Welcome to Jonathan's homepage in Ubuntuland!

Roles in Ubuntu

• MOTU Member
  Edubuntu Council member, including Edubuntu release co-manager
  

Current Interests

• LTSP Cluster Package maintenance
  Making Edubuntu the best it can be
  Maintining Edubuntu website and social network profiles (on identica/facebook/twitter)
  MOTU Work: Reviewing packages on REVU and sponsoring bug fixes
  Getting involved in Debian
  

Package work in Ubuntu

Universe:

• ltsp-cluster-accountmanager: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
  ltsp-cluster-lbagent: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
  ltsp-cluster-lbserver: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
  ltsp-cluster-nxloadbalancer: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
  ltsp-cluster-control: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
  ltsp-cluster-pxeconfig: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
  libgnome: Wrote man page for gnome-open, sponsored by lool
  edubuntu-artwork, edubuntu-live
  nanny
  gnome-icon-theme-gartoon-redux
  See also: Related Software in Launchpad for most current list

REVU (Reviewing, Uploading, Archiving):

• Zope package reviewing for Schooltool dependencies: zope.catalog, restrictedpython, zope.index, zope.size, zope.server, zope.keyreference, zope.intid, zope.lifecycleevent, zope.annotation, zc.resourcelibrary, zope.app.appsetup, zope.app.basicskin, zope.app.component, zope.app.container, zope.app.debug, zope.app.dependable, zope.app.form, zope.app.localpermission, zope.app.publication, zope.app.publisher, zope.browsermenu, zope.securitypolicy, zope.app.renderer, zope.app.security, zope.app.testing, zope.applicationcontrol, zc.catalog, zope.pluggableauth, zope.app.authentication, zope.app.folder, zope.app.locales, zope.app.onlinehelp, zope.app.preference, zope.app.securitypolicy, zope.app.wsgi, zope.app.apidoc, zope.app.apidoc, zope.app.server, zope.app.zcmlfiles, zc.table, Added z3c.optionstorage and z3c.ptcompat, Added z3c.rml and z3c.form, z3c.formui, z3c.macro, z3c.template (non-revu ones were sponsored via PPA)
  Qimo packages for inclusion in universe and ultimately Edubuntu: qimo-session, qimo-wallpapers, qimo-games, xdg-launcher
  Education related: scratch, edubuntu-menueditor, gartoon-redux
  Randoms: mirrorkit, enna

Past stuff

• EMEA Council member reviewing Ubuntu membership requests in the Europe, Middle-East and Africa regions from 2010-02-02 to 2012-02-02
  I created and used to maintain the first versions of the Edubuntu and Xubuntu websites.
  Fridge stories:

  • 2006-03-21 - Cake War

  • 2008-11-11 - Ubuntu Tatoo

  • 2008-11-24 - New and Growing LoCos

  Presented 3 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek Sessions (2 on Edubuntu, 1 on Ubuntu in Education)
  ltsp-installer for Edubuntu disc
  I used to maintain a distribution called tuXlab that was implemented in a few hundred schools in South Africa (more info on my blog). Although it's unmaintained it's still used in quite a number of schools today still.
  ltsp-live for Edubuntu disc
  Expanded the Community Knowledgebase to include 3 (8-10) chapters from the Art of the Community Book
  Ubuntu Meetings and events:

  • Participated at Edubuntu Summit in London - June 2005 (Canonical sponsored)
  • Participated at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Paris - June 2006 (Canonical sponsored)
  • Participated at Ubuntu Education Summit in Sevilla - April 2007 (Canonical sponsored)
  • Attended Ubucon Sevilla at University of Sevilla - May 2007 (Community organised)
  • Participated at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Sevilla - May 2007 (Canonical sponsored)

  netbook-installer for Edubuntu disc
  

  • Attended Gutsy release party in Cape Town - October 2007 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

  • Organised Hardy release party in Johannesburg - April 2008 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

  • Organised Intrepid release party in Gauteng - November 2008 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

  • Participated at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona - June 2009 (Canonical sponsored)

  • Organised Karmic release party in Cape Town - November 2009 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

  My Package Poetry, a concept from Benjamin "Mako" Hill:

  • Edgy Celebrations - December 2006

  • Coming soon... Lynx

  Previous Co-leader of the Ubuntu-ZA loco team
  Maintained Ubuntu-ZA website/wiki and planet
  

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