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| I've been using Linux since 1998, starting with Red Hat. I quickly moved to Debian which I used for a number of years but recently made the move to Ubuntu. I tend to use Linux as a desktop OS and feel Ubuntu fits that role better then Debian. I administer Solaris-based systems for a pay-check running on expensive Sun hardware :) | I've been using Linux since 1998, starting with Red Hat. I quickly moved to Debian for a long time, then to Ubuntu during the WartyWarthog release. My local LUG is the Townsville Linux Users Group, for which I administer both the website and Freenode irc channel (#tlug) voluntary. I am also a member of Linux Australia and host the primary mirror for the "Linux Australia Update", a fortnightly .ogg/podcast of current news and events of the Australian Linux community. |
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| Some of my past and current projects include being an active member of my local LUG (Townsville Linux Users Group http://tlug.dnho.net), writing for the KDE Documentation project and helping out various other Linux-related projects. I am also a member of Linux Australia. | == How Have I Contributed to Ubuntu? == |
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| == Ubuntu == | I am an active member of the Ubuntu DocumentationTeam and lead maintainer of the Ubuntu/Kubuntu FAQ Guides. I plan on having at least the Ubuntu version of the FAQ Guide ready to be released with BreezyBadger and the Kubuntu version either with that or soon after. I also have have started work on platform specific versions of the Ubuntu FAQ Guide (i386, AMD64 and PowerPC) which are profiled in within the same set of FAQ Guide documents. I'm currently hosting an up-to-date (at time of writing) preview of the i386 Ubuntu FAQ Guide at: |
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| I am an active member of the Ubuntu DocumentationTeam and co-maintainer of the Official FAQ Guide for both Ubuntu and Kubuntu (to be released with Breezy). You can also find some of my work on the Ubuntu Wiki. | * http://www.linuxhd.com/ubuntufaq/faqi386/C/index.html |
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| You can have a look at the latest build of the i386 Ubuntu FAQ Guide at: http://www.linuxhd.com/ubuntufaq/faqi386/C/index.html Also see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamProjects |
Much of the FAQ Guide was rewritten by myself with the main aim of fixing all the criticisms of UbuntuGuide.org. The FAQ Guide at this stage looks like it will be the only Ubuntu-specific documentation released with BreezyBadger and will be available locally through Yelp, the GNOME help viewer. |
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| When I see a need I also write howtos and post them to the Ubuntu Wiki. Some examples of my work include: | |
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| == My Three-Liner == | * WindowsDualBootHowTo * BeepMediaPlayer * UbotuUsage |
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| Hi, my name is Robert Stoffers, I am a member of the Ubuntu Documentation Team, currently co-maintainer of the i386, AMD64 and PowerPC Ubuntu FAQ Guides and I also write howto's for the Ubuntu Wiki. In the last few months I have done a lot of work on the Ubuntu FAQ Guide, rewriting big parts of it again from scratch for Breezy. I also have started work on the Kubuntu FAQ Guide and have written documentation for the KDE documentation team in the past. | I also promote Ubuntu in my local community. One example of this is the upcoming Software Freedom Day where I am first educating my local LUG about Ubuntu, then we will all spread the message on the day. A presentation I gave is available from http://www.linuxhd.com/UbuntuPres.sxi and on [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Presentations Presentations]. |
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| I advocate Ubuntu to my local community through installfests with my local LUG and anywhere else can. I also help out users in #ubuntu and in real life from time to time. Other then the above and earning a paycheck, the rest of my time is devoted to my very understanding family. | == How To Contact Me == |
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| == Contact == rob^ on irc.freenode.net, find me on #ubuntu-doc, #tlug. |
rob^ on irc.freenode.net, find me on #ubuntu-doc, #ubuntu, #tlug |
About Me
I've been using Linux since 1998, starting with Red Hat. I quickly moved to Debian for a long time, then to Ubuntu during the WartyWarthog release. My local LUG is the Townsville Linux Users Group, for which I administer both the website and Freenode irc channel (#tlug) voluntary. I am also a member of Linux Australia and host the primary mirror for the "Linux Australia Update", a fortnightly .ogg/podcast of current news and events of the Australian Linux community.
How Have I Contributed to Ubuntu?
I am an active member of the Ubuntu DocumentationTeam and lead maintainer of the Ubuntu/Kubuntu FAQ Guides. I plan on having at least the Ubuntu version of the FAQ Guide ready to be released with BreezyBadger and the Kubuntu version either with that or soon after. I also have have started work on platform specific versions of the Ubuntu FAQ Guide (i386, AMD64 and PowerPC) which are profiled in within the same set of FAQ Guide documents. I'm currently hosting an up-to-date (at time of writing) preview of the i386 Ubuntu FAQ Guide at:
Much of the FAQ Guide was rewritten by myself with the main aim of fixing all the criticisms of UbuntuGuide.org. The FAQ Guide at this stage looks like it will be the only Ubuntu-specific documentation released with BreezyBadger and will be available locally through Yelp, the GNOME help viewer.
When I see a need I also write howtos and post them to the Ubuntu Wiki. Some examples of my work include:
I also promote Ubuntu in my local community. One example of this is the upcoming Software Freedom Day where I am first educating my local LUG about Ubuntu, then we will all spread the message on the day. A presentation I gave is available from http://www.linuxhd.com/UbuntuPres.sxi and on [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Presentations Presentations].
How To Contact Me
rob^ on irc.freenode.net, find me on #ubuntu-doc, #ubuntu, #tlug
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