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I, Jamie Bennett, apply for universe-contributor status
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Who I am
I'm Jamie Bennett, a software developer from Bath, Somerset, in the UK. I've been using Linux since installing Slackware in 1995 and I've been an Ubuntu Fan/Promoter/Contributor since the Warty days. I also work for Canonical on the Ubuntu Mobile Team.
In addition to working for Canonical I have a contract and consultancy company that has for many years worked on open source projects, both paid and free of charge. A lot of this work has focused on distribution infrastructure. Notable work has been with the Linux From Scratch Project (Lead Developer of Automated Tools), Nokia's Maemo Platform, and several little tools such as rsstorrent. More details of which can be found at http://www.linuxuk.org.
My Ubuntu story
I first came across Ubuntu back in 2004 when I installed Warty. Coming from a Slackware and Linux from Scratch background, I thought I would try a distribution that would make my life easier. I was instantly hooked. Since then I have used every version of Ubuntu, usually installing it during the development cycle and have advocated it use to as many people as I could. In previous years this was to the more technical people I knew and met but with the latest releases and their ease of use, I have now converted family members over to using Ubuntu.
My involvement
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
For Ubuntu I have concentrated mostly on enabling embedded ARM hardware. I was responsible for decreasing live-cd boot times by 35% across all hardware, not just ARM (Casper improvements), integrating the current ARM netbook UI (netbook-launcher-efl), and more recently working on the web office integration (webservice-office-zoho) amongst other things. Bug work, packages that fail to build and user testing are other area's I concentrate on.
Areas of work
- Casper speed up work.
- Investigated, oversaw, filed MIR's and guided the 2D netbook launcher in the ARM images. The 2D launcher is also now used as the fallback UI if no 3D acceleration is available on the standard netbook image too.
- Zoho office integration to enable documents to be uploaded, edited and saved using the cloud services Zoho provides. Useful for installations that don't want to use/can't use Open Office or its alternatives. This project is now in main and is the installed as default on ARM images.
- Investigations into providing an alternative media player for ARM based images.
- FTBFS fixes:
- ARMEL and x86 image testing, bug reporting.
Things I could do better
- My day-to-day work means that I work mostly on architecture specific projects, in my case, ARM projects. I try to contribute to the wider exosphere, with projects like webservice-office-zoho but I could do better. I plan to work more on projects that effect the distribution as a whole.
Plans for the future
General
What I like least in Ubuntu
In the embedded and mobile space, including netbooks, phones and other systems, Linux is well represented but Ubuntu isn't. With Android, Moblin (now MeeGo) and other specialist distributions being chosen at the moment, I would like to see this change. I plan on helping Ubuntu become the default choice for ARM and mobile based devices by improving the performance, usability, robustness and quality of our images. Bug fixing, user testing and contributing to projects that effect the UX are all on my radar for the coming cycle.
Comments
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Anmar Oueja (anmar)
As the project manager for the Ubuntu Mobile Team, I worked with Jamie for several months. He has a great work ethic and very adapatable approach to problems.
Christian Reis (kiko)
Jamie's handled all the pretty random requests I have sent his way since starting to work with him on Ubuntu and ARM; he's sincere, reliable and has a sufficiently broad view of the underpinnings of the Ubuntu operating system to make well-considered technical decisions when he needs to.
Endorsements
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Michael Casadevall (NCommander)
General feedback
I've worked with Jamie on the Ubuntu Mobile team for several months. He's a hard working, and a quick learner, picking up new topics easily. I recommend him for Ubuntu Universe Contributor status.
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