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| = Sarah Hobbs (Hobbsee) = | = Sarah Hobbs (Hobbsee) = |
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| '''Email:''' hobbsee@gmail.com | '''Email:''' hobbseeATkubuntuDOTorg or hobbseeATubuntuDOTcom |
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| I'm a uni student in Sydney, Australia, doing a Bachelor of Technology in Optoelectronics. Part of my degree involves some programming in C++, so I hope to be able to do a lot more work in the future in regards to programming and patching. | I'm a university student in Sydney, Australia, doing a Bachelor of Technology in Optoelectronics. I've been using linux since june 2005, first Ubuntu, and then discovering Kubuntu. |
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| I've been using linux since june 2005, first Ubuntu, and then discovering Kubuntu. Tried Opensuse in the meantime, but it didnt like me, and I didnt like it! | I went for membership in January, and got elected to the Kubuntu Community council when it was created. |
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| = Contributions = | = Lists of packages = * http://launchpad.net/people/hobbsee/+packages Syncs: (some of them, there were more that i requested that were filed by MOTUs) * http://tinyurl.com/osgp8 * See edgy-changes (and dapper-changes) lists for yet more packages. = Other Contributions = |
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| * I'm often on irc.freenode.net, helping out in #kubuntu, #kubuntu-offtopic, #ubuntu and participating in #kubuntu-devel, #ubuntu-motu. I have ops in both #kubuntu and #kubuntu-offtopic, and frequently get told that i must live there! :P | * I'm often on irc.freenode.net, helping out in #kubuntu, #ubuntu, #ubuntu+1, #kubuntu-devel, #ubuntu-motu, and sometimes #ubuntu-devel. I'm using causing havoc in #ubuntu-offtopic. :D I have ops in most of these channels, and am part of the ubuntu-irc team |
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| * Bug reports, either contributing them myself, or testing for them (including in the recent hug day). Often I go through and confirm whether old bugs still exist (which I havent found a way to search for in launchpad yet!). Also some bugs in bugs.kde.org (cant get the search to find ones i've contributed to, sorry!) * A few patches, including a recent akregator manpage patch that I helped out with, and a ksudoku patch. |
* I'm on the ubuntu-qa team, and have most of the kde bugs on launchpad emailed to me, which is nice for knowing what's going on. |
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| https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WPAHowto | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WPAHowto |
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| * Occasional cd testing for the flight candidates | * Occasional cd testing for the flight candidates in dapper, and release candidates from breezy. |
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| = Where to in the future? = I hope to: * contribute more in packaging, particularly in the area of KDE apps. * Help others learn to package as well. * Continue to be around to help people in IRC, especially on #kubuntu |
= Where to in the future? = * Stay on the Kubuntu Community Council * Become a MOTU. DONE * Likely become a Core Dev. * Organise kubuntu, finding tasks for people to do, no matter what their level of expertise. Some of this is still to be announced. * Keep updating the KDE universe (and main, where applicable) * Keep fixing bugs, particularly in kubuntu. Make sure that the important bugs get fixed promptly, particularly if there's an upstream patch for it, and only requires bits of tweaking to put it in. * Help out on the spec about people participating in ubuntu developer conferences without being physically present. (current status: information in my brain, but not on paper. How do you assign yourself to a spec?) https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/non-physical-participation-at-conferences ---- CategoryHomepage |
Sarah Hobbs (Hobbsee)
Launchpad:https://launchpad.net/people/hobbsee
IRC: Hobbsee
Email: hobbseeATkubuntuDOTorg or hobbseeATubuntuDOTcom
I'm a university student in Sydney, Australia, doing a Bachelor of Technology in Optoelectronics. I've been using linux since june 2005, first Ubuntu, and then discovering Kubuntu.
I went for membership in January, and got elected to the Kubuntu Community council when it was created.
Lists of packages
Syncs: (some of them, there were more that i requested that were filed by MOTUs)
- See edgy-changes (and dapper-changes) lists for yet more packages.
Other Contributions
Various contributions to the forum - see http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?find=lastposter&t=115460
I'm often on irc.freenode.net, helping out in #kubuntu, #ubuntu, #ubuntu+1, #kubuntu-devel, #ubuntu-motu, and sometimes #ubuntu-devel. I'm using causing havoc in #ubuntu-offtopic.
I have ops in most of these channels, and am part of the ubuntu-irc team - I'm on the ubuntu-qa team, and have most of the kde bugs on launchpad emailed to me, which is nice for knowing what's going on.
- Various wiki page updates, including:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WPAHowto
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards
- Occasional cd testing for the flight candidates in dapper, and release candidates from breezy.
I'm part of the kubuntu team, at https://launchpad.net/people/kubuntu-team
Where to in the future?
- Stay on the Kubuntu Community Council
- Become a MOTU. DONE
- Likely become a Core Dev.
- Organise kubuntu, finding tasks for people to do, no matter what their level of expertise. Some of this is still to be announced.
- Keep updating the KDE universe (and main, where applicable)
- Keep fixing bugs, particularly in kubuntu. Make sure that the important bugs get fixed promptly, particularly if there's an upstream patch for it, and only requires bits of tweaking to put it in.
- Help out on the spec about people participating in ubuntu developer conferences without being physically present.
(current status: information in my brain, but not on paper. How do you assign yourself to a spec?) https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/non-physical-participation-at-conferences
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