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||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Launchpad ID''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~ajpursell|https://launchpad.net/~ajpursell]] ||
|| '''IRC''': || '''TonyP''' on ''irc.freenode.net'' ||
|| '''Email''': || <<MailTo(tony AT princeswalk DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk)>> ||
|| '''Skype''': || tony.pursell ||

{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/75316923/SmilingTony64.jpg|Tony Pursell}}

== About Me ==

I'm married and live in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypool|Pontypool]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales|South Wales]] , in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK|UK]]. I retired a few years ago after five years as a Civil Servant, but before that I spent 35 years working in IT development (design, specification, documentation, installation, support and a bit of programming).  A lot of that was with various flavours of Unix and different databases.  I now do voluntary work for my local [[http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/|Citizens Advice]] which takes up most of my spare time.

== Me & Linux ==

My first experience with Linux was with Slackware (CLI only), back in 1996. I used the UMSDOS system and booted off a floppy disk. Very basic, but I could do some work at home on the scripts I couldn't get running at work.

In 2004, I struggled to get Debian installed and hated KDE, but then I found Ubuntu (Warty). I must have been one of the first to try it, and its been all plain sailing since. Ubuntu Linux has been my main desktop OS for a long time now. I also have Ubuntu on my EEEPC and an Acer Aspire REVO.

== Things I do for Ubuntu ==

I'm really just a user of Ubuntu, but I do try and do what I can for the community.

 * I am a LibreOffice user on Ubuntu (and Windows) so I answer LibreOffice questions on Launchpad. 
 * I edited a few sections of '''Getting Started with Ubuntu''' produced by the [[http://ubuntu-manual.org/|Ubuntu Manual Project]]
 * I have posted a few bugs.
 * I have done a bit of translating (English-GB and Welsh).

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