Welcome cochecha Lucas do Amaral, Fedora Ambassador - Brazil -- <img src="http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh43/ariide/lucassigncopy.png"> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/23 Yaakov Nemoy <<a href="mailto:loupgaroublond@gmail.com">loupgaroublond@gmail.com</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 2008/6/23 bochecha <<a href="mailto:bochecha@fedoraproject.org">bochecha@fedoraproject.org</a>>: <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Hi ! > > My name is Mathieu Bridon, known online as bochecha. > > I discovered Linux at school 4 years ago and was really annoyed by the > fact that I had to use it when it seemed totally broken. > > Two and a half years ago, out of curiosity, I decided to try it again. I > spent one week with Ubuntu, breaking it every time I was trying to do > something with it, reinstalling it twice a day. :) > > Then someone made me discover Fedora and had the patience to explain me > the basics so that I could at least use it. I then discover the french > Fedora community, in which I instantly felt at home and quickly made > some friends. > > What kept me in Fedora all this time and will probably keep me ad vitam > aeternam is its strong ethics (only open source, always upstream, > etc...). > > After being involved in the french community by doing support on the > forum and IRC, I decided it was time for me to start contributing > directly to the Fedora project. My first RPM just landed in > updates-testing and I might join the translation team if I ever find the > time for it. > > I also co-initiated with Mohamed Elmorabity the Fedora | Paris project. > What we do is gather the Fedoristas who live in Paris and have diner > every 2 weeks, and more if the night goes on. > > Of course, we all already know each other on IRC or on the forums, so > those meetings are more a way to know the non-geek-side of each other, > and build friendship inside our community. > > Fedora | Paris organized the Saturday night party this week end before > the Sunday Install Party, so that people who don't live in Paris and > were coming in Paris for the IP would receive a warm welcome. > > As an Ambassador, I'll try to go on promoting Fedora everywhere I can, > starting with the IT company where I work which is too Debian / Ubuntu > oriented. I'd like to have some co-workers contributing to Fedora, as > they already contribute to other FOSS projects. > > Looking forward to working with you, almighty Fedora Ambassadors of the > world. :) > </div></div>Welcome to the Club, Mathieu. I hope the arm twisting wasn't too painful this weekend ;) -Yaakov <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> -- Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Fedora-ambassadors-list@redhat.com">Fedora-ambassadors-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list</a> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. :::: CONTRIBUA COM O MEIO AMBIENTE. NÃO IMPRIMA ESTA MENSAGEM ::::: </div></div></blockquote></div>