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Full Name : J. Brian Shumate
E-Mail    : bshumate at NOSPAM openmindshare.com, bshumate at NOSPAM member.fsf.org
IRC Nick  : bshumate @ irc.freenode.net : #ubuntu, #ubuntu-doc, #ubuntu-meeting
GPG Key   : 0x441E06C0
LaunchPad : https://launchpad.net/people/bshumate

About Me

I am just a spring chicken of the compuverse, having only started noodling on computers twenty about years ago with an Apple IIe in elementary school. Today, I still use an Apple machine to stay in touch with my inner evil corporate self, but I have many more machines which are running free, and open source operating systems, and software at my evil genius lab located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, USA where I currently reside with my wonderful wife, and two young children. I have a sense of humor on loan from an extra-terrestrial being until the year 2020.

I have used Ubuntu now for only two months, on an IBM ThinkPad. However, the quality of the distribution has convinced me to begin repaying my debts of kindness to the free, and open source software communities. To that end, I am now trying to work at providing some halfway-decent wordage to the Ubuntu Documentation Team effort. So far, I seem to be doing a wee bit better than a rapid Windows zealot (;-)). Fortunately, the folks who make up he Documentation Team, are like any of those associated with Ubuntu-- wonderful fellow Human beings! Cheers to the kind people of Ubuntu for giving me the inspiration to help out!

My Contributions to Ubuntu

I am trying to contribute to Ubuntu as much as possible in several ways. I am currently advocating, and evangelizing the merits of Ubuntu in a semi-professional capacity in my local area, working to help the Documentation Team, helping others in IRC, pitching in a little on the Wiki, and working on an book which deals with Ubuntu-related information.

IRC

I am active on IRC in #ubuntu some days, trying to help others out, and learning in the process myself!

DocTeam Patches

Below are the patches related to my DocTeam work:

Assisted Material

These patches represent modifications to existing material I have suggested:

[http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2005-December/001724.html About Ubuntu]

[http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2005-November/001702.html Server Guide - Installation Section]

[http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2005-December/001705.html Server Guide - Network Applications]

Original Material

These patches represent original material I have contributed:

[http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2005-December/001707.html Server Guide - OpenSSH Introduction]

[http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2005-December/001713.html Server Guide - OpenSSH Section]

[http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2005-December/001712.html Server Guide - Windows Networking Section]

Wiki Pages

Below are Wiki Pages I've authored:

[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StrongPasswords Strong Passwords]