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About me

Hi! I'm Marcos, an Ubuntu user, developer, betatester and translator:

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most important contributions

• I'm the lead developer of Gufw.
• I'm the team leader of Ubuntu-ast.

My Contributions to Ubuntu

development

• Gufw: This application is one of the "Featured Applications" in the Ubuntu Software Center. I keep it without bugs, I try to answer all the questions and I like listening the users.

• Betatester: I always use the alpha & beta versions and I report the bugs. I'm proud of finding some high bugs, working for a better release.

• Upstreams translations: I'm the coordinator of the Asturian translations for Debian installer & OpenOffice.

• Launchpad Translations: I work with the Asturian translations team. We do the Asturian translations taking the 25th rank in the languages of the world in Launchpad.

community

• Ubuntu-ast: I'm the team leader of the LoCo Ubuntu-ast, recent approved. Of course, I help & coordinate the ubuntu-ast forums, talks, install releases, events... We are working hard for introducing Ubuntu in the education & public institutions.

• Forums: I help users in the English forums & Spanish Forums.

• IRC: I support a lot of channels (#ubuntu-ast, #ubuntu-es, #ubuntu-cat, #ubuntu-es-es, #ubuntu-translators...).

documentation

• Wiki: I update the documentation of Gufw & Asturian LoCo wiki.

Well... I want to conclude with a few words: I love Ubuntu!

Plans & Ideas

I will work very hard for the expansion of Ubuntu. I get the best ideas from others LoCo and I create anothers for Ubuntu-ast:

• μCourses: Weekly presencial microcourses for newbie users. + info.

• 1help=1coffee: Technical support for users >> You buy us a coffee, and we will help you with your Ubuntu issue. + info.

• Training meetings: Training meetings between members. This improves membership in Ubuntu-ast and increases the users knowledge.

Testimonials

• Marcos is a thoughtful yet action guy. He provides ideas and make them happen in many ways, built Asturian LoCo Team with great effort and asking for advice to other LoCos, as recommended. He's eager to help others and I thing he will be a valuable member in LoCo Team affairs. rafael-carreras 2010-08-29 15:36:51

• What to say about Marquinos, that you don't read before in this wiki, he is the developer of Gufw, help translate ubuntu to asturian language, he is the administrator and founder of the asturian loco team and is the administrator of the asturian loco team website, what to say ... all ... he is a humble and kind and tries to stay on the same target, is always a pleasure to work with you in every activities of the loco team ... a big hug -hhlp-

• I fully agree with everything that has been written above. I'd just add that Marcos is a guy which really cares about what he or his team is doing, always looking for excellence and encouraging we, his teammates, to also do so. I fully support him to become an Ubuntu Member. xuacusk8

• I've been working with Marcos since the start of GUFW and he's all about Ubuntu - from helping create a simple to use firewall to users, to distributing and promoting it the Asturian region. He's definitely a candidate worthy of the Ubuntu Membership. vperetokin

• Marcos is a creative, smart and friendly person. He likes to advocate for free software and collaborates actively to preserve and encourage the use of the Asturian language where he lives. He also participates in several ubuntu-related communities and is the creator of Gufw, an excellent frontend for Ubuntu's ufw. I therefore won't hesitate to support Marcos in his application for the Ubuntu Membership, he really deserves it. turl

• I strongly support his application for Ubuntu Member. He is a keymember of the Ubuntu community, smart, friendly and hard working. leoquant

• As a member of the Galician translators team and the Galician LoCo Team (I have been the coordinator for several years, and now I am member of the council) I fully support his application to be an Ubuntu Member. Marcos has been in contact with us pushing for collaboration, and he has done a great job leading the Ubuntu-ast team to be an Official Ubuntu LoCo. Marcos really deserves this recognition. xil

• I worked with him in Gufw. He is very involved in the Ubuntu community, smart, friendly and hard worker. I support his application. runoo

• Marcos (Costales) is one of the most important people in our group. He is very active, dynamic and enthusiastic. He is always bringing new ideas to promote Ubuntu. Since Marcos is the leader of Ubuntu-ast LoCo and little by little the community is growing, there are more people interested in knowing and using Ubuntu. He never misses an event, I think his live it's a continuous "install party": helping people to use Ubuntu. His second love is his little creature: Gufw. These are the reasons why I think he deserves to be a member of this community. ivarela

• When I had the pleasure of meeting Marcos, I was really impressed by his enthusiasm towards Ubuntu and Open Source. Since then, I've been in touch with him for LoCo, translations and even Gufw matters, and he's always been responsive and very active in anything he's been involved with. Just for founding and leading the Asturian LoCo team, and having seen the work done starting from nothing to the success the team and Ubuntu in Asturian is, I believe he deserves Ubuntu membership. I fully support his application, and I think the Ubuntu community should be proud to have members like him. Keep up the awesome work! -- dpm 2010-09-06 10:26:22