Brandon Holtsclaw ( imbrandon )

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Contact Information

Launchpad:https://launchpad.net/people/imbrandon

IRC: imbrandon [ irc.freenode.net ] ( Also part of the [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-irc Ubuntu IRC Operators] Team for *ubuntu* Channels )

Email: imbrandon@kubuntu.org

Contributions

General {k,x,ed}Ubuntu

• I Founded [http://www.buntudot.org buntudot.org] and put togather the team and helped bring the eventual merger ( still in the works ) with [http://fridge.ubuntu.com theFridge] into reality.

• Various contributions to the Kubuntu section of the forum at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

• I'm often ( most every evening until early morning CDT ) on irc.freenode.net, helping out in #kubuntu, #kubuntu-offtopic, and participating in #kubuntu-devel, #ubuntu-motu. Also Helping Moderate those channels

• Various misc wiki page updates ( mostly typos and updates for changes in HowTo's that ubotu points to )

• Submitted Specifications ( drafting ) : https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/fubuntu-desktop ( a Fluxbox DE based sibling for Ubuntu superseded by the fluxbuntu.org effort that I actively [http://www.fluxbuntu.org/develop.php partisipate in] )

Life as a MOTU Hopefull

• Packages I've worked on see : https://launchpad.net/people/imbrandon/+packages ( Also Including Kopete work in Edgy [http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/k/kopete/kopete_3.5.3+kopete0.12.0-0ubuntu1/changelog changelog] and KBFX in dapper [http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/k/kbfx/kbfx_0.4.8+cvs20060413-0ubuntu1/changelog changelog] not listed on LP that were sponsored uploads )

• Packages I've created : [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+source/apt-mirror apt-mirror] and [http://konversation.kde.org/wiki/Kubuntu Kubuntu Konversation Nightly Builds]

• Bug reports - either contributing them myself, or testing for them. Often I go through and confirm whether old bugs still exist and apply patches that people have added to launchpad.net / testing them / and sending debdiff's for motu upload as an active member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/bugsquad Ubuntu BugSquad]

• Various misc wiki updates also for the CategoryMOTU cleanup
• Helping New MOTU hopefuls ( Newer than Me ) Get the feel for how the MOTU Process Works taking some of the load off the Often Busy MOTU's

• Help to bring the Easier MOTUing Spec to reality among others ( [https://launchpad.net/people/imbrandon/+specs My Subscribed Specs] )

My .plan ( a.k.a. "What I plan to do in 'universe^Wmain'")

Overall

I hope to help bring Kubuntu upto the level of Polish and usability of its sibling Ubuntu. There are varying ideas about how this can be accomplished and following some of the spec's outlined in UDS Paris 2006 I feel that we can address the majority of those in the edgy time frame and have a realistic Goal of true Kubuntu "sibling" by edgy+1. Specifically I will be helping address these spec's from the Kubuntu point of View to help this happen :

• https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/common-customizations

• https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/adept-usability

And Also the various "transitions" for KDE packages such as [https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuEdgyPackageUpdates libgamin0 transition] and the now Complete dh_iconcache Transition

Short(er) Term ( a.k.a Universe / Multiverse Work )

• Continue to help Maintain KBFX in Ubuntu and Upstream;Upstream and also support it ( and other Kubuntu apps ) in IRC and the Forums
• Continue to Maintain the apt-mirror package I helped bring to Ubuntu and work on getting it included into Debian proper
• Continue to work on merges from Debian Unstable to Edgy Universe that pertain to KDE ( trying to give more love to the more un-popular KDE packages so a wide variety are upto date in universe )

• Follow the Debian BTS and Malone Bug Trackers Closely for Universe KDE packages and make sure they get the patches needed from Upstream and Upstream;UpStream in a timely manner

Long(er) Term ( a.k.a Main Work )

• Continue work with Kopete
• Continue Work with Amarok

About Me

Hello I'm a Freelance programmer by trade. I'm also a [https://launchpad.net/people/kubuntu-members member of kubuntu] and [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-irc Ubuntu IRC Operators]. I love to do and try new things Esp. Computer related. I have been using one flavor of Linux or another for many years ( started somewhere around 97/98ish with Redhat 4.xx ) but have fell in love with the Ubuntu Community and specifically Kubuntu.

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