Mario Young

Join us now and share the software,
You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.

• RMS.

About me

Colombian living in Panama City, '83 edition. I'm studying computer science at Universidad Interamericana de Panamá and working in Mantis Technology Solutions as developer. I like to learn and read C/C++ source code from free software programs like KDE, Amarok and VLC (great code ).

My Goals

Short term

• Become a KDE and Amarok developer. (good progress and priority)

• Help creating a strong Ubuntu LoCo Team Panama. (good progress)

• Comment in the new GPLv3. (done)

• Create a new comunity website for the Ubuntu LoCo Team Panama. (slow progress)

• Create Ubuntu LoCo Template for TYPO3 CMS. (good progress)

• Help my friends and co-workers to use free software tools to design websites. (good progress)
• Help spreading GNU/Linux and free software. (good progress)

• Helping and promote more InstallFest in Panama. (medium progress)

Long term

• Take GNU/Linux and free software to the enterprise and schools in Panama. (slow progress)
• Become a Ubuntu MOTU. (plan for 2008)

• Promote the first Software Freedom Day in Panama. (slow progress)

Free Software and Ubuntu Collaboration

I am an Free Software and Ubuntu enthusiast, this is some of the collaboration that I make for the comunity:

• I'm the current contact for the Ubuntu LoCo Team Panama.

• I create the old Ubuntu LoCo Team Panama Website.

• I'm under IRC helping and learing (#ubuntu-pa, #ubuntu-ve, #ubuntu-co, #ubuntu-locoteams, #launchpad, #plasma, #kde-devel, #qt, #amarok, #kde4-devel).
• I've done some spanish translations in launchpad.
• I'm doing bugs reporting in launchpad.
• I'm working and learning Qt/KDE in the SVN of KDE4.

• Current contact for Panamá in the Proyecto LoCos Hispanos

I'm member of the follow teams:

• Launchpad Beta Testers, Ubuntu LoCo Team Colombia, Ubuntu LoCo Team Venezuela, Kubuntu Users, Kubuntu Testers, Ubuntu LoCo Enthusiasts, Ubuntu Testing Team

I create the follow teams:

• C/C++, Ubuntu LoCo Team Panama, Ubuntu Users, Edubuntu Users, Ubuntu Spanish Users, GNU Users

These are all pages to which I have either created or significantly contributed to.

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PanamaTeam (Spanish)

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PanamaTeamEN (English)

• http://www.ubuntupanama.org/ (Spanish)

• http://www.ubuntu-pa.org/ (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-pa-website NEW LOCO TEAM WEBSITE)

These are some Free Software Foundation Campains I'm interested:

• No Software Patents (PRIORITY)

• Eliminate DRM

• No OOXML

• Play Ogg

• Free ATI Driver (done http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/ )

GNU/Linux History

• I started using GNU/Linux in 2001. I tried several distributions (Red Hat, SuSe/openSUSE, Fedora, Mandrake) and the FreeBSD.

• Now I'm a happy Kubuntu Gusty Gibbon user, I use Ubuntu since Dapper Drake.

References

• I have know Mario for quite a few months now. Ever since he started participating in LoCo teams in latin america, he has always had a very positive and energetic approach to all the new Spanish LoCo team projects (Documentation / Community), He gives the growing ubuntu-pa (Panama team) the soulful touch every LoCo team should have and he has brought in a new sense of unity between the spanish-speaking loCo teams. - EfrainValles ubuntu-ve

• Our First Team Leader (ubuntu-pa), great person and pal, Mario made a great contributions to our team!. Diego Tejera ubuntu-pa

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