support from other users and Ubuntu members and that makes me even more excited about nwu. Thank you very much.

The project is hosted by Ubuntu-Br LoCoTeam, thanks to MarioMeyer's sysadmin efforts.

Packages

  • python-sysinfo
  • nwu-agent
  • nwu-server

They are universe candidates, under review at revu. See http://revu.tauware.de/. Source packages: "nwu" and "pycacic".

Extra-Ubuntu Contributions

CACIC

CACIC is a project lead by the Brazilian Government to provide a system that collects and analyses informations from computers in the network. It reports data like hardware setup, installed software and asset management input informations.

I've volunteered for developing an agent for GNU/Linux, initially written in Perl. After that I've moved to Brasília and now I'm working in a Python version, as an official government project.

I also host and maintaing the community wiki.

Documentation work

My ideas about Ubuntu

  • What I like
    • Based on Debian, the "universal operational system" :-).
    • UbuntuServer can be a nice alternative to "Enteprise" servers supported by Oracle and other "enteprise-level" software. DB2 is already supported, AFAIK.

    • Best Desktop I've ever experienced. It just works.
    • Very welcoming to new contributors.
      • The "ubuntero/ubuntu member/ubuntu developer" processes are very stimulating to applicants. And it's transparent.
    • Has a growing, helpful comunity
    • Short, predictable release cycle
    • It's a hype, but a good, deserved hype. Probably a long standing hype, too.
  • Worries
    • Some Debian Developers disagree about how Ubuntu is sending back the improvements.
    • Canonical business model is not clear to everybody.

Future contribution planning

  • Contribute with the Ubuntu Server sub-project with development, support and ideas.
  • Help and stimulate use of Ubuntu and Debian in the Brazilian Government
  • Advocate for NWU spec approval for dapper+1
  • Work hard on the aforementioned packages and send them to Universe, then to Debian unstable, then to Ubuntu main, then to Ubuntu server (long time support).
  • Keep focused in nwu, but keep an eye on the general Ubuntu development and help whenever possible.
  • If time is available, help with bugs in malone
  • Always send back my contributions to Debian

Testimonials

MarioMeyer

"Yves has been an active member of the BrazilianTeam. He has helped a lot in the IRC channel and development. He is distributing a lot of ubuntu love and will be advocating it in his regional FOSS install fest. He will also be helping me and the other Brazilian Members to advocate on the [http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/ FISL 7.0] (largest FOSS conference in Latin America). Thus I endorse 100% his application to become an Ubuntu Member." -- MarioMeyer


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