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| == Contact Information == {{https://launchpad.net/@@/person}} '''Name''': <<BR>> {{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/7171615/ubuntulogo_s.png}} '''Ubuntu Forum member''': [[http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=65323|Iowan]]<<BR>> {{https://launchpad.net/favicon.ico}} '''Launchpad ID''': [[https://launchpad.net/~Iowan|Iowan]] <<BR>> {{https://launchpad.net/@@/private}} '''PGP Key''': 5F99B159 <<BR>> {{https://launchpad.net/@@/language}} '''IRC''': __Iowan__ on ''irc.freenode.net'' <<BR>> {{https://launchpad.net/@@/mail}} '''email''': <<BR>> {{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/16121192/gem-sm.png}} '''Location''': Iowa <<BR>> {{http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/favicon.ico}} '''Ubuntu member #''': 8629<<BR>> |
||<tablestyle="font-size: 0.9em; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;" -2:> '''Contact Information'''|| || {{https://launchpad.net/@@/person}} '''Name''':||Allen Dye|| || {{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/16121192/gem-sm.png}} '''Location''': || Iowa || || {{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/7171615/ubuntulogo_s.png}} '''Ubuntu Forum member''': || [[http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=65323|Iowan]] || || {{https://launchpad.net/favicon.ico}} '''Launchpad ID''': ||[[https://launchpad.net/~Iowan|Iowan]] || || {{https://launchpad.net/@@/private}} '''PGP Key''': || 5F99B159 || || {{https://launchpad.net/@@/language}} '''IRC''': || ''Iowan'' on ''irc.freenode.net'' || || {{https://launchpad.net/@@/mail}} '''email''': || <<MailTo(iowan AT SPAMFREE ymail DOT com)>> || || {{http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/favicon.ico}} '''Ubuntu member #''':|| 8629 || == About Me == I wish I could remember what prompted me to try Ubuntu. I remember I had recently spent a whopping $15 for a Dell !OptiPlex GX110 at University Surplus. Now I had a computer with enough horsepower to actually run a "modern" Linux. I downloaded and dual-booted Hoary Hedgehog with XP. In the meantime, I got a $70 Dell Dimension 4100 tower (still using it) so I could try the new Breezy Badger release (when the FREE CD's arrived) without losing my working machine. I alternated upgrades between the two machines until the 128M on the GX110 became inadequate for new versions. The 4100 ran Gutsy until I doubled the RAM to 512M and "upgraded" to Hardy. My first "new" laptop runs Jaunty, and the latest addition (a Dell Dimension 4500S from Goodwill Reboot) is waiting to have XP Home Edition replaced. A couple of (Hardy) servers fill what's left of the living room. I joined the [[http://ubuntuforums.org|Ubuntu Forums]] in early 2006 (January) and started trying to share what I knew of Linux - Ubuntu in particular. I hope I help solve more problems than I cause... |
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| {*} My current contribution is support forum participation. Few things are more satisfying than seeing a problem solved. I wish I could claim that each reply helped to solve a problem, but I've been dead wrong more than once. Fortunately, not ''too'' often. <<BR>> | {*} My current contribution is support forum participation. Few things are more satisfying than seeing a problem solved. I continue to seek opportunities to contribute. <<BR>> |
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| {o} A couple of my attempts to contribute have not turned out well. My application for membership on the Documentation Team was declined. <<BR>> | {o} A couple of my contribution attempts have not turned out as well as I had hoped. My application for membership on the Documentation Team was declined. <<BR>> |
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| {*} Ubuntu membership <<BR>> {*} Find Team to join <<BR>> {*} Contact and promote Iowa LoCo <<BR>> {*} Continue Support Forum participation <<BR>> |
{*} Ubuntu membership <<BR>> {*} Find a way to benefit a Team (or so) <<BR>> {*} Support and promote Iowa LoCo <<BR>> {*} Continue Support Forum participation <<BR>> {*} IRC participation <<BR>> |
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About Me
I wish I could remember what prompted me to try Ubuntu. I remember I had recently spent a whopping $15 for a Dell OptiPlex GX110 at University Surplus. Now I had a computer with enough horsepower to actually run a "modern" Linux. I downloaded and dual-booted Hoary Hedgehog with XP. In the meantime, I got a $70 Dell Dimension 4100 tower (still using it) so I could try the new Breezy Badger release (when the FREE CD's arrived) without losing my working machine. I alternated upgrades between the two machines until the 128M on the GX110 became inadequate for new versions. The 4100 ran Gutsy until I doubled the RAM to 512M and "upgraded" to Hardy. My first "new" laptop runs Jaunty, and the latest addition (a Dell Dimension 4500S from Goodwill Reboot) is waiting to have XP Home Edition replaced. A couple of (Hardy) servers fill what's left of the living room.
I joined the Ubuntu Forums in early 2006 (January) and started trying to share what I knew of Linux - Ubuntu in particular. I hope I help solve more problems than I cause...
Ubuntu Contributions
My current contribution is support forum participation. Few things are more satisfying than seeing a problem solved. I continue to seek opportunities to contribute.
A couple of my contribution attempts have not turned out as well as I had hoped. My application for membership on the Documentation Team was declined.
My application for membership on the Unanswered Posts Team was ... well, unanswered.
Goals
- Ubuntu membership
Find a way to benefit a Team (or so)
Support and promote Iowa LoCo
Continue Support Forum participation
IRC participation
Testimonials
Hopefully, this section won't stay empty...
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