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Although, aware of Linux's existence by 2000, my first actual exposure to using Linux was Red Hat (not sure which) in the fall of 2004 when taking a class on Java at uni. I didn't become an actual Linux user really, however, until July 2007 when I first started using Ubuntu 7.04. Since then I've used a mix of Ubuntu and MacOS with a little bit of Fedora (again for a class at uni).

Despite having taken a couple programming classes at uni (C & Java), I'm not actually a programmer and not hugely technical. My actual degree is in English and I work in publishing. I always say "if I had 6 months to sit down and review and focus on nothing else" I'd get back into programming, but as that's unlikely to happen for right now I'm sticking with involvement in community and non-technical bits of Ubuntu.

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Activities

• Involved in organizing Ubuntu User Days

• Advocacy contact and co-coordinator with czajkowski for Ubuntu NGO

• Remotely participated in UDS Lucid

• Involved in Ubuntu Women

• Involved in encouraging students at my uni to use FOSS in general and Ubuntu specifically

• Helping transcribe Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team

• Working to start a project to create an open source augmentative and alternative (AAC) device for people who cannot communicate orally or through sign.

Future Goals

• Become more active with Ubuntu Women

• Get involved with documentation for Ubuntu
• If I ever get those 6 months to refresh and really work on programming, do so

• Become more involved in the Ubuntu Community Learning Project

• Hopefully become an Ubuntu Member

Testimonials

• I have been working with Penelope on the Ubuntu User Days project since UDS. She has proved to be an wonderful asset to the team, providing assistance in any way that she can. She has been extremely helpful to many members of the community and would make a great addition to the Ubuntu Community! -- chrisjohnston 2009-12-18 01:07:46

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