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About Me

I'm Jackson, I'm 14 years old and live in Australia. I started using Ubuntu during 10.10. I have been an active member of the ubuntu team since 12.10 alpha 3 and debian since mid-2013.

My history in FOSS and Ubuntu

The Ubuntu family is main project contribute to. I joined the Ubuntu Quality team (and as a result the Ubuntu community in general) just after the release of alpha 3 in 12.10. I have since found many bugs, made manual ISO testcases and run an Ubuntu-classroom session on the program testdrive. I helped start the modernisation of Ubuntu's testcases which now includes over 200 testcases.

In February 2013 i was given a trial as head of testing for Xubuntu because I was the only person who put their hand up for the position, since then elfy has returned and taken over again. I first applied for ubuntu membership in april 2013 and was given membership in may. I have run over 300 ISO testcases for Ubuntu. I ran for Xubuntu project lead in 2013 but was beaten 22-2 (I still don't know why i tried to get that position).

I am a maintainer and developer for the project testdrive. I started packaging in mid-2013 and now help with a number of packages in ubuntu and debian.

Future Goals

My main goals within the FOSS community are: learn python and C, and become a developer for Ubuntu (Xubuntu specifically). Outside of the FOSS community my main goal is to finish high school and get a job in the I.T. industry.

Debian

I am part of a number of packaging teams for debian, as well as some minor packages i personally maintain.

Testdrive

I've been trying since i heard about it to improve testdrive, to me it is one of the most important programs in the testing community. I helped the push to get Virtualbox4.2 working in it (thanks to unit193 for the fix). I am now an active maintainer for the project.

The Ubuntu PC

In May 2013 i had the idea of making an Ubuntu themed PC case mod. I've put the progress on my blog and am currently looking for sponsors.

Testimonials

If you know me and have something nice to say, please leave a comment here.

Membership

I've had the pleasure of meeting and becoming friends with Jackson, as we are both contributors of the QA / Testing team. He is certainly hard-working and committed on his helping of this team. Jackson is a great contributor and person. As examples, he has held a classroom session and also chased up a bug in Test Drive along with being a dedicated tester. I believe he is worthy of Ubuntu membership and ask that you look favorably on his application. phill 8th April 2013

I'm fondly surprised that two same-aged teenagers (me and Noskcaj) are joining the Ubuntu QA Team at the same time. Noskcaj is seriously a dedicated tester to Ubuntu, for example writing testcases for Xubuntu, catching up with Testdrive and doing classroom sessions. I received membership earlier than him, but I seriously think that he is better at me for getting membership if you only count QA contributions. I highly recommend him for Ubuntu membership. smartboyhw -- smartboyhw 2013-04-10 13:43:43

It's been wonderful watching Jackson learn about ubuntu and grow as a contributor and member of the ubuntu quality team. Since learning how to test an iso himself, he's gone on to help the team by instructing others and encouraging new folks via IRC and the mailing list to do the same. To this end, he has helped to ensure the Testdrive testing tool has remained an option for new folks -- helping to drive bugs and keep the tool up to date with each release. He's helped to ensure some of the lesser tested images are kept up to date with proper tests and test results. His attitude and skills are all wonderful representations of ubuntu. I look forward to seeing more good things from him. I would ask you to look favorably upon his application and welcome him into ubuntu as a full member. nskaggs 11th April 2013

I testified! Jackson will be an amazing ubuntu member, I had the chance to work with him doing testing and with the TestDrive project, where we work with bugs and code Besides he is a community guy, helping with sessions for our Ubuntu Classroom activities. SergioMeneses 29th April 2013

Mr. Doak is learning from the School of Hard Knocks about teamwork as well as working with others from diverse cultures. As the testing lead for Xubuntu he had a difficult task to push for testing of images during the Raring Ringtail cycle. He accomplished that task while facing many challenges. As leader of Ubuntu Ohio I would gladly import him from Australia to help spur activity within my LoCo if I could. I recommend him to become a peer in Ubuntu membership at this time. skellat -- skellat 2013-05-02 21:49:00

MOTU

I plan to apply for MOTU at the start of 2014, if you have seen my work, please leave a comment.