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I am a Computer Engineer, specializing in kernel and embedded work. I have special talents in multimedia and graphics. I graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010. I've been an active user and supporter of Ubuntu and everything Linux. I have been using Linux primarily since 5.10. Kevin DuBois, Computer Engineer, San Diego, CA, USA
 *point-of-contact for Ubuntu Hours in San Diego, California since October.
 *specializes in kernel and embedded work, especially multimedia and graphics.
 *University of Michigan graduate (2010).
 *I have been using Ubuntu as my primary OS since 5.10.
 *natural languages are C/C++, and python. Lots of involvement with graphics and multimedia libraries
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I've been the organizer for Ubuntu Hours occurring in San Diego, California since November.

My natural languages are C/C++ and Python, and assembly. I have had experience with OpenGL, Gtk+, gtkmm, gdk, xlib, Cairo, libfakekey, gtkglext libraries, ffmpeg, and encoding/decoding libraries as well as lots of other code bases here and there.

As far as linux and computing goes, I am interested in Free and Open Source Software, advanced graphics programming, low level operating system internals, and writing hardware drivers for the linux kernel.

Email: kdub432@gmail.com

IRC (freenode.net) Registered nicknames: kdub, kdubois
I frequent #sparkfun, #avr, and #ubuntu-us-ca

Blog: [[http://kdubois.net]]

Launchpad Homepage: [[https://launchpad.net/~kdub]]
Contact
 * Email: kdub432@gmail.com
 * IRC (freenode.net) Registered nicknames: kdub, kdubois <<BR>>
 I frequent #sparkfun, #avr, and #ubuntu-us-ca
 *Blog: [[http://kdubois.net]]
 *Launchpad Homepage: [[https://launchpad.net/~kdub]]
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* LOCO Team  * LOCO Teams
 I am a member of the California Ubuntu Loco team [CaliforniaTeam] from 2010 onward. I've been organizing the San Diego area activities. I have organized the monthly San Diego-area Ubuntu Hours since October 2010, and was an exhibitor for the Ubuntu booth at the Scale9x expo.
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I am a member of the California Ubuntu Loco team [CaliforniaTeam] from 2010 onward. I've been organizing the San Diego area activities. I have organized the monthly San Diego area ubuntu hours, and was an exhibitor for the Ubuntu booth at the Scale9x expo.  I was a member of the Michigan Ubuntu LOCO team [MichiganTeam] from its founding in 2008 to 2010. During my involvement, I attended most Ann Arbor based activities, and gave some speeches on behalf of the Ubuntu Loco. I moved to California in 2010 and joined the California team!
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I was a member of the Michigan Ubuntu LOCO team [MichiganTeam] from its founding in 2008 to 2010. During my involvement, I attended most Ann Arbor based activities, and gave some speeches on behalf of the Ubuntu Loco. I moved to California and joined the California team instead!  * Open Source Blog
 I maintain [[http://kdubois.net]], an open source blog that has had 100,000+ pageviews since I made it about 3 years ago. I generally write advice, project updates, or how-to's
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* Open Source Blog  * Speeches
 I gave an hour and a half long speech promoting Ubuntu Linux to the Ann Arbor Computing Society on behalf of Michigan Loco in December 2008. I intend to give a speech to the San Diego area LUG (kplug) detailing the Linux graphics ecosystem, and the impact that the Wayland Server will have on it within the next two months.
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I maintain http://kdubois.net, an open source blog that has had 100,000+ pageviews since I made it about 3 years ago. I generally write advice, project updates, or how-to's (eg, [[http://kdubois.net/?p=24]], [[http://kdubois.net/?p=25]] )

* Speeches
I gave an hour and a half long speech promoting Ubuntu Linux to the Ann Arbor Computing Society on behalf of Michigan Loco in December 2008

I have written a guide for installing Ubuntu on the Lenovo Thinkpad x61 Tablet. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_%28Feisty_Fawn%29_on_an_X61_Tablet

I've also written many guides on my blog I'm to lazy to enumerate here :P.
 * Guides
 I have written many guides for how to do things on Ubuntu. I'll list a few examples:
  [[http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_%28Feisty_Fawn%29_on_an_X61_Tablet | installing Ubuntu on the Lenovo Thinkpad x61 Tablet. ]] <<BR>> [[http://kdubois.net/?p=24 | Guide to transitioning from Windows to Ubuntu]] <<BR>>
  [[http://kdubois.net/?p=25 | Guide to Ubuntu's Root Filesystem]] <<BR>>
  [[http://kdubois.net/?p=954| Finding software regressions using git ]] <<BR>>
  and many others!
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== Android Kernel ==
My job involves development for the Android kernel, which is open source and eventually winds its way back to the mainline kernel. I have developed and improved the graphics drivers for the kernel.
==== Kernel ====
My day-job involves development for the Android kernel, which is open source and eventually winds its way back to the mainline kernel. I have developed and improved the graphics drivers for the kernel.
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I'm a computer engineering, which means I like hardware just as much I like software. My blog has a few details of projects that I've made from AVR and PIC microcontrollers that I've programmed using entirely OSS software. I have experience with embedded systems, and have worked with the assembly on PIC/amtel/PPC/i386 processors. I'm a computer engineering, which means I like hardware just as much I like software. My blog has a few details of projects that I've made from AVR and PIC microcontrollers that I've programmed using entirely OSS software. I have experience with embedded systems, and have worked with the assembly on PIC/amtel/PPC/i386 processors. I love promoting hardware development using only open source tools.

About Me

Kevin DuBois, Computer Engineer, San Diego, CA, USA

  • point-of-contact for Ubuntu Hours in San Diego, California since October.
  • specializes in kernel and embedded work, especially multimedia and graphics.
  • University of Michigan graduate (2010).
  • I have been using Ubuntu as my primary OS since 5.10.
  • natural languages are C/C++, and python. Lots of involvement with graphics and multimedia libraries

Contact

Ubuntu Advocacy and Involvement

  • LOCO Teams

    I am a member of the California Ubuntu Loco team [CaliforniaTeam] from 2010 onward. I've been organizing the San Diego area activities. I have organized the monthly San Diego-area Ubuntu Hours since October 2010, and was an exhibitor for the Ubuntu booth at the Scale9x expo.

    I was a member of the Michigan Ubuntu LOCO team [MichiganTeam] from its founding in 2008 to 2010. During my involvement, I attended most Ann Arbor based activities, and gave some speeches on behalf of the Ubuntu Loco. I moved to California in 2010 and joined the California team!

  • Open Source Blog

    I maintain http://kdubois.net, an open source blog that has had 100,000+ pageviews since I made it about 3 years ago. I generally write advice, project updates, or how-to's

  • Speeches I gave an hour and a half long speech promoting Ubuntu Linux to the Ann Arbor Computing Society on behalf of Michigan Loco in December 2008. I intend to give a speech to the San Diego area LUG (kplug) detailing the Linux graphics ecosystem, and the impact that the Wayland Server will have on it within the next two months.
  • Guides I have written many guides for how to do things on Ubuntu. I'll list a few examples:

Other Open Source Projects & Contributions

Kernel

My day-job involves development for the Android kernel, which is open source and eventually winds its way back to the mainline kernel. I have developed and improved the graphics drivers for the kernel.

Compiz Fusion

I was a contributing developer to the project from 2007 to 2009. I maintained http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=users/kdubois/extra-animations;a=summary, a branch of extra animations. ( Videos here http://kdubois.net/?p=46). I am syndicated on planet.compiz-fusion.org as well.

VLC

* patches and bugfixes to the team. My rework of the audio filtering infrastructure was incorporated into mainline.

FFMPEG

* I was accepted into the 2009 Google Summer of Code working on an audio filtering library that will provide equalizers, normalizers, volume adjustments, etc. all on the fly.

Pet Projects

* Jot aims to be a character recognition program used by tablet PC's to allow for handwritten input of characters. The recognition rate is about 70% as of now, and its not user friendly yet. If you want something more usable, try out onestroke! Jot Homepage : https://launchpad.net/jot

* Flashnotes is a flashcard program aimed at training pianists. Written with GTK/Cairo, I hope to hook it up to a midi sequencing library so the program can recognize when the user gets the note correct. Grab the current code frome here: http://kdubois.net/src/flashnotes.tar.gz

Hardware Hacking

I'm a computer engineering, which means I like hardware just as much I like software. My blog has a few details of projects that I've made from AVR and PIC microcontrollers that I've programmed using entirely OSS software. I have experience with embedded systems, and have worked with the assembly on PIC/amtel/PPC/i386 processors. I love promoting hardware development using only open source tools.

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