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Contact

Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~chris.gagnon

• IRC nick: ChrisGagnon

About me

• NH, USA
• Work for Canonical as a QA engineer in the OEM services group.

• Started using Linux in 1998. My linux progression went from Redhat -> Mandrake -> Gentoo -> Ubuntu. I started using (k)ubuntu in 2006.

Packages

• https://launchpad.net/osd-kernel-oops-notify - An easy way for testers to be notified when the kernel has a problem.

Hardware Enablement

• Provided QA for hardware enablement of Ubuntu on over 20 Lenovo laptops. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Will-Collaborate-With-Lenovo-199265.shtml

• Provided support to QA engineers working on Dell, Sharp and Vodafone hardware.

Bug Activity

• A few hundred private bugs and a few public bugs:
  • 711549 pressing physical eject button on CD/DVD drive causes icon to remain on desktop after eject
  • 734385 Crash when configure shutdown option selected
  • 736436 bzr-explorer should depend on ssh-askpass
  • 773745 ubuntuone-control-panel-gtk fails to open
  • 766569 volume and power hotkeys don't function when an applet is selected in the panel at the top of the screen

Upstream

• Identifying and patching a bug in kmail http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138514

Future

• I like helping people to use Ubuntu to program microcontrollers. (IE: Arduino, Mindstorm, etc..)
• Continue working to enable new platforms with the OEM team.

Hobbies

• Guitar
• Electronics (circuit bending/hacking)

Testimonials

• Chris Gregan (Canonical OEM Services QA Manager)
  • Chris Gagnon has been instrumental in the success of one of our highest profile projects. Lenovo began shipping their Thinkpad line in China with Ubuntu 10.10 pre-installed. Chris was instrumental in ensuring these systems passed the highest of quality checks and therefore provided the consumers of these systems with the best Ubuntu experience available. Chris has also done some excellent work with tools development including useful scripts, new tests, and even a test robot based on Lego Mindstorm. He continues to be a valuable member of my team and excellent contributer to Ubuntu.

• Ronald McCollam (Ubuntu member, Canonical technical account manager)

  • Chris is a great contributor to Ubuntu and works tirelessly at it. I see him filing high quality bugs at all hours of the day and testing late into the night. On top of this, he truly embodies the spirit of Ubuntu -- he is always willing to help out others and is patient and friendly while doing so. I can wholeheartedly endorse his application for membership.