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About Me

I'm starcraft.man on the Ubuntu forums, not much to say on it. I'm a man. I play starcraft. starcraft.man. Nothing deep or philosophic. I actually just created it from the first thing that popped into my head after my first few preferred usernames were taken. I bet that put your mind at ease.

I live in Quebec, Canada and I speak English and French fluently. Currently going to university as a Software Engineering student, full time this fall. A big obligation, but I'll still find time to be around to help where time permits, least a few hours a day as I can. I'm not a professionally trained IT person, mostly self taught up until this point. I have had over 10 years experience with Windows (actually started with DOS 6.0 and 95, but then was mostly gaming when I was young).Most of the knowledge came from fixing 98, 2k, XP and Vista. Got into Linux due to long term frustration with Windows, and refusal to be a Mac guy. Happy ever since.

Not much else to say, I've helped at the Ubuntuforums for quite a while and know plenty of folks. Only serious blip was a year+ of inactivity I had, unfortunate, but all is well now and even during heavy study I should be able to maintain suitable activity.

Note: I'm not a big email person, if you need to get to me quick, a PM on ubuntuforums is usually the fastest means.

Contributions to the Ubuntu Community

Support

• Ubuntu Forums as starcraft.man . I try to focus on those threads with 0 replies in the main support categories and beginner section. Providing support also helps me learn more each day, usually by forcing me to research things just outside my knowledge.

Forum Guides:

• Installation Guide for Ubuntu Was frustrated explaining installation every time, so I created my own guide including the information I deemed essential. I hope some people found it useful over the years, I should update it though most holds true just the same.

Wiki

• BackupYourSystem
  rsync

Future Plans & Projects

Not really certain at the moment. I'd like to think I could find a job as a programmer for Ubuntu or another project I believe in but that seems a bit distant since I'm just starting my degree.

In terms of Ubuntu, going to continue supporting via forums on the Beginner and Main Support sections as best I can. Might also update my old documentation on installation, though most of it still holds quite well, I like to think so anyway..

Current Project

Continuing updates to the backup sections of wiki.

Testimonials (Old, was for BT Membership)

BodhiZazen - It is my pleasure to welcome starcraft.man back to the community. I have known starcraft for quite some time and found him wandering the VirtualBox forums one day [Long ago in a galaxy far far away ... ] =) . Starcraft is amazing and I think one of the few who writes how-to's longer then mine. Installation Guide for Ubuntu is a classic and many people have learned much from starcraft. Although he will never admit it, starcraft is an amazing teacher, both patient and willing to spend the time to give helpful and detailed answers. It is truly my pleasure to welcome him back from his vacation to real life and I fully support his membership both to the UBT and as an Ubuntu member.

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