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Note: any similarity between my page and MacoMorgan 's are purely coincidence. '''Note:''' ''any similarity between my page and MacoMorgan 's is purely coincidence.''
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'''Linux User #:''' 432169 '''Linux User #:''' 35266
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'''Launchpad:''' https://launchpad.net/~maco.m '''Launchpad:''' https://launchpad.net/~jelkner
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'''Current OS:''' Feisty Fawn & Debian Etch (dual boot) '''Current OS's:''' Dapper, Feisty & Gutsy
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My handle for pretty much the entire internet is maco. Variations are macoafi or macogw if the site requires 6 letters, but maco usually means me. My handle for pretty much the entire internet is jelkner.
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=== Programming === I'm a high school teacher at Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia. I've been using GNU/Linux in
the classroom since 1994, and teaching Computer Science with Python since 1998.
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I've been doing Java for a couple of years now, and started studying C last year. I've worked with Python and Javascript a little too. === Education ===
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=== School ===

I'm a freshman at GWU in Washington, DC. I'm double-majoring in International Affairs and Computer Science with a minor in Japanese. If anyone who happens to be reading this is from GW or somewhere in DC, say hi.		 I have an Associate Degree in Computer Science from Northern Virginia Community College, a Bachelors
Degree in Mathematics from University of Maryland, College Park, and a Masters D

Basic Stuff

Note: any similarity between my page and MacoMorgan 's is purely coincidence.

Name: Jeffrey Elkner

Location: Washington, DC

Email: jeff@elkner.net

IRC: jelkner @ irc.freenode.net #schooltool #ubuntu-dc #ubuntu-sv

AIM: jelkner

Linux User #: 35266

Ubuntu User #: 17475

Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~jelkner

Current OS's: Dapper, Feisty & Gutsy

Blog: http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

My handle for pretty much the entire internet is jelkner.

Other Stuff

I'm a high school teacher at Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia. I've been using GNU/Linux in the classroom since 1994, and teaching Computer Science with Python since 1998.

Education

I have an Associate Degree in Computer Science from Northern Virginia Community College, a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics from University of Maryland, College Park, and a Masters D

Ubuntu Stuff

I jumped on the Ubuntu boat just after Dapper came out. It's my main OS now both at school and at home. I now have a blog (link at top) where I post about developments in Feisty, new things I come across, and howtos/hints for problems I encounter.

Help

I can usually be found in the Absolute Beginner Section of the ubuntuforums.org answering questions, chatting in Community Cafe, or modding the NU Ubuntu Team section of the forums. I sometimes answer questions on IRC, but I think I ask more there than I answer (EDIT: not anymore, I'm apparently able to answer questions now). Forum members have IM'ed me before too. My screen name is at the top of the page. Feel free.

Spreading

Well, so far my mom and my siblings use Ubuntu at home. A former RedHat-user in my Japanese class switched after he saw my computer, and another girl in the class (his girlfriend) soon followed suit. I've started giving out Ubuntu Live CDs, and a few of my friends from high school have requested that I set it up for them when I'm in town. A few of my cousins are now looking at Ubuntu too. I've started making and labeling copies of the Open CD to give out to Windows users whose computers I repair, since while some people may not be willing to switch OS's (but I need AutoCAD), they probably don't mind freebies. I also installed Edubuntu on a dozen older computers which were then donated to the School Without Walls in Washington, DC for a computer lab.

Community Involvement

I'm a member of DCLUG, LinuxChix DC chapter, and the Ubuntu DC, Pittsburgh (home), and Pennsylvania LoCo Teams. I'm a moderator on the NU (Northeast US) Ubuntu part of ubuntuforums and an admin for the NU team on Launchpad. I've assisted NicholasWheeler with evangelizing Edubuntu. I'm also now helping KevinCole and another Ubuntu user from DC with getting "open source for beginners" classes going. We had our first one today (6 Sep 2007), and are working on getting more "newbies" to show up and more interesting/helpful topics we can teach (ex: the Gimp for Photoshop users).

PGP Key

Projects

Links

Cool Stuff

Automatix (Automated GUI installation script) (see: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405)

To install on Breezy:

To run:

  • Automatix

Firefox Extensions

About me

I am a high school computer science teacher in the Washington, DC metro area. I've been a Free Software advocate since 1995, and I've been using Free Software in my classroom enviroment for the past 9 years.

I am a huge fan of the Python progamming language, which I use in my first year CS classes.

My friend PaulFlint introduced me to Ubuntu in December, 2004, when he dressed up as Santa Claus ("Saint Nicholinus", he says) and handed out "Warty" C Ds. "Hoary" got me hooked, and I've been installing Ubuntu everywhere I go.

I attended the UbuntuDownUnder conference with friend and soon to be former student, ColinApplegate, where I worked on the specification for Edubuntu. I hope to be heavily involved in Edubuntu testing, and will be setting up several Edubuntu sites in my community.

I am also actively involved with the SchoolTool project, as project manager for a competency tracking application called CanDo being written by two of my former students which is being built on top of SchoolTool.

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