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I'm Swiss citizen and my year of ''manufacture'' was 1974. Many upgrades since then but there are still some bugs left ;)
I'm Swiss citizen and my year of ''manufacture'' was in 1974 ... Still some bugs left ;)


I started with Linux a few years ago after realizing that I was using more and more open source software on my proprietary operating system. Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, SeaMonkey, VLC, OpenOffice, Audacity among others conquered my desktop PC. Back then I thought why not use an open source operating system as well and I said goodbye to MacOS X and Windows.
I started with Linux a few years ago after realizing that I was using more and more open source software on my proprietary operating system. Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, SeaMonkey, VLC, OpenOffice, Audacity among others conquered my desktop PC. So I threw my proprietary operating system overboard as well and did never had any nostalgia.
   
   
Currently I'm working as a Customer Support engineer for a international RFID company. At the beginning of my career I was teacher but lost my patience to work with teenagers, so I moved on :)
Currently I'm working as a Customer Support engineer for a international RFID company. At the beginning of my career I was teacher but lost my patience with teenagers, so I moved on :)


As I read through the German version of the Fedora website I thought that the German translation team could need some help ...
As I stumbled upon the slogan "Fedora. Funktionen. Freunde. Erster" and many untranslated words I thought that the German translation team could need some help ...


== Contact ==
== Contact ==
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== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==


* Member and co-coordinator of the German translation team
* Getting in touch with the Fedora community
* Getting in touch with the Fedora community
* Member and co-coordinator of the German translation team

Revision as of 18:58, 24 June 2011

Roman Spirgi

I'm Swiss citizen and my year of manufacture was in 1974 ... Still some bugs left ;)

I started with Linux a few years ago after realizing that I was using more and more open source software on my proprietary operating system. Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, SeaMonkey, VLC, OpenOffice, Audacity among others conquered my desktop PC. So I threw my proprietary operating system overboard as well and did never had any nostalgia.

Currently I'm working as a Customer Support engineer for a international RFID company. At the beginning of my career I was teacher but lost my patience with teenagers, so I moved on :)

As I stumbled upon the slogan "Fedora. Funktionen. Freunde. Erster" and many untranslated words I thought that the German translation team could need some help ...

Contact

  • Email: rspirgi AFFENSCHWANZ gmail PUNKT com
  • IRC: bigant
  • GPG key: 29B8C6DD
  • Fedora Account: bigant

Activities within Fedora

  • Member and co-coordinator of the German translation team
  • Getting in touch with the Fedora community