MattFischer
About Me
My name is Matt Fischer and I've been an Ubuntu user for about 15 years now. I've used Slackware (installed from floppies), Red Hat, Debian, and became an Ubuntu convert about 4 years ago, using it at work and home. Now that I work at Canonical, I can devote time during work and personal hours to making Ubuntu better.
My personal philosophy is: if you see a problem, report it, if you know the solution, post it, if you can solve the problem, patch it (or merge it). This is reflected in my contributions and my blog, in which I strive to post knowledge that is not easily Googleable.
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Contributions
On My Own Time
- Bug Fixing
Worked assorted bugs in gnome-nettools (#841007, #806606, #891852, #389153). Fix sent upstream and accepted, will be merged back in Precise. Also fixed #661753 in oneiric (patch doesn't make sense upstream).
Patched an indicator-weather issue #928596
Triaged and patched a simple unity issue #932212
Worked/working some lightdm issues: A simple lightdm bug to fix a call to g_open #999718 and another issue with making calls to clearenv() more portable #999714 and finally a portability issue with setresgid/setresuid #999713. I also am trying to fix the build issue with gcc4.7 (quantal): #999884
For the Ubuntu Global Jam fixed ftbfs for live-manual That fix lead to working on a fix for python-djvulibre.
- Unity Scopes/Lenses
Wrote a Stock Ticker scope & lens code. Along the way I fixed some issues with the locoteams scope and lens. I also helped package the Cooking lens.
- Ubuntu Accomplishments
- Did the packaging for Ubuntu Accomplishments, helped setup build recipes, and fixed dependency packaging issues. I also wrote some accomplishments (Bug Squad and Bug Control). Finally, I'm fixing a few bugs
#997422 & #1004289 Rel 0.1 and Rel 0.2
- Bug Control and Triage
- Joined the Ubuntu Bug Squad and worked on helping to triage bugs.
- Joined Ubuntu Bug Control.
Adopted gnome-nettool for Bug triage (although it's pretty quiet now)
At My Day Job
As a part of my day job at Canonical, I work with OEMs to get Ubuntu pre-installed on as many systems as possible. This includes doing packaging, fixing bugs, system testing, pretty much everything you need to ship a new system besides writing drivers. This job requires the ability to bounce between different projects on a daily basis, and this generalism carries over to my community contributions as well!
One recent project was the Vodafone Webbook project, an ARM netbook running Unity-2D.
Future Goals
My long term goal is to keep contributing to the Ubuntu community and to become an Ubuntu Developer and MOTU.
Testimonials
Very much appreciate Matt being persistent on raising up bug 468778 for investigation, and politely following up. We either have a knowledge gap going on somewhere (and some documentation is needed) or there is something that needs to be fixed. Problems that fall between established team gaps are real, and people who are willing to dig in and help get them resolved are rare. - KateStewart
Matt has done an awesome job helping with the Ubuntu Accomplishments project. He has helped with packaging and contributed some accomplishments himself. He has always been a pleasure to work with, responsive, and performs great work. I would happily +1 him as an Ubuntu Member. -- JonoBacon
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