KevinDuBois

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About Me

I am an undergraduate Computer Engineering student at the University of Michigan and a fan of Ubuntu and everything Linux. I have been using Linux primarily for 2 years now.

I consider myself pretty well versed in C and C++, and Java. I have a good knowledge base in object oriented programming, and can quickly adapt to other languages, if I need to Wink ;-) I have had experience with OpenGL, Gtk+, gtkmm, gdk, xlib, Cairo, libfakekey, and gtkglext libraries.

As far as linux goes, I am interested in Free and OSS Software, advanced graphics programming, low level Operating System internals, and writing hardware drivers for the linux kernel. I'm just coming up to speed on the latter two, and hope to contribute some very useful code in the near future!

Email: kdub432@gmail.com


Projects & Contributions

Compiz Fusion

One of the more exciting projects I'm involved in, compiz fusion is an openGL based window manager for linux operating systems, (i.e. eyecandy for linux). I'm currently bug hunting for this project, and working on writing some new window animations, that I expect to be done early december, depending on school's workload. Feel free to suggest new plugins ideas to me!

Homepage: opencompositing.org

IRC: #compiz-fusion

Jot

Jot aims to be a character recognition program used by tablet PC's to allow for handwritten input of characters. As of today (Oct 22, 2007) it is in an alpha stage, but should be usable in a few weeks, after I implement a secondary comparison technique to refine handwritten character recognition.

Jot Homepage : https://launchpad.net/jot

Bug Hunting

I try to hunt down as many bugs as I can in Ubuntu during my spare time. Look on Launchpad if you're interested in seeing what I've done!

LOCO teams

I am a member of the Michigan Ubuntu LOCO team. We're just starting out, and I hope to get the promotion of linux and Ubuntu rolling in Michigan very soon!

Guides

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

Events

Presentations and Speeches

I am giving a 1-2 hour presentation for the Ann Arbor chapter of the American Computing Society on December 5th,2007 on new developments in Linux, Ubuntu, and other exciting Open Source Projects.



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