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Me

I'm Jacob Peddicord, an 18-year-old web and software developer, Ubuntu member, and CSE student.

I know Python, PHP/MySQL, C/C++, and HTML/CSS/JavaScript technologies, to name a few. Most of my web applications are written in Python with the Django web framework.

I started venturing into Linux back in late 2005. I had downloaded Ubuntu 5.10 because I had always heard many great things about it. However, it refused to install from a DVD drive, and as a result, I tried SuSE. In May 2006, when Dapper was starting to become popular, I installed it and since then have never went back to any other distribution. I have given out around 50 copies of Ubuntu since (over 1000 if you count Ohio LinuxFest!), and have personally installed around 20 copies on others' machines.

Contributions to Ubuntu

• Bug triage and 5-A-Day - when I remember!

• Forums:
  • I'm an Ubuntu Forums staff member

  • Kicked off the UnansweredPostsTeam, now led by ajmorris

• Helping out with the Ohio LoCo team:

  • One of the team leaders/contacts
  • Chilling in #ubuntu-us-oh on irc.freenode.net

  • Maintaining http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/

  • Helped organize our booth at Ohio LinuxFest 2008 & 2009

• LoCo Support System for Drupal

  • Wrote original code
  • Now maintained by ubuntu-qc
• Packaging:
  • Beginning some packaging work - still learning!

FOSS Contributions (not necessarily Ubuntu)

• I write on FOSSwire, which has become relatively popular in recent months, along with Peter Upfold.

• I'm working on a project known as Xeiso, a dedicated open gaming platform interface.

Team Memberships

Check my Launchpad profile page for more information.

Future Plans

• Continue advocating Ubuntu
• Finish some programming projects of mine

Websites

• http://jacob.peddicord.net - my personal site and blog

• http://codechunk.net - my Linode

• http://xeiso.com - side project

• http://fosswire.com - the best FOSS site ever

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