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About Me

I'm a 20 year old student studying a Computer Science Degree at the College of West Anglia in the UK. I have a keen interest in computer programming and aim to become a programmer/software developer once I have completed my degree.

Ubuntu 7.04 was the first flavour of Linux I had used and have been using Ubuntu on the desktop since 2004, running a mix of Ubuntu desktops, laptops and servers at home.

I installed Ubuntu when version 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) was released and am now running 11.10 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot).

Current Contributions To Ubuntu

Community

• I am a member of the EnglishTranslation team

• I am a member of the Launchpad Users team

• I am a member of the UKTeam

• I am a member of the Ubuntu Local Community Teams

• I am a member of the Ubuntu Users Group

• I am a member of the Approved LoCo Teams

Translations

• Assisted in translating applications such as Exaile Music Player and GNOME MPlayer for English(UK) users.

• Assisted in translating Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, 11.04 Natty and 11.10 Oneric.
• Helped translate the following notable programs for Ubuntu 10.10:
  • GNOME-Terminal
  • GCalc-Tool (GNOME Calculator)
  • Simple Scan
  • Nautilus
  • Empathy
  • Eye of GNOME (Image Viewer)
  • Gwibber
  • Rythmbox
  • Totem Movie Player
  • Tomboy
• Helped translate the following notable programs for Ubuntu 11.04:
  • Software Centre
  • Tomboy
  • Network-Manager
  • Gwibber
  • Ubuntu One Client
  • Synaptic
  • Rythmbox
  • Grub
  • Yelp
  • Unity
• Assisted in translating programs for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot:
  • Software Centre
  • Update Manager
  • Gwibber

Bug Reports

• I report all bugs I find and try my best to help resolve them by providing as much information as possible.

External Stuff

• Hand out Ubuntu CDs to friends etc.

Future Work

• I'd like to continue providing good translations for Ubuntu.
• Report discovered bugs in timely fashion.
• Learn more about how Ubuntu works as an OS.
• Learn to contribute code to Ubuntu bug fixes.
• Be able to create complex programs for Ubuntu and other Linux based distros. Currently, I am a fairly capable programmer in the following languages: VB.Net, C#, C++, Java and VB6 (including HTML for the web). I would like to move away from somewhat Microsoft restricted languages and improve my knowledge in Java, C++ and to learn Python.