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About Me

Hello all, I'm David. Currently I'm a student and a member of the US Navy in Meridian, MS. My currently running OS is Kubuntu 10.04. I am Married with three kids and my dream is to help other understand the wonderful world of open source.

Goals

My mission with Ubuntu is to push the idea of F/LOSS to everyone I can. This is done with talking with people at school and work. I have also tried some more unique ways of getting the idea out there. My netbook has a vinyl skin promoting Ubuntu. Another way I am helping is trying to write tutorials that cater to the non technical user. Ubuntu is known for its ease of use and the ability to get some of the jobs done that most heavy users would normally deem simple may not be so simple to the new or non-technically minded users.

My short term goal is to become a Ubuntu Documentation Committers member.

End of year goal is to become a Kubuntu member as I continue to use and support Kubuntu and KDE. I use KDE daily and am starting to write more and more documentation and support for Kubuntu.

Involvement

Mississippi LoCo Team

I am currently a member of the MississippiTeam and am working to build this small LoCo into a full LoCo Team. We are very small at the moment but, with time I am confident we will

Ubuntu Beginners Team

I am currently a padawan in the BeginnersTeam and I am loving it. Learning and helping others further their knowledge in Ubuntu and Linux in general. As part of the BeginnersTeam I am a member of the IRC Focus Group

Kubuntu Documentation

As a contributer to Kubuntu Documentation I am assisting in a leading way with the rewrite of Kubuntu Documentation for Kubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx. Talking with the volunteers to the project, reviewing documentation, filling documentation bugs in kubuntu-docs and writing new documentation; I have started writing for the netbook. I have been working with Docbook and XML for almost 8 years and continue to work to improve my writing and the documentation of Kubuntu.

A list of docs that I have written from scratch. Netbook Desktop Web

Kubuntu Testing

I am currently on the testing team for the all new Kubuntu Netbook Remix. It is an amazing netbook UI built with KDE's NetbookPlasma Interface.

I am also writing the documentation for the KNR as well as the KDE Plasma Netbook.

I have been working with all of the +1 releases running bug reports, pushing the system to the limits so that we can improve the KDE experience of Kubuntu to support the user; along with this come the responsibility of ensuring that the user will not have problems from his system.

Marketing

I am a member of SpreadUbuntu and the MarketingTeam. With these two I help spread the word out about what Ubuntu is and not just as an OS but, as a way of thinking in the computing world.

I am currently working on a proposal with my state legislators to start implementing F/LOSS to the State of California and to our state education system.

Forums

I am cruising through the Ubuntu Forums doing anything I can to help people. Not only am I able to help others but, I am also able to learn a lot be finding out new ways to do things.

Testimonials

I have now known David for some time now and believe that he is quite the guy. He definitely knows his way around Linux/Ubuntu and is always available for a kind word. When he's in the IRC, he makes himself available to everyone, whether they are an extreme user with a question, or a new user looking for guidance. In whatever he path he takes, he has my full support. -- Zachk18

David was a big help with testing and bug triage for the first Kubuntu Netbook release in Karmic. I've seen what he's doing with Kubuntu Netbook documentation for Lucid and I'm fully supportive. Lucid will be our first release for end users and his documentation work is an important part of getting ready for that. I have full confidence in his work and endorse him for membership in Ubuntu Doc Committers -- ScottKitterman

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