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Hi. My name is Venkat Raghavan. I have been using Linux for about an year and a half now. I pretty much learnt using linux the "hard way" doing kernel compiles etc. I encourage people around me to use Linux and have successfully converted a few friends and a lab to Ubuntu :). I spend about 5-6 hours on #(k)ubuntu everyday trying to answer questions that people might have. I also try to answer questions on the [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ Ubuntu Forums]. I have been using Linux on and off since 2002. After the Hoary release, I replaced by OS X installation with Ubuntu on my powerbook and have since never looked back. Ubuntu is an operating system I was very impressed with. (I used to use Yellow Dog Linux and Debian before). It also has a very friendly community, and makes it pretty easy to ask questions and contribute back to Ubuntu.
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I have a Master in Mechanical Engineering, and am currently looking for jobs. Since I have a lot of time during my "job hunt period", I would like to pick up skills in building packages, documentation procedures etc. and generally helping Ubuntu out, as I intend to use it for a very long time to come. == Ubuntu Activities ==
I am a member of NewUserMentors and hence I spend about 5-6 hours on #(k)ubuntu everyday trying to answer questions that people might have. I also try to answer questions on the [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ Ubuntu Forums].
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=== Plans with Ubuntu ===
Currently, I am a member of NewUserMentors and [https://launchpad.net/people/wikiteam WikiTeam].I would like to spend more time help clean up the wiki and learn to package the right way. I would like to build packages for [http://www.pyrorobotics.org pyro], when I get it all figured out! 		I help clean up the wiki as a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/wikiteam WikiTeam]. The single most important contribution I think would be creation of the WifiDocs page. Since I use Kubuntu, I am a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/kubuntu-team Kubuntu Team]. I am currently working on the [DocumentationTeam/KubuntuDesktopGuide KubuntuDesktopGuide] and coordinate with other people, encouraging them to contribute to the guide.
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=== My contact information === I am also part of the [EasyUbuntu http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org] developers team. My main motivation is that projects like this will always exist, so it might be better to influence them by contributing to them (code-wise), instead of cribbing about how unsafe they are, as new users will definetly not care.
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Email: [[MailTo(venkatraghavan@gmail.com)]] [[BR]]
my IRC nick : robotgeek [[BR]]
Forums: [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=53141 robotgeek] [[BR]]
GPG Key ID: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9DCFDFD0915F831B9979A1AA72663D39E9E707A9 E9E707A9] [[BR]]
Url : [http://robotgeek.org/blog http://robotgeek.org/blog] [[BR]]		 == Future Plans ==

 I am currently learning to package the "right" way. I would like to build packages for [http://www.pyrorobotics.org pyro], and am currently coordinating upstream for all the dependencies of pyro robotics. One of my targets is to become a MOTU sometime.

== My contact information ==

 * Email: [[MailTo(venkatraghavan@gmail.com)]]
 * IRC : robotgeek on irc.freenode.net
 * Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/robotgeek robotgeek]
 * Forums: [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=53141 robotgeek]
 * GPG Key ID: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9DCFDFD0915F831B9979A1AA72663D39E9E707A9 E9E707A9]
* Homepage : [http://robotgeek.org http://robotgeek.org]


== Academic ==

I have a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. My research interests are robotics and control systems. I and am currently looking for a job.
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 * BluetoothSetup
 * NetworkManager
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 * AddingRepositoriesCliHowto
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=== Crazy Idea ===
Here is a crazy idea. I am going to edit out a wiki article out of Category Cleanup till I run out of articles there. Weekends excluded :)
 * AddingRepositoriesCliHowto (1/17/2006)
 * VimHowto (1/18/2006) {{{VimSyntaxHighlighting DocbookVim}}}
 * CompilingSoftware (1/18/2006) (To even out stuff)
 * GnuPrivacyGuardHowto {{{ GPGKey }}} (1/20/2006)
 * WifiDocs ( too many to list the merges ) (1/21/2006)
 * AutomaticallyMountPartitions (1/24/2006)		  * CompilingSoftware
 * GnuPrivacyGuardHowto
 * WifiDocs
 * AutomaticallyMountPartitions
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VenkatRaghavan (robotgeek)

I have been using Linux on and off since 2002. After the Hoary release, I replaced by OS X installation with Ubuntu on my powerbook and have since never looked back. Ubuntu is an operating system I was very impressed with. (I used to use Yellow Dog Linux and Debian before). It also has a very friendly community, and makes it pretty easy to ask questions and contribute back to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu Activities

I am a member of NewUserMentors and hence I spend about 5-6 hours on #(k)ubuntu everyday trying to answer questions that people might have. I also try to answer questions on the [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ Ubuntu Forums].

I help clean up the wiki as a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/wikiteam WikiTeam]. The single most important contribution I think would be creation of the WifiDocs page. Since I use Kubuntu, I am a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/kubuntu-team Kubuntu Team]. I am currently working on the [DocumentationTeam/KubuntuDesktopGuide KubuntuDesktopGuide] and coordinate with other people, encouraging them to contribute to the guide.

I am also part of the [EasyUbuntu http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org] developers team. My main motivation is that projects like this will always exist, so it might be better to influence them by contributing to them (code-wise), instead of cribbing about how unsafe they are, as new users will definetly not care.

Future Plans

  • I am currently learning to package the "right" way. I would like to build packages for [http://www.pyrorobotics.org pyro], and am currently coordinating upstream for all the dependencies of pyro robotics. One of my targets is to become a MOTU sometime.

My contact information

* Homepage : [http://robotgeek.org http://robotgeek.org]

== Academic ==

I have a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. My research interests are robotics and control systems. I and am currently looking for a job.

Wiki Pages I've contributed

CategoryHomepage

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