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Contact Information

• Name:	Maxim Derkach
  My Blog:	[http://brutalblog.wordpress.com WebLog Link]
  Launchpad:	[https://launchpad.net/~m-derkach Launchpad Link]
  Wiki:	[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaximDerkach Wiki Link]
  OpenPGP key:	[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x953B5BE7&op=index OpenPGP Link]
  Email:	MailTo(clarkeblogs@gmail.com)
  IRC:	clarke8 on irc.freenode.net

About me

I'm currently living in the scientific center Academgorodok in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, am a 3rd year Student of the Novosibirsk State University (Department of Foreign Languages). So I am a professional translator. After dealing with plenty of Linux distributions (including Debian) and BSD, only Ubuntu made it possible for me to completely abandon proprietary OS. As a translator I do my best to help people, who don't speak English to know more about Ubuntu and about the life of community. I don't just translate, I try to adopt the documentation, news etc. for Russian readers. I am full of enthusiasm to help to spread Ubuntu widely.

Ubuntu related work

• I translate Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters into Russian to help people in our country who does not speak English to get latest news and events of Ubuntu community:

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue74/Ru Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #74]

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue75/Ru Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #75]

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue76/Ru Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #76]

• [http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/02/ubuntu-77.html Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #77]

• [http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/02/ubuntu-77.html Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #78]

• The active member and the founder of students' Ubuntu-Club in Novosibirsk State University
• In interview with local radio station I was talking about Open Source and the advantages of using Ubuntu instead of proprietary systems.
• Many Ubuntu-related articles are already translated from English or from German into Russian, see examples:

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaximDerkach/BezopasnostUbuntu Безопасность в Ubuntu] (Security system of Ubuntu Desktop and Server); [http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Sicherheits_1x1 original article]

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaximDerkach/WasistUbuntuRus Что такое Ubuntu] (Ubuntu philosophy); [http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Was_ist_Ubuntu original article]

• About 250 Ubuntu/Edubuntu CDs burned are spread to friends, classmates and school pupils. Even my mother and and one her colleague now work with Ubuntu.
• Ubuntu- meetings are held every second saturday, where people can come with their laptops and obtain assistance in installing Ubuntu, drivers etc., or just get an Ubuntu CD.
• I organized two presentations of Ubuntu in local schools so far. With the help of my friends from Students' Ubuntu-Club of course.

Ubuntu Goals

• My short term goals
  • To keep Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters translated into Russian in reasonable time (successful so far)
  • To organize Ubuntu presentations in other two schools of our district to show pupils and teachers that Ubuntu is a very safe and easy operation system for using in schools
• My long term goals
  • To translate Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters into German every week
  • To do my best to help Ubuntu to become the OS, which will unite people from different parts of the world

Testimonials

Name: Chris Jones ([https://launchpad.net/~cmsj/ Launchpad] [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChrisJones2 Wiki]). Any [https://launchpad.net/terminator/ Terminator] user gets a cheer from me. There's no denying excellent taste!

Support from non-member friend

I have worked with Maxim since he started translating the UWN into Russian. I'm impressed with his dedication and the amount of work he produces. [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CraigAEddy Craig A. Eddy - Tyche]

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