About Me

I first became interested in Linux in 2000 when I saw RedHat, Mandrake and several other distributions being sold as cheap box sets in one of my local bookshops. Unfortunately, I never managed to get any of those early installations working properly so I reluctantly gave up and returned to Windows.

Ten years later, at the beginning of 2010, my father, who had taken up an interest in computing upon his retirement, told me that he was using Ubuntu Linux and shortly after I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx on an old Dell Dimension 8400 PC which I had purchased in 2005. Although upgraded, this PC saw regular use until just before the release of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin when it was reluctantly retired from service.

I started beta testing with the Ubuntu 10.10 release code-named Maverick Meerkat followed by Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal and have been involved in testing and the reporting of bugs of each release since then.

I am currently using Kubuntu 13.04, Lubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Ubuntu Server 12.10 on my VPS.

Other Information

I am also a licensed amateur radio operator, call-sign G4MBY, previously G6AVH although currently inactive. I am looking at ways to combine my interest in amateur radio with that of Ubuntu and Kubuntu.

I started contributing to the production of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter on a regular basis in May 2013 (edition 316) by searching for links to stories and writing summaries.

Internet Relay Chat

My registered IRC nickname is PaulW2U although I also use G4MBY and G4MBY2 from time to time.

I am usually present in the following channels on the Freenode network:

My Profile Pages

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~paulw2u

• Ubuntu Forums - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1078994

• Kubuntu Forums - http://www.kubuntuforums.net/member.php?18419-PaulW2U

• Ask Ubuntu - http://askubuntu.com/users/12714/paulw2u

• Homepage - http://www.g4mby.com/ or http://www.pcw.me.uk/

Current Objectives

I currently plan to:

• Always have the latest stable release of Kubuntu and the latest LTS release of Ubuntu available for use.
• Re-establish myself on the Ubuntu and Kubuntu Forums in a support role.
• Become more active on Launchpad with respect to the reporting and triaging of bugs.
• Actively contribute to more Ubuntu related projects.
• Become an Ubuntu or Kubuntu member.

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