makova

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About Me
Contributions
Other events
Flickr gallery
Testimonials

About Me

I'm Manu Cogolludo Vallejo, also known as Makova. I was born in Barcelona but I've been living in Granada since 2000, a beautiful city in Andalusia, Spain. My first contact with Ubuntu was in its 10.04 version. I am mostly self-trained as a developer and system administrator, although I have also taken some formal courses in open source technologies, from HTML5 to Arduino. I'm currently at the free software office of Granada's University, where I have been involved with an initiative that refurbishes computing equipment, including the installation of lightweight Ubuntu distros, donating them to NGOs and non-for-profit associations, which includes a short course on how to use Linux, usually, it's the first contact they have with free operating systems. I have a been teaching free applications and introducing programming to kids also, where I prepare custom Ubuntu image that is used by all teachers too. I contribute to the Free Software Foundation and I'm the secretary of the local GNU/Linux association of GCubo and a member of OpenXXI's association.

Contact Information

Email: makova65@gmail.com
IRC: makova on network irc.freenode.net
Launchpad Account: makova
Languages: Spanish, Catalán, English

Social media

Telegram:	@Makova
Blog:	http://makova.es/
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/makova65
G+:	https://plus.google.com/102132785313664901165
Git Hub:	https://github.com/Makova

Ubuntu objectives

1. Become and Ubuntu member.

2. Work and promote Free Software with Ubuntu.

3. Collaborate on Ubuntu's phone projects, including new scopes.

4. Disseminate and organize events for Ubuntu and Ubuntu Phone in Granada.

Contributions

I have been collaborating in Ubuntu's forum since 2010 and simultaneously contributing what I received from the Free Software community. In Madrid's Flisol 2011 I talked about the new Ubunt's Unity.

Developer and manager of Ubuntu-guia; actually working on the update 16.04.

I created a blog to show how to install, configure and debug Debian and Ubuntu and support users through comments. In my role as a customer support technician at Granada's University, I install Ubuntu almost exclusively to users that request it, including the refurbished computers we donate and computers used at the Political Science and Sociology College of Granada's University.

I have been a staunch supporter of free software and promoted its use through Ubuntu which has always been my distro of choice. Even if I cannot prove every single event with pictures, people in the University and the Free Software Office can vouch for me if needed ccpolsoc.

I created two webapps for Ubuntu Touch.

I translated uNav into Catalan.