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I'm a 36 year old father of two living in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnborough%2C_Hampshire|Farnborough]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire|Hampshire]] in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK|UK]]. I've been using Linux on the desktop for about 7 years or so and run a mix of Ubuntu (desktops/laptops) and Debian Sarge (servers/firewalls) at home. I work around the UK and actively help out with my local Linux User Groups as well as help finance the hosting of the lug.org.uk mail/web server and Software Freedom Day events in the UK. I'm a 37 year old father of two living in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnborough%2C_Hampshire|Farnborough]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire|Hampshire]] in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK|UK]]. I've been using Linux on the desktop for about 8 years or so and run a mix of Ubuntu (desktops/laptops) and Debian Sarge (servers/firewalls) at home. I work around the UK and actively help out with my local Linux User Groups as well as help finance the hosting of the lug.org.uk mail/web server and Software Freedom Day events in the UK.
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 * Setup [[https://launchpad.net/~obuntu|Obuntu]] team and [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Obuntu|wiki]] pages to track development of a Back Office Server variant of Ubuntu. (currently project on hold whilst ubuntu develops their own server product)
 * Setup [[https://launchpad.net/~cubuntu|Cubuntu]] team and [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cubuntu|wiki]] to assist with the management of the Cubuntu (command line only) derivative of Ubuntu.
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=== Wiki Pages I Help Maintain ===

 * ScreenCasts
 * [[Obuntu]]
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== Other stuff ==

{{{
 Dear Santa,

For Christmas (or any other non-denominational holiday/celebration) I would like something off this list:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/29FWHGD2GAECA

Love,
Alan}}}

Launchpad ID:

AlanPope

IRC:

popey on irc.freenode.net

Email:

<alanpope AT ubuntu DOT com>

Blog:

http://popey.com/

About Me

I'm a 37 year old father of two living in Farnborough, Hampshire in the UK. I've been using Linux on the desktop for about 8 years or so and run a mix of Ubuntu (desktops/laptops) and Debian Sarge (servers/firewalls) at home. I work around the UK and actively help out with my local Linux User Groups as well as help finance the hosting of the lug.org.uk mail/web server and Software Freedom Day events in the UK.

I installed Ubuntu when Warty came out and now have a mixture of real and virtual machines running various releases.

Things I do for Ubuntu

Community

  • I am a member of the LoCoCouncil.

  • I am a member of the EMEA Membership Board.

Development

Support

  • I help out with Support tickets and bugs.

  • Gained a lot of Karma through answering many support questions in a courteous and thorough manner.

  • When time permits I answer support questions in #ubuntu and #ubuntu-uk

UKTeam Stuff

  • I was the UKTeam Point of Contact for 2007/2008.
  • I recently sponsored a stand in Bracknell for Software Freedom Day 2007 and 2008, and liased with Canonical Marketing to obtain stuff for the event.

  • I organised free hosting for the Ubuntu-UK LoCo team website through Bitfolk Ltd.

  • http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/ hosts a bunch of screencasts I made for the UK LoCo team (and subsequently the Screencasts Team) to educate new users about Ubuntu.

  • I represented UK LoCo team at the recent Linux World Expo in London in 2007, helping new users, answering questions and generally promoting Ubuntu and the UK LoCo team.

External Stuff

  • Help administer http://lug.org.uk/ and assist with paying the hardware and hosting fees.

  • Committee member of my local LUG, I provide facilities for videoing talks and help to make them available online. I am also quite an active member of my local LUG mailing list.

  • Member of most LUG mailing lists in the UK, I help out where I can with members of any LUG

  • Participated in Software Freedom Day in London in 2006 by handing out leaflets and Ubuntu CDs to members of the public.

  • Wrote up how I help with Ubuntu.

  • Detailed how I found switching to Ubuntu.

  • Wrote up how I think others can help with Ubuntu.

  • Gave talks to my local LUG which are available to download or watch online

Future Work

  • I'd like to expand on the training side of Ubuntu by developing more screencasts
  • I have a few ideas for applications that I would like developed and would like to write specifications for those and/or develop the apps myself - time permitting.

AlanPope (last edited 2023-11-22 17:38:23 by popey)