I, John Cabaj, apply for the Ubuntu Kernel Uploaders team membership, to get upload rights for the linux-* packages.

Who I Am

My name is John Cabaj, and I'm member of the Ubuntu Kernel Team. I help maintain a variety of Ubuntu kernels and related packages in accordance with our Stable Release Updates Cycle. I also contribute to several Ubuntu Cloud Linux Kernels. I received a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015.

My Ubuntu Story

My first experience with Linux was during university around 2010, using Ubuntu 10.04 (or thereabouts) on a Dell XPS M1730. I recall the experience out of the box was promising, though WiFi drivers back then were a bit more of a hassle (can't access the internet, and can't download the driver because you can't access the internet). I then installed Ubuntu on a Dell Netbook (remember those?) so I could avoid going to the school computer labs to do my OS coursework.

When I graduated and joined a local startup, I primarily used Ubuntu 14.04 and dove into bash scripting various portions of a machine learning pipeline. I then joined a medical device company which was primarily using CentOS. There I worked with the RT kernel (via the PREEMPT_RT patchset) primarily writing user-space applications running as a systemd service before joining Canonical in 2022.

Links

• Launchpad profile: https://launchpad.net/~john-cabaj

• Email: john.cabaj@canonical.com

• IRC: john-cabaj

My Involvement

During my time at Canonical, I've worked in a variety of areas including: Livepatch support for IBM Z, CVE triaging and patch submission, external support cases, FIPS compliance, mailing list review, and general kernel package preparation.

== Activity ===

https://bugs.launchpad.net/~john-cabaj

Sponsoring

Here is a list of sponsored packages

Upload Rights

I'm requesting upload rights for the kernel package set for all active series, which includes all the "linux*" packages.

Things I Could Do Better

There are times I should slow down and focus on a particular issue and not multi-task so much.

Comments

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Endorsements

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== <SPONSORS NAME> ==
=== General feedback ===
## Please fill us in on your shared experience.
## How many packages did you sponsor?
## How would you judge the quality?
## How would you describe the improvements?
## Do you trust the applicant?

=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.''
=== Areas of Improvement ===