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== FOSS Upcoming Activities ==
== FOSS Upcoming Activities ==


* January 23th [http://www.linuxtour.org/Pizza-Bash-II Pizza-Bash II] at [http://www.teodolinda.com.ni Hotel Mansión Teodolinda]
* February 20th [http://www.linuxtour.org/Pizza-Bash-III Pizza-Bash III] at [http://www.teodolinda.com.ni Hotel Mansión Teodolinda]
* February 7th and 21st Repo Workshop at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]
* February 21st and 28th Repo Workshop at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]


== FOSS Past Activities ==
== FOSS Past Activities ==


* December 19th [http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Pizza-Bash Pizza Bash] at [http://www.isi.edu.ni ISI Managua]
* 2009
* September 26th [http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Barcamp_1.5 Ubuntu Barcamp 1.5]
** January 23th [http://www.linuxtour.org/Pizza-Bash-II Pizza-Bash II] at [http://www.teodolinda.com.ni Hotel Mansión Teodolinda]
** Drinker
*** Fedora face to face support - media distribution
* September 20th [http://www.linuxtour.org/sfd Software Freedom Day Nicaragua 2008] at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]
* 2008
** Staff - Coordinate the conference area.
** December 19th [http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Pizza-Bash Pizza Bash] at [http://www.isi.edu.ni ISI Managua]
*** Fedora face to face support - media distribution
** September 26th [http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Barcamp_1.5 Ubuntu Barcamp 1.5]
*** Drinker
** September 20th [http://www.linuxtour.org/sfd Software Freedom Day Nicaragua 2008] at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]
*** Staff - Coordinate the conference area.
*** [http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008 One of the best event world wide!]
*** [http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008 One of the best event world wide!]
* August 14th Dia Debian 2008 at UNI-IES
** August 14th Dia Debian 2008 at UNI-IES
** Provide a projector
*** Provide a projector
* June 20th openSUSE day at UNICIT
** June 20th openSUSE day at UNICIT
** Support
*** Support
* June 14th [http://www.mandriva.org.ni/content/view/3/15/ Mandriva Install Party 2008] at UNI-IES
** June 14th [http://www.mandriva.org.ni/content/view/3/15/ Mandriva Install Party 2008] at UNI-IES
** Support
*** Support
** Provide Projector
*** Provide Projector
* June 13th [http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Ubuntu_Translation_Sprint Ubuntu Translation Sprint] at [http://www.isi.edu.ni ISI]
** June 13th [http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Ubuntu_Translation_Sprint Ubuntu Translation Sprint] at [http://www.isi.edu.ni ISI]
** Translator - 84 strings
*** Translator - 84 strings
* June 12th Jornada Ubuntera at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]
** June 12th Jornada Ubuntera at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]
** Speach
*** Speach
** Provide Projector
*** Provide Projector
* June 5th Jornada Ubuntera at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]  
** June 5th Jornada Ubuntera at [http://www.uca.edu.ni UCA]  
** Provide a projector
*** Provide a projector
* June 4th to 6th Feria Tecnologica at UNAN-Managua
** June 4th to 6th Feria Tecnologica at UNAN-Managua
** Support
*** Support
* May 23th Linux Tour at [http://www.isi.edu.ni ISI Managua]  
** May 23th Linux Tour at [http://www.isi.edu.ni ISI Managua]  
** Support
*** Support
* April 26th [http://installfest.info/FLISOL2008/Nicaragua FLISOL 2008] at UNAN
** April 26th [http://installfest.info/FLISOL2008/Nicaragua FLISOL 2008] at UNAN
** Registration Desk
*** Registration Desk


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 05:20, 16 February 2009

Yn1v: Neville A. Cross

Neville A. Cross

I am Admnistrative Manager at Hotel Mansion Teodolinda at Managua city, capital of Nicaragua. I have a business degree, so I am not a deep knowledgeable computer person. I am a Amateur Radio since 1993, and a enthusiast on packet radio. By now I have a license of the highest level.

My very first attempts with linux were with Red Hat around 1999, I had several hardware problems and leave it for some years. I took a book of FC4 bible in 2006 and have been using Fedora as my main OS ever since.

There is no much Linux formal training opportunities at Nicaragua, so I took a short course in Linux Server Administration based on openSUSE (May - June 2008). This helped me a lot to fill in where my empiric learning have left voids.

I have joined the local Fedora community called Fedora-ni on march 2008. By the same time I have joined the local LUG: GUL-NIC (Grupo de usuarios Linux de Nicaragua).

I applied to become fedora ambassador on August 20th, 2008.

Contact Data

Trivia

  • Location: Managua, Nicaragua. 1206.29 N / 08615.91 W
  • Time Zone: UTC +06:00
  • Languages: Spanish (first language), English (as second language), Portuguese (just a bit).
  • Nacionality: Nicaraguan
  • Higer Education:
  • Call Sing: YN1V (for Amateur Radio)

Fedora Ambassador

Groups

Tasks

Projects as an Ambassador

  • Promote a monthly gathering where users that get Fedora installed from different install parties can get support. Working with local FOSS community we have established Pizza-Bash events. This are an informal activity where people can get help face to face. I have been hanging Fedora posters and helping Fedora users.
  • Set up a local repository at Nicaragua. In the mean time set up a private repository for updates a give access to users that do not have internet and also to be used at install parties without internet access. A local ISP has shown interest in this project, they are allocating server space for this.
  • Participate in the Spanish translation of The unofficial Fedora FAQ
  • Help on the documentation of Amateur Radio applications that are included on Fedora

Fedora Upcoming Activities

Fedora Past Activities

FOSS

FOSS Projects

  • Set up a wiki to share instructions for setting up linux for amateur radio use. Specially the topics related to AX.25.
  • Set up a local forum to provide support for GNUCash

FOSS Upcoming Activities

FOSS Past Activities

Publications