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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 in April 2012 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 at home, and Ubuntu Server 12.10 on my VPS.

I am also a licensed amateur radio operator, call-sign G4MBY, previously G6AVH although now inactive. I am currently looking at ways to combine my interest in amateur radio with that of Ubuntu and Kubuntu, and return to the air-waves in one form or another in due course.

My Profile Pages

• Launchpad

• Ubuntu Forums

• Kubuntu Forums

• Ask Ubuntu

Internet Relay Chat

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

I am usually present in the following channels, amongst many others, on the Freenode network:

My Contributions

Ubuntu Bug Squad

I joined the Ubuntu Bug Squad in July 2013 with the aim of submitting better bug reports, improve those already submitted, identify duplicate reports and remove any out of date reports that refer to old versions of software or Ubuntu releases that are no longer supported.

Ubuntu Forums

I have been a member of Ubuntu Forums since May 2010 and Kubuntu Forums since March 2011. I like answer general support questions especially those related to Kubuntu and KDE and those posted by "Absolute Beginners". I also assist the moderation and adminstration staff by alerting them to duplicate, inapropriate or "spam" posts.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter

I am a regular contributor to the production of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. I collect links to stories, write summaries and proof read the final draft. My first contribution was in May 2013 (edition 316) and since then I have often been just one of a handful of people working on the newsletter for that week.

Future Plans

I currently plan to:

• Actively contribute to more Ubuntu related projects.
• Become an Ubuntu or Kubuntu member.

Testimonials

If you wish to describe any of my contributions to the Ubuntu Community in further detail, please feel free to do so. Thank You.

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