akkana

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Hi! I'm Akkana Peck, freelance programmer, writer and geek.

Contact information

Name

Akkana Peck

Email

akkana at shallowsky.com

IRC

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Launchpad

https://launchpad.net/~akkzilla/

Blog

http://shallowsky.com/blog/

  • Contributed code to Mozilla/Firefox and GIMP, as well as several minor projects.

  • Conducted a GIMP IRC class for Karmic Open Week, and have given GIMP talks at UbuCon Mountain View and other conferences.

  • Active in Ubuntu-Women, mostly on the IRC channel (I'm also a coordinator of LinuxChix).

  • Bimonthly articles on http://linuxplanet.com on Linux-related issues, often with Ubuntu-specific suggestions.

  • Frequent Linux-related tips on my blog, http://shallowsky.com/blog/

  • Recently joined the California LoCo.

  • Wrote the book "Beginning GIMP" (http://gimpbook.com).

Future Goals

I'd like to see a lightweight version of Ubuntu, something that runs well on low-powered machines and saves battery power on laptops. I spend a lot of time optimizing my own Ubuntu machines toward that goal.

Testimonials

(None yet, anyone feel free to jump in. Smile :-)

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