I, Bilal Akhtar, apply for universe-contributor.

Who I am

I am a high-school student greatly interested in Ubuntu and its development. I am an Indian national, yet I live in Saudi Arabia. Began programming at the age of 10 and gave up gaming at that age as well. Right now, 16. Began Ubuntu development work 8 months ago, with packaging learning.

My Ubuntu story

I began using Ubuntu in late 2007, with Gutsy. Have tried Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic, Lucid and Maverick. I first heard about Ubuntu in early 2007 in a PC World magazine. Installed it when my cousin brother suggested "It will be good for you and your slow computer". I was surprised to see so cool desktop effects on my slow Pentium 4 computer. Got interested in Ubuntu development. Began translating, then bug reporting, then bug fixing (now from the lst 6 months)!.

My involvement

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

I have done the following merges:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/595450

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/596279

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/595398

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/601865

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/602564

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/602686

Syncs:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/606610

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/595635

Bug fixes:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/465967 (forwarded to Debian)

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/480661 (forwarded upstream)

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/325288 (forwarded to Debian and upstream)

New packages:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/551702

Package upgrades:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/606870

Bug fixes still waiting in sponsor queue:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/545596

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/606212

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/550955

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/603595

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/585892

Syncs waiting to be sponsored:

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/605350

Apart from Ubuntu, I am the upstream developer of GNOME Media Player.

Things I could do better

I have never worked on SRUs so that is a place where I have scope for improvement.

Plans for the future

General

I want to fix more and more papercuts and other bugs. Many trivial bugs are neglected and never fixed, even after years. I would dedicate myself to fix these bugs.

What I like least in Ubuntu

Ubuntu is awesome! Just like what I mentioned above, I would fix trivial bugs. These hard-to-notice bugs do spoil user experience.

Comments

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Bilal is doing great work with gnome media player but needs to be a bit more careful while handling merges as I have seen reviewing his patches. Below are few examples of the same:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mnemosyne/+bug/602564

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/602686

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597869

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/601865

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595450

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595807

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595609

apart from that as said above he is a great ubuntu enthusiast but needs to slow down a bit to produce even better work --Bhavani Shankar

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