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. I even tried Gentoo,lol). It has a very friendly community, and makes it pretty easy to ask questions and contribute back to Ubuntu.

I have installed Ubuntu on my ibook, on my friends Toshiba laptop, another friends AMD64 machine just to test out Ubuntu on various platforms.

Ubuntu Activities

Support

I joined NewUserMentors on 2005-09-08. Since then, I have spent about 5-6 hours on #(k)ubuntu everyday trying to answer questions that people might have. I am also an kop on #kubuntu.

I also try to answer questions on the [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ Ubuntu Forums].

Documentation

I help clean up the wiki as a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/wikiteam WikiTeam]. Please see links at the bottom for my contributions.

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 and coordinate with other people, encouraging them to contribute to the guide.

Bugs

I have only reported a few [https://launchpad.net/people/robotgeek/+reportedbugs bugs], since most of the applications I use "just work". I've tried to report how Ubuntu works on [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/Apple_iBookG4_12in_1%2e26GHZ my laptop] by submitting reports to the LaptopTestingTeam. The best part is that two of the bugs i reported on launchpad are fixed already! Go Dapper!

Other

I am also part of the [http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org EasyUbuntu] 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 complaining about how unsafe they are, as new users will definetly not care.

Future Plans

• Getting Kubuntu Desktop Guide in time for Dapper!
• Greater involvement in Documentation Team activities (and hence understanding).
• Improve packaging skills to help the MOTU Science team

My contact information

• Email: MailTo(venkatvc@ubuntu.com)

• IRC : robotgeek on irc.freenode.net

• Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/venkatvc venkatvc]

• 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]

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