User:Valente

Valentin-Stefan Cobelea

I am using Fedora since the beginning, at home and of course at the office. Before Fedora, I was using RedHat Linux and I was deeply enjoying it. I work in a Romanian office of a major U.S. Devices Software Optimization company, where I am a Development Engineer. Almost in every project, here at work, I've gladly used Fedora as a development platform.

Contact

• Email: too much spam, email removed (mail me using the Fedora Project email)
• Skype: valentin.cobelea
• AIM: valicobelea
• IRC: valente or valente85 @ #fedora-ambassadors , #fedora-meeting , #fedora-mktg , #fedora-bugzappers , #fedora-ro , #fedora
• GPG key: 7695 7091 93B6 9B9B 865C 53A7 EB97 8A6E 0ADA 6AF7
• Fedora Account: Valente

Activities within Fedora

• I've been accepted as an ambassador.
• Since in the area where I live there is no big activity regarding Linux, I'll do my best at work, to help my colleagues with Fedora related problems.
• I've been accepted as a bug-zapper.
• Established contact with the Romanian team from Fedora Project.

Fedora and me

• I like and use Fedora for everything I need. I want people to know about Fedora and what it could offer them.
• When somebody needs help with some issue I always explain and show how to solve that.
• I've created several documents that shows solutions for general problems, patches, manuals etc. All these things are really helping people, for instance here in the office where I work, because I see that there is no "publicity" for Fedora.
• Looking at other Linux distros, I think branded CDs, DVDs and even USB-data sticks could make more people use Fedora.
• Even if I'm working as a developer at work, almost all the Fedora related problems come to be.

Latest things I've done

• Helped my colleagues with the PackageKit update problem.
• Created several how-to wiki pages (inside company) for Fedora problems/issues.
• Installed and configured Fedora on several computers as base servers for different projects.
• Created USB memory sticks with Fedora 10 as rescue solutions for broken computers.
• Fixed the error caused by the kernel 2.6.27.9 on several Dell D630 notebooks (mine was the "guinee pig").
• Start working on creating service packs (with Service Packs Creator) for computers that don't have internet access (due to security issues).
• Tested Fedora 11 Alpha release and presented to my colleagues the new things added.
• Contributions on several topics on a Romanian large forum.
• Subscribed to Fedora BugZappers group.
• Invited a colleague from the office to participate to Fedora Project. He enlisted as BugZapper (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dstuxo).
• Created a topic on an important Romanian Linux forum regarding joining to Fedora Project.
• Helped a guy from Republic of Moldavia to setup his computer with Fedora 10.
• Presented to my office colleagues how to create .rpm packages for Fedora, from .deb and archives.
• Established contact with the other Romanian fellows from Fedora Project (thanks Nicu for all the infos).
• Tested Fedora 11 Beta release with my colleagues.
• Created, tested and presented my master diploma project on Fedora 10.
• Gone to a long good vacation.
• Proposed the name "Deus" for Fedora 12. Waiting and hopping to be approved.
• Helped a colleague with a serious NetworkManager problem.
• Contact the other Fedora Project members from Romania to get some branded LiveCDs. So I could give them to people around me who need them.
• Received a package with Fedora stuff: tshirt, LiveCDs, stickers. Started to give to colleagues at work, at the University of Galati, Linux fans.
• Start giving away LiveCDs to Fedora users.
• Installed Fedora 11, and presented to my fellow colleagues from the office.
• Wrote an article on www.fedoraproject.ro .
• Start working on creating a Fedora Spin dedicated to development work.
• Using the Fedora 11 as work environment.
• Finalizing the Fedora "DevSpin".
• Creating another Fedora spin, very small and robust, text only dedicated to my home server called DeuSServer.
• Bringing more adepts (colleagues) to Fedora Project.
• Adding new applications to my server dedicated Fedora spin.
• Sharing CDs/DVDs to my work colleagues/friends/Linux enthusiasts with the above mentioned spins.
• Several replies on FedoraForum.org, just helping the brotherhood :) .
• Downloading (and sharing) Fedora 12 beta.
• Testing Fedora 12 beta on several machines.
• Start working on a Fedora 12 beta (for the moment) Media Center spin for my brand new nettop.
• Downloading Fedora 12.... yes I'm doing this already by changing "11" to "12" in the download filename :) .
• Fixing the Hu@wei ('@'='a') E220 3G modem issues on the Fedora 12. Posting the solution ( http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234332 ) so all the Fedora users can enjoy a well paid internet connection.
• Moving all my previous spins to Fedora 12.
• Voted on all the available polls, on December 7th.
• Wrote a HOW-TO with many details and screen-shots about Fedora 12/11 install in parallel with Windowz 7.
• Converting another dude to Fedora.

...to be updated