itzswirlz

Launchpad ID:

itzswirlz

IRC:

ItzSwirlz on irc.libera.net

Email:

<itzswirlz2020 AT outlook DOT com>

Twitter:

http://twitter.com/ItzSwirlz

Github:

https://github.com/ItzSwirlz

Pic:

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1231753972270141440/PrV7q6iH_400x400.jpg

About Me

Hey there, I'm Joshua Peisach (or ItzSwirlz). I spend most of my life gaming, soon studying computer science at Bergen County Academy's Academy of Technology and Computer Science (ATCS, ranked #3 school in New Jersey and #52 in the US) and leading my project Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix.

My computing journey began with my Dad, working at a Rutgers University for Protonics who was using CentOS and I found VirtualBox, where essentially I messed with old versions of Windows and found Linux, with the start of Ubuntu.

When I got a more powerful personal laptop in 2018, capable of more disk space, I dual-booted Windows 10 with Fedora Cinnamon, which I later switched to Ubuntu to get back to my familiar feel of Unity (although I prefer GNOME but Unity is also nice).

I later investigated and studied Desktop Environment's and began helping with front-end DE Development and got Ubuntu Cinnamon up and running, and hopefully will one day become an official flavor. That journey will begin with getting by UbuntuContributingDeveloper Application Accepted.

Contributions

A lot of my Contributions have mainly been Developer related that you can find at my Developer Application. Here are my main accomplishments you should highlight:

  • Creating an “Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix (UCR)”, in hopes to make an official Ubuntu Cinnamon flavor.
  • Helping with bug squashing and patching.
  • Helping with ISO and QA test assurance.
  • Helping on Improving Features
  • Working with patching bugs Upstream if possible
  • Helping out with Debian Packaging

Community

Something I could be a lot more a part of! I've mostly been active on Discourse.

  • I was in the Ubuntu Hideout Discord Server (Unofficial Ubuntu Discord Fan Server, will rejoin soon)
  • I've been fascinating ideas for front-end design, such as talking about DE's with others.
  • I've discussed about theming Yaru in different colors and using it more.

My Groups

I've helped out in the following groups:

  • All Ubuntu Flavors - Bug Squashing
  • Ubuntu Quality/Testing
  • Ubuntu Community Team

Pre-Programming Life: Minecraft

More is in my UbuntuContributingDeveloper application, but in short:

Minecraft Modifications exist and I created my own (now cringy) mod that you can find here.

Progressive Programming

Following other Youtube Tutorials and reading documentation/books, I began learning:

  • Java (more actual Java)
  • C++/C
  • Batch/Bash
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Perl
  • HTML/CSS
  • JavaScript

  • Played a bit with Objective-C/Swift
  • Recently, Golang

I feel like I've done more languages btu that's that.

I haven't been successful really in making apps and stuff from ground-up: but I have been good of building with others and working on great projects.

Launchpad and QA

One of the things I did in Free Time when I didn't know what else to do was test the ISO's from QA-here is a chart of testcases I've done via QA from my UbuntuContributingDeveloper Application:

Version

Type

Position

Testcases

Bionic

Daily

134

2

Disco

Final

40

1

Eoan

Daily

22

17

Focal

Beta

14

7

Focal

Final

10

16

Focal

Daily

7

77

Groovy

Daily

8

6

Total

126

  • My Karma Level: 604 (and counting?)
  • I've reported 16 Launchpad Bugs (probably more)
  • Continue to periodically search around and use it frequently.

Future Goals

  • Dont be a jerk to people.
  • Work on getting my Developer Application accepted
  • Apply for a PPU for my UCR Packages
  • Get a bigger and better development team
  • Apply for Flavor Status

Other Info

If I didn't list anything here or think I'm missing something, check my developer application. It's probably somewhere in there.

Testimonials

Note: If you have anything nice to say about this person, please do add it below along with @ SIG @ (no spaces). The @ SIG @ command will sign your name and date/time it after you "Save Changes".

I first met Itzswirlz when I joined the UCR Web Dev Team. I admired how he managed the UCR project and handled the huge community on the UCR Telegram groups. He's leading the UCR team very well and UCR itself is doing great under his leadership. I would absolutely back him for his Ubuntu Membership application, as I think he deserves it. I wish him luck for all his future endeavours and look forward to working with him in the future. -- rs2009 2020-10-05 11:00:49

itzswirlz (last edited 2022-04-21 00:44:36 by itzswirlz)