About Me

I started using computers in 1982 programming BASIC on an Apple ][ in junior high, even spending my lunch hour typing away to make some silly ASCII art rocket ship fly off the screen. Note that this is not the ][+ or the ][c and this was way before Macs. From there I moved onto a Commodore64 where my real inner geek developed.

While I have used Windows as I muddled throughout my life and my professional career I began using Linux with Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 in January of 2008 (thanks PC Magazine!) and reawakened my inner geek. Suddenly life has meaning again.

Ubuntu Feisty was my first experience with Linux and I eagerly read and learned from wiki.ubuntu.com, Ubuntu Forums, mailing lists and blog posts. You can see a specific subset of my accomplishments during this period below in Goals Accomplished.

During Hardy I became aware of Ubuntu Studio. This was a great interest to me as a musician and I spent the next year learning about Ubuntu Studio, the associated applications, and how to make and record music on my computer. Some of the results may be seen at my RPM Challenge page.

Discovering Ubuntu Studio was a momentous and life changing event for me. After I developed modicum of competency recording my own music I began to advocate to others about Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio, which I still perform currently.

But I felt that I needed to give back in a more direct and active manner to this phenomenon that had so richly impacted my life. Therefore, during Juanty I introduced myself to the Ubuntu Studio developer team and volunteered myself to help how ever I could.

I have been modestly involved with the Ubuntu Studio developer activities since that time.

Membership Application

This section provides pertinent information about my Membership application.

Summary of Contributions

Contributions for Ubuntu have been limited primarily to advocacy. However, contributions to Ubuntu Studio have been more expansive, including answering ubuntustudio-users email, filing bug reports, creating and/or filing Main Inclusion Reports (notably for JACK), packaging for pack ports, helped keep audio applications current, updating Ubuntu Studio documentation, and helped organize Ubuntu Studio developer activies.

Launchpad Profile

My Launchpad profile can be found here.

Complete Descriptions of Ubuntu Contributions

This section will focus on my contributions to Ubuntu Studio based loosely on chronological order. However, they will be sorted by their initiation date and grouped together for completeness.

Introduction to Ubuntu Studio Developers

• On 06/11/09 I introduced myself to the Ubuntu Studio Developers

Ubuntu Studio Documentation

• On 03/30/09 I committed to update docuemention

• On 07/04/09 I update the ubuntustudio-controls documentation

• On 09/10/09 I updated the Ubuntu Studio applications list for Karmic

• On 10/27/09 I created a prototype revised home page for Ubuntu Studio on wiki.ubuntu.com and posted about it to the -devel mailing list.

• On 11/04/09 I implemented the revised Ubuntu Studio page on wiki.ubuntu.com

• From 11/04/09 to 04/26/10 I continued to updated the revised Ubuntu Studio page on wiki.ubuntu.com

• On 11/4/09 I created a LV2 application inclusion matrix for Lucid to help organized and document the process

• From 11/04/09 to 04/03/10 I continued to update the LV2 application inclusion matrix

• On 11/14/09 I created a Ubuntu Studio installation overview page

• On 11/14/09 I created an upgrade from vanilla Ubuntu to Ubuntu Studio page

• On 11/14/09 I created an Ubuntu Studio fresh install page including pictures

• On 03/15/10 I updated the Ubuntu Studio applications list for Lucid

• On 04/26/2010 I created an introductory page documenting the available kernels including information about low latency kernels.

Main Inclusion Reports

• On 07/01/09 I offered to write the JACK and libffado MIRs

• On 08/09/09 I created the libffado MIR (others contributed as well)

• On 08/20/09 I filed the libffado MIR bug

• On 09/09/09 I began completing the JACK MIR (others contributed as well)

• On 02/17/10 JACK was including in the Main repository.

Ubuntu Studio Developer Meetings

• On 10/12/09 I attended the meeting and added the meeting logs to the agenda page

• On 12/13/09 I attended the meeting and added the meeting logs to the agenda page

• On 02/10/10 I sent out a meeting reminder to the -dev mailing list

• On 02/10/10 I invited users to the meeting via the -users mailing list

• On 02/10/10 I attended the meeting and added the logs and minutes to the agenda page

• On 02/11/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list with task list summary from meeting

• On 03/12/10 I created the agenda for the 04/12/09 meeting

• On 03/12/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list about the meeting

• On 03/14/10 I email the -users mailing list as an invitation

• On 05/09/10 I created the agenda for the 05/16/10 meeting

• On 05/10/10 I emailed the -devel mailing about the upcoming meeting] and [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/2010-May/006234.html

• On 05/16/10 I emailed reminders to the -devel mailing list and -users mailing list

• On 05/16/10 I attended and lead the meeting

Backports

• On 11/01/09 I built ardour-2.7.1 in prevu for hardy backport and updated bug report

• On 11/01/09 I filed a bug report to backport celt-0.5.1 to hardy

• On 11/02/09 I built celt-0.5.1 in prevu and ppa for hardy backports and update bug * report

• On 11/03/09 I built jack-0.116.1 in prevu and ppa for hardy packport and updated bug report

• On 11/07/09 I updated the bug summary and built ardour-2.8.2 in prevu and ppa for hardy backports and updated bug report

• On 11/11/09 I posted at Ubuntu Forums about testing jack and ardour backports and updating bug report

• On 11/12/09 I emailed the -devel mailing list about testing jack and ardour backports and updating bug report

• On 11/12/09 I email the -users mailing list about testing jack and ardour backports and updating bug report

ISO Testing

• I believe during Karmic I started testing ISOs.

• On 11/06/09 I agreed with creating a Ubuntu Studio Testers team in Launchpad

• On 11/09/09 I joined the Ubuntu Studio Testers team in Launchpad

• On 01/18/10 I emailed the ubuntustudio-testers mailing list to try to get involvement into developing standardized testing procedures

• On 04/21/10 I emailed the -users mailing list to test the Lucid RC ISO images

• On 04/27/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list and -users mailing list to remind them to test ISO images.

• On 04/27/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list and -users mailing list to remind them how important it was to test the RC ISO images for release]]

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Goals

Goals Pending

• convert more from Windows to Ubuntu
• become more involved with Ubuntu Studio
• I want to give back by helping with Ubuntu Studio by eventually helping with packaging and maintaining the repositories
• create documentation for testing Ubuntu Studio ISO images

Goals in Progress

• FOSS Music Project - see FOSS Music Project below for brief explanation and Ubuntu Forums post for longer explanation

  • wiki
  • Drupal site
• help testing Ubuntu Studio daily builds and Alphas

• help with Ubuntu Studio documentation at [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio]

• help push libffado into the main repositories by creating a main inclusion report.

Goals Accomplished

• start using Ubuntu
• create web server
• create wiki for work
• create bbs
• start blogging
• create recording studio
• create data back-up for home network
• create file server using NFS for home network
• wife's laptop now uses Ubuntu 9.04
• added dual boot to my son's computer
• create custom distribution of Ubuntu based on the Misfits to help interest someone to use Ubuntu

• created Ubuntu Studio Controls documentation on the help.Ubuntu pages.

Goals Scrubbed

• create mail server - got most of it together but realized, hey, I use gmail, why bother?

Special Projects

FOSS Music Project

Basically, this is a HOWTO to show complete Linux newbies how to install and use Ubuntu Studio using modest hardware. Therefore, it will showcase a very select crash course in Linux, Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio.

The focus will mainly be on recording music from a rock/metal band consisting of guitars, bass, drums (live and Hydrogen) and vocals. Sorry, don't know diddle about electronica or MIDI at this point.

It will also include basics about mixing and mastering music gathered from books, experience and very cool forums that include people with multiple gold records on their walls.