Mario Young

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About me

Colombian living in Panamá City, '83 edition. I'm studying computer science at [http://www.uip.edu.pa/ Universidad Interamericana de Panamá] and working in my own company [http://www.mantistechs.com/ Mantis Technology Solutions]. I like to learn and read C/C++ source code from free software programs like [http://kde.org/ KDE], [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok] and [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC] (great code ).

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My Goals

Short term

• Become a [http://kde.org/ KDE] and [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok] developer. (good progress and priority)

• Help creating a strong [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-pty Ubuntu local comunity in Panamá] (good progress)

• Comment in the new [http://gplv3.fsf.org/ GPLv3]. (done)

• Create a new comunity website for the [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-pa-website LoCo Team Panama]. (good progress)

• Create Ubuntu [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Templates LoCo Template] for [http://www.typo3.org/ 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 Panamá. (medium progress)

Long term

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

• Promote the first [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] in Panamá (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 [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-pty Ubuntu LoCo Team Panamá].

• I create the old [http://www.ubuntupanama.org/ 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.

• Member of the [http://www.fslpma.org Fraternidad de Software Libre de Panamá].

• I'm working and learning Qt/KDE in the SVN of KDE4.

• Current contact for Panamá in the [http://www.ubuntu-es.org/wiki/doku.php/proyecto:locos Proyecto LoCos Hispanos]

I'm member of the follow teams:

• [https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-beta-testers Launchpad Beta Testers], [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-co Ubuntu LoCo Team Colombia], [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ve Ubuntu LoCo Team Venezuela], [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-pty Ubuntu LoCo Team Panamá], [https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-users Kubuntu Users], [https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-testers Kubuntu Testers], [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-loco-enthusiasts Ubuntu LoCo Enthusiasts], [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-testing Ubuntu Testing Team]

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 [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] Campains I'm interested:

• [http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ No Software Patents] (PRIORITY)

• [http://defectivebydesign.org/ Eliminate DRM]

• [http://www.noooxml.org/ No OOXML]

• [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg Play Ogg]

• [http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Free ATI Driver] (done http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/ )

GNU/Linux History

• I started using GNU/Linux in 2001. I tried several distributions ([http://www.redhat.com/ Red Hat], [http://www.opensuse.org/ SuSe/openSUSE], [http://www.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora], [http://www.mandriva.com/ Mandrake]) and the [http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD].

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

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