##master-page:HomepageTemplate #format wiki #language en = About Me = My name is Alejandro Alvarez, I'm 24 years old and I'm a mathematician, graduated from the University of Zulia (Venezuela-Zulia-Maracaibo). I am currently doing a postgraduate degree in mathematics at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). I'm using Linux for many years. Started around 2000 with SuSe, before, i was trying other distributions as: red hat, mandrake, slackware until I came to ubuntu, with whom I felt comfortable until this day. I'm a enthusiast of ubuntu installation I've done events at my university, and courses I have taught and promoted, along with members of [[http://www.proyectociencia.org|Fundación Proyecto Ciencia]]. ---- = My Ubuntu Collaboration = - Teaching Ubuntu: I had the opportunity to make several basic courses in Ubuntu. - Chats: I delivered some lectures on philosophy, installation and configuration of Ubuntu. - Reporting Ubuntu: I reported in my classes, courses and conferences. I am currently trying to start a user group within the IVIC Ubuntu. - Translation: I started on the computer for translation into Spanish. - Distributing: computers of all my friends and students (approximately 400 computers), always leaving a CD to everyone, so then those distributed Ubuntu on other computers. I've put about 200 stickers in strategic places in my university, which has caused an echo in the university community. - Other: We are organizing a course on-line Ubuntu / Debian - Linux, together with the science project team. This will be posted on moodle and be launched in March or April 2010. ---- = My Short term Goals = - Finish my master in mathematics. - Develop scientific applications in Python and Ruby. - Work with application development and maintenance of desktops, Gnome and KDE. - Continue to spread the free software worldwide. ---- = My Long term Goals = - Make a doctorate in mathematics or physics. - Become a MOTU, and work hard on the MOTU-Science team. - Give lectures around the world on Ubuntu.