Felipe G. M. Maia, Ph.D

Biologist | Computer Scientist | Research Scientist | FOSS Super Enthusiast | Community Maintainer | FOSS Developer-Advocate | Technical Writer | Debian Developer Aspirant

"Knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know." (1 Corinthians 8: 1-2 - NIV)

Contents

  1. Alma mater
  2. Natural languages
  3. Computer languages of interest
  4. How I got into Debian - A little bit of history
  5. Objective
  6. Special interests
  7. Debian meetings
    1. Attended
      1. DebConf
      2. Mini DebConf
      3. Debian Day
    2. Organized
      1. Debian Day
  8. Meetings, conferences and fairs, attended as a Debian Community representative
    1. Campus Party Brasil 15 (2023)
  9. Local and regional community groups participation (Brazil)
    1. Founder and maintainer
      1. My role as a community maintainer
    2. Member
  10. Bugs on BTS
    1. Closed (worked-on)
  11. Questions and Answers systems (Q&A) engagement | Knowledge-base construction
  12. Debian Wiki
  13. Debian installation-image serving
  14. Content recommendation (what I follow, appreciate, enjoy, recommend and support)
    1. Documentaries
    2. Podcasts
    3. YouTube channels
  15. Some software I use(d), appreciate, enjoy, recommend and support
  16. Getting in contact
    1. IRC
    2. Matrix / Element
    3. Telegram

Alma mater

Natural languages

Computer languages of interest

How I got into Debian - A little bit of history

In 2019, I attended a conference called Campus Party Brazil, at the city of Sao Paulo. There, I attended a presentation about software packaging in Debian by Daniel Pimentel, a Debian Maintainer from the state of Alagoas. I also met Daniel Lenharo, a Debian Developer from the State of Parana, who told me about the Debian Conference (DebConf) which would take place on that same year in Brazil. These were my first contact with the Debian project. I was an Ubuntu user at the time.

A few months later, I attended the DebConf in Curitiba. I felt in love for the project and the community! I was very well welcomed <3! I met many great people, from Brazil and other countries: Andreas Tille, Jonas Smedegaard, Giovani Jova, Jonathan Bustillos, Enkelena Haxhiu, Roger Shimizu, Carsten Schoenert, Judit Foglszinger, Joenio Costa, Eriberto Mota, Lucas Kanashiro, Antonio Terceiro, Arthur Diniz, Allythy, Valessio Brito, Tássia Camões and others.

I have been using Debian Sid on my computers, as my daily driver, and advocating for the project, since 2020.

I am very grateful for the work Daniel Lenharo and others do to promote and publicize the Debian Project. I wouldn't be here without their work. Thank you!

Objective

Contribute to the Debian Project with my technical and non-technical skills as much as possible.

Special interests

Debian meetings

Attended

DebConf

Mini DebConf

Debian Day

Organized

Debian Day

Meetings, conferences and fairs, attended as a Debian Community representative

Campus Party Brasil 15 (2023)

Campus Party Brasil happens every year at the city of Sao Paulo, state of Sao Paulo. It's one of the biggest technology events in the world, gathering dozens of thousands of participants from all parts of Brazil, for an entire week. There is a big camping area, stages and dozens of booth-like benches, where people get together, meet each other, present projects, gather communities and offer small workshops. It's more like a festival.

It attracts a very diverse public, ranging form high school students to seasoned professionals. The subjects range is also very wide, covering things like robotics, open source software, open hardware, geek culture, 3D printing, technology in education, computer science, gaming, cosplay, artificial intelligence, and others.

For many years now, the Debian Project is represented by our nation-wide community, Debian Brasil. We promote the project offering talks, install fests, workshops, and distributing promotional material, like stickers, pamphlets, banners, T-shirts and other swags.

This year we were able to join 4 FOSS communities: Debian Brasil, Debian Sao Paulo, LKCamp (Linux Kernel at Unicamp, of the Institute of Computation of the University of Campinas) and GELOS (Group of Extension in Libre and Open Source, of the Institute of Mathematics and Computation of the University of Sao Paulo). We estimate 700 people reached out to us at our booth, during the entire event, to know more about the Debian Project, the Debian system and FOSS in general.

Debian community members representing the project: Daniel Lenharo, Carlos 'Charles' Melara, Felipe Maia and Thiago 'tco' Pezzo.

Pictures of our booth: Debian Brasil Blog. Information about the event: CPBR 15.

Local and regional community groups participation (Brazil)

Founder and maintainer

My role as a community maintainer

Member

Bugs on BTS

Closed (worked-on)

Bug#1010475 (Supported by Paul Wise (pabs). Thanks Paul! ;))

Questions and Answers systems (Q&A) engagement | Knowledge-base construction

Member of ?StackExchange/StackOverflow since 2014, where my contributions reached out 350K+ people. I am currently present on the following communities:

My profile: Felipe G. M. Maia

Debian Wiki

I edit pages whenever I see how to improve the text, or when I find outdated content, dead links, typos or missing information.

Debian installation-image serving

Served more than 100 GB of official Debian installation images (ISOs) through BitTorrent.

Content recommendation (what I follow, appreciate, enjoy, recommend and support)

Documentaries

Podcasts

Podcasts and ?YouTube channels are great places to bring and to maintain people in the FOSS universe. Throughout the years, they have brought me joy, information, knowledge, updates, motivation and engagement. I am very thankful for all the work, love and effort dedicated by their creators and producers! We influence each other much more than we actually realize.

Some episodes which I consider special are indicated.

YouTube channels

Some software I use(d), appreciate, enjoy, recommend and support

Getting in contact

IRC

Matrix / Element

Telegram

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