Martin Kaufmann aka Riot

I am 24 years old, live in Leipzig, Germany. I complete an Apprenticeship as an Office management assistant but that wasnt my favorite job. Since iam 8 years old i spend much time with my PC (started with an 386/DX 40). I wasn't such a Gamer like some of my friends. I was always interested to find out how Things work. I started with MS-DOS, wrote some line of sourcecode in Turbo Pascal and C. At the Age of 12 i explore one completly new and free OS names Linux. The beginning of a long friendship. I think i have tried all greater Distribution till the moment i explore Ubuntu at the 5.10 Release. One big love till today. With the 6.06 Release I start active contributions back to the Community, I give support, working for the German Event-Team and organize local Events for the Community.

Ubuntu related activities in 2008

Organize the first Ubuntu BBQ in Leipzig
Organize the local Ubuntuusermeeting in Leipzig
Presenting Ubuntu and Edubuntu at the Chemnitzer Linuxtage and Linuxtag, Berlin
Leading Tutorial: Introduction in Ubuntu for Newbies
I am a member of the ubuntu german association.
Starting Bugfixing after dholbachs great Lessons at the UDW, upload first debdiffs to Launchpad
Celebrate the first Anniversary of the Ubuntuusergroup in Leipzig
give Support, lead newbies through their first Linux (Ubuntu) Installation

I distribute Official CDs which I got per ShipIt to many People (there where some times when i didnt have own a Ubuntu-CD for myself cause I have give them all away). I helped by the migrating from Windows to Ubuntu in 2 Companies (small Companies with 5 Workstation each). I install a new PC-Pool (17 Workstations + 1 Server) in the Companie where I currently work for (an Educational provider) with an Dual-Boot Solution Windows/Ubuntu, so that the Participants have the possibilitie to learn both. I was pleased to led a small Ubuntu Introduction in each Course in the near future.

Co-Founder of the Leipzig Branch from the Linux4Afrika-Project which sends used Computer from Europe to Tanzania and Mosambique where they where used in Schools in a Terminalserver/Thinclient-Solution based on Edubuntu. Collecting more than 200 PCs in 2007/2008 and send 160 of them to Tansania in Juli 2008

making Ubuntu more Userfriendly, Providing good HowTos, give Answers on the Questions from Newbies
growing the local Community with Introductions in Ubuntu for People who have heard about Linux but dont know how they can smoothly migrate to
learn more about Packagebuilding and Bugfixing to provide own Packages for the community
Organize a Packaging and Bugfixing Jam in the City where I live
Try to coorporate with a small Company led by friend of mine to provide PCs and Notebooks with preinstalled Ubuntu

Jabber: riot@ubuntu-jabber.de
irc: riot_le at irc.freenode.net
Email: <martin_kaufmann1983 AT SPAMFREE yahoo DOT de>
Blog: http://www.martin-kaufmann.net/blog (Only German at this time, English maybe later)
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