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About Me

• Email: philipacamaniac (at gmail)

• Blog: http://www.philipandjenny.com

• Forums: [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=13905 philipacamaniac]

• IRC: philipacamaniac on irc.freenode.net

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Hi, my name is Philip Cain. I'm 22 and you could call me an IT systems administrator and webmaster. Kubuntu is the primary OS on my desktop at home, and I hope to assimilate more desktops and servers at work. I plan on helping the Ubuntu community, and specifically the Kubuntu project, in any way I can. I'll do this mostly by adopting threads in the forums, adding [:HowTos: HowTo] wikis, cleaning the wiki, reporting/fixing bugs, creating artwork, answering questions on #kubuntu, and helping with documentation. Another area I'd like to help in is eliminating the "last mile" of required CLI usage from within Kubuntu.

Contributions and Projects

• [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23981 Kubuntu Package Menu]

• New package testing (currently testing KDE 3.4.1 in Hoary)
• Kubuntu User Guide (pending, per conversation on #ubuntu-doc)

Wiki Cleanup

• Categorized old userpages into CategoryHomepage

• Layout suggestions

  • http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2005-June/002563.html (not yet implemented)

  • http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2005-June/002601.html (not yet implemented)

  • http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2005-June/002602.html (not yet implemented)

Wiki Articles

• [:SagerNP3760Hoary:Kubuntu Hoary 5.04 on a Sager NP3760 Laptop] (started)

Bugs I've Reported/Commented/Closed

• https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106582 (upstream)

• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11436

• https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/440

• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497

• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8681

• https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/815

• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12034

Personal Kubuntu TODO

• Improve Kynaptic/Kapture (already being worked on)

• [http://amarok.kde.org amaroK] CD audio playing and ripping (see this thread - [http://amarok.kde.org/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,57/func,view/id,5092/catid,16/limit,6/limitstart,0/ integration with kioslave-audiocd and kaudiocreator)]

• Integrate the Wiki, forums, Official Documentation, and unofficial documentation (already being worked on)

• Integrate [https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106582 SnippetBooks] into Kate (or kdeaddons kate-plugins)

• Gecko rendering engine for [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/view/976 Konqueror] (I wish...)

The Last Mile - Removing the Command Line Interface

• Kynaptic/Kapture DCOP calls. Then my [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23981 Kubuntu Package Menu] can use Kynaptic instead of xterm and kdialog. Fixes need for dpkg commands.

• [http://kconfigure.sourceforge.net/ KConfigure]. Fixes need for configure, make, make install, and/or checkinstall commands. (suggested on KubuntuSuggestedPackages)

• [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17201 kio-locate]. Fixes need for locate and find commands (in universe now, but needs to be in main).

• [http://www.simonzone.com/software/guidance/ Guidance], a bunch of kcontrol modules. Fixes need for manually editing startup scripts, xorg.conf, fstab, and also adds a better user/group GUI. (suggested on KubuntuSuggestedPackages)

• [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=9965 kssh]. Frontend for logging into a Secure Shell, but you still are using a shell, so maybe this is pointless… also, fish:/ (for SCP) works well in konqueror.

• [http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23761 KSystemLog]. Fixes need for tailing /var/log files.

Availability

Part-time only; my full-time IT job and my family keeps me busy.

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