Jonathan265
About me
- 17 years old, American. (Birthday 08-21-1991)
- Going into senior year of high school this fall.
- Using Linux for 2 years, started off with Fedora off and on (switching between that and windows) before quickly moving on to Kubuntu full-time. New to Linux on the desktop (04/2006), been using Kubuntu since Feisty.
- Actually, my dad started me off with Linux as a youngin', starting at Red Hat 5 or 6. I have fond memories of playing XBill and XBoing on our 486 in the basement.
Interests
- Genetics.
- Computers.
Contact
email echidnaman(at)gmail(dot)com
irc JontheEchidna on freenode #kubuntu-kde4 #kubuntu-devel #ubuntu+1 #amarok #plasma
Ubuntu activity
New packages activity
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Name & URL |
Description |
Version |
Distribution |
Comments |
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KWin effects toggling plasmoid |
0.1-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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Wifi signal strength plasmoid |
0.5-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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Media controller plasmoid |
0.5-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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Weather display plasmoid |
0.4-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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File previewer plasmoid |
0.1-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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Quick file access plasmoid |
0.5.2-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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Display interesting photos on flickr |
0.1-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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Alternative application launcher menu for KDE4 |
1.0.3~svn860641-0ubuntu2 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
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kio-bookmarks |
KIO slave for displaying/navigating bookmarks |
0.2.1-0ubuntu1 |
Intrepid |
Approved |
- Helped package KDE 4.1 RC1. (~ half of the language packs, plus skanlite)
- Backported kdewebdev-kde4 4.0.98 to the Kubuntu-members-kde4 ppa.
- Backported konq-plugins-kde4 4.0.98 to the Kubuntu-members-kde4 ppa.
Worked on this for Intrepid: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuIntrepidDesktopDefaults
- Packaged 3 of the 4.1 final packages for Intrepid
- Backported 11 of the KDE 4.1 final packages to the Hardy PPA (apachelogger can vouch for all this)
- Various miscellaneous packaging-related bugfixes.
- Heavy involvement in almost every KDE release since 4.1. (Ask any of my sponsors/companion developers)
Coding
Ported jockey-kde from PyQt4 -> PyKDE4 for Intrepid.
Ported software-properties-kde from PyQt4 -> PyKDE4 for Intrepid.
- Contributed various bugfix/polishing patches for Adept
Bug triaging
- I have been actively triaging KDE bugs for ~6 months
I resolved ~15% of the bugs in kdebase for the kde3 -> kde4 transition. (yuriy can vouch for this)
User support
- I have lurked in #kubuntu-kde4 since around the middle of April, 2008 giving support. (Moved to #kubuntu when Intrepid was released)
Future
- Package moar plasmoids
- Become MOTU, dominate universe (done)
- Package KDE each release
- Hone PyQt4/KDE4 skillz