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Write your goals.  * Bring in kmod support from Debian. It's been available since the Quantal cycle, but we didn't support it yet
 * Consider bringing in Debian's implementation for building modules with DKMS. We have our own, which Debian brought in originally, but they took it out when they were preparing for the release of Squeeze. After Squeeze's release, they added their own implementation of it. I haven't added it yet because our (the original) version works, and bringing theirs in might break stuff on our end.

About Me

My name is Nate Muench (pronounced "Mink"), I live in Wisconsin, and I'm 25 years old. Ubuntu (and Linux in particular) is kind of a hobby because it's a cool alternative to Windows, and did I mention you can do cool stuff in Ubuntu. I should note I use Windows as my primary Operating System (yes, I know BOO).

I began using Ubuntu (and Linux particularly) in college (studying for a IT-Network Specialist) using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). I mainly used it in Virtual Machines (VMware Workstation). And while in college I also used Fedora and (Open) SUSE Enterprise Server. The first physical machine I installed Ubuntu was on my Netbook (which was duel-booted), with, I believe, Ubuntu 9.10.

Today, I still primarily use Ubuntu on VMs because if I screw up (or something breaks, doesn't boot, etc), I can use the Snapshot feature (which is a great feature by the way) to go back to when it worked. I do have the Development version (in this case it's Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring)).

Contact Information

Email

NowIWillDestroyAbydos@gmail.com

IRC

NMinker on irc.freenode.net

Launchpad

https://launchpad.net/~n-muench

Location

America/Menominee (UTC-0600)

Alternate Location

America/Chicago (UTC-0600)

Contributions

I'm currently the maintainer (well, unofficial) of the open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu. I regularly pull (some) things in from Debian's version of the package. Do to the fact that Ubuntu uses the newest kernel in the upcoming release (again, currently it's Raring), we cannot do a full sync with Debian because they're using older kernels.

Upstream (VMware) uploads developer versions to their SourceForge page, and these developer versions normally have better support for newer versions of the Linux kernel.

Packages available in Ubuntu

Maverick (10.10)

Oneiric (11.10)

Precise (12.04)

Quantal (12.10)

Raring (13.04)

Future Goals

  • Bring in kmod support from Debian. It's been available since the Quantal cycle, but we didn't support it yet
  • Consider bringing in Debian's implementation for building modules with DKMS. We have our own, which Debian brought in originally, but they took it out when they were preparing for the release of Squeeze. After Squeeze's release, they added their own implementation of it. I haven't added it yet because our (the original) version works, and bringing theirs in might break stuff on our end.

Testimonials

If you know me and have something nice to say, please leave a comment here.

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