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About Me

I have first met Ubuntu in 2005, don't remember exactly the release. I liked it, but it had lots of issues. In 2008, it became my primary OS, but still dual-booting with windows for university needs. Recently I use Ubuntu on both of my computers, one still has Windows for emergencies.

I have successfully introduced Ubuntu to a few friends, most of them use it as primary OS now.

Socially

My main area of interest is contributing to open-source projects, but I also like watching movies, listening and playing music (guitar and piano), playing board games with friends and taking photos.

Professionally

I'm a Software Developer working in Romania. I have been working as a Java developer in small development teams, I have done server-side development using various frameworks, I have some client-side Flex experience, and I'm currently working as an Android developer.

I am interested in learning new programming tricks and languages, technologies, frameworks, mostly related to open-source.

Contributions

Translations

Hungarian being my mother tongue, I have started contributing by doing translations on launchpad for various projects.

Bugs

I have participated in some bug days.

I have triaged bugs regularly, depending on the situation weekly, or even daily.

I have followed and helped the papercuts project where I could.

I have reported the bugs I have found on my computers, and occasionally forwarded the bugs my friends have found and told me about.

I have organized a BugDay for OpenOffice and LibreOffice

I got accepted as a member of the Ubuntu Bug Control Team on 2011/03/11

Patches

I have contributed with patches and branches for bugfixes for more projects: gcalctool, jockey, ubuntu-docs, libreoffice, ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu, ubuntuone-control-panel, checkbox, usb-creator-gtk.

I am mostly focusing on package management tools used in Ubuntu, so I am triaging and fixing most bugs for the packages related to them, like

software-center

update-manager

aptdaemon

update-notifier

I have implemented a simple feature for nautilus elementary, the categorized sidebar with the help and guidance of ammonkey, the main nautilus elementary developer.

Objectives for 2010-2011

Dig into an open-source project deeper to be able to fix bugs and implement new features (FUN!).

I write a blog. I blog about my experiences with ubuntu, ubuntu and development news, and misc thoughts. It's far from being daily, but I would like to post regularly.

Development

In my spare time I'm developing some simple games in Python (learning the language). My first almost-complete Python game is a minesweeper clone using GTK only, check the screenshots on my blog. Currently I'm working on the next one, a Tetris clone, also with GTK only, and I've also managed to embed pyGame in a GTK window, for building more graphics-intensive games (GTK is not the best for this) later.

Testimonials

UBT Membership

Yikes! I've just had a quick read through of what he does (and his karma score on lp). Deffinately one of the back office people who just 'get on with it'. I have no hesitation in backing up UndifineD's comment of 'He is too good to be a beginner'. I am sure he would make an excellent addition to UBT phillw 3rd June 2011 21:30 UTC

Ubuntu Membership

As per my comments for UBT Membership, I certainly have no qualms for when he feels ready to apply for his full Ubuntu membership. I look forward to seeing his commitment to Ubuntu and F/OSS in general grow. He is an excellent advocate and the amount of time he spends on Ubuntu is amazing. phillw 3rd June 2011 21:40 UTC

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