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| I'm a 34 year old father of two living in the South of the UK. I've been using Linux for about 5 years or so and run a mix of Ubuntu (desktops/laptops) and Debian Sarge (servers/firewalls) at home. I work in London and actively help out with my local Linux User Groups as well as help finance the hosting of the lug.org.uk mail/web server. | I'm a 34 year old father of two living in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnborough%2C_Hampshire Farnborough], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire Hampshire] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK UK]. I've been using Linux for about 5 years or so and run a mix of Ubuntu (desktops/laptops) and Debian Sarge (servers/firewalls) at home. I work in London and actively help out with my local Linux User Groups as well as help finance the hosting of the lug.org.uk mail/web server. |
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| I installed Ubuntu when Warty came out and now have a mixture of machines running Dapper, Edgy and Feisty. | |
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| * I help out with [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+tickets Support] | * I help out with [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+tickets Support] tickets and [https://bugs.launchpad.net/people/alanpope/+subscribedbugs bugs]. * Gained over 7.3Million [https://launchpad.net/people/alanpope/+karma Karma] alone through answering many support questions in a courteous and thorough manner. * A member of the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam UK LoCo team], I'm quite active on the ubuntu-uk mailing list and in the #ubuntu-uk irc channel. * I represented [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam UK LoCo team] at the recent Linux World Expo in London, helping new users, answering questions and generally promoting Ubuntu and the UK LoCo team. * When time permits I answer support questions in #ubuntu |
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| * Help administer http://lug.org.uk/ and assist with paying the hardware and hosting fees. * Committee member of my [http://hants.lug.org.uk/ local LUG], I provide facilities for videoing talks and help to make them available online. I am also quite an active member of my local LUG mailing list. * Member of most LUG mailing lists in the UK, I help out where I can with members of any LUG * Participated in [http://softwarefreedomday.org Software Freedom Day] in London by handing out leaflets and Ubuntu CDs to members of the public. * Wrote up how I [http://popey.com/Doing_my_bit_with_Ubuntu_Linux help] with Ubuntu. * Wrote up how I think others can [http://popey.com/Leveraging_skills_to_help_Free_Software help] with Ubuntu. * Gave talks to my [http://hants.lug.org.uk/ local LUG] which are [http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TechTalks/5thAugust2006 available] [http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TechTalks/1stApril2006 to] [http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TechTalks/10thDecember2005 download] or watch [http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=alan+pope+hampshire online] |
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* I'd like to expand on the training side of Ubuntu by developing more screencasts * I have a few ideas for applications that I would like developed and would like to write specifications for those and/or develop the apps myself - time permitting. |
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[https://launchpad.net/people/alanpope/ AlanPope] |
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popey or pontifex on irc.freenode.net |
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About Me
I'm a 34 year old father of two living in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnborough%2C_Hampshire Farnborough], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire Hampshire] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK UK]. I've been using Linux for about 5 years or so and run a mix of Ubuntu (desktops/laptops) and Debian Sarge (servers/firewalls) at home. I work in London and actively help out with my local Linux User Groups as well as help finance the hosting of the lug.org.uk mail/web server.
I installed Ubuntu when Warty came out and now have a mixture of machines running Dapper, Edgy and Feisty.
Things I do for Ubuntu
Support
I help out with [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+tickets Support] tickets and [https://bugs.launchpad.net/people/alanpope/+subscribedbugs bugs].
Gained over 7.3Million [https://launchpad.net/people/alanpope/+karma Karma] alone through answering many support questions in a courteous and thorough manner.
A member of the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam UK LoCo team], I'm quite active on the ubuntu-uk mailing list and in the #ubuntu-uk irc channel.
I represented [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam UK LoCo team] at the recent Linux World Expo in London, helping new users, answering questions and generally promoting Ubuntu and the UK LoCo team.
- When time permits I answer support questions in #ubuntu
Wiki pages I have helped maintain
External Stuff
http://quickones.org/ hosts a bunch of screencasts I made to educate new users about Ubuntu.
Help administer http://lug.org.uk/ and assist with paying the hardware and hosting fees.
Committee member of my [http://hants.lug.org.uk/ local LUG], I provide facilities for videoing talks and help to make them available online. I am also quite an active member of my local LUG mailing list.
- Member of most LUG mailing lists in the UK, I help out where I can with members of any LUG
Participated in [http://softwarefreedomday.org Software Freedom Day] in London by handing out leaflets and Ubuntu CDs to members of the public.
Wrote up how I [http://popey.com/Doing_my_bit_with_Ubuntu_Linux help] with Ubuntu.
Wrote up how I think others can [http://popey.com/Leveraging_skills_to_help_Free_Software help] with Ubuntu.
Gave talks to my [http://hants.lug.org.uk/ local LUG] which are [http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TechTalks/5thAugust2006 available] [http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TechTalks/1stApril2006 to] [http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TechTalks/10thDecember2005 download] or watch [http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=alan+pope+hampshire online]
Future Work
- I'd like to expand on the training side of Ubuntu by developing more screencasts
- I have a few ideas for applications that I would like developed and would like to write specifications for those and/or develop the apps myself - time permitting.
AlanPope (last edited 2023-11-22 17:38:23 by popey)