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Mike Basinger is a moderator Ubuntu Forums and a Ubuntu backport developer. ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:30%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Launchpad''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~mike.basinger|mike.basinger]] ||
||<|2(> '''E-Mail''': || mike.basinger@ubuntu.com ||
|| mike.basinger@gmail.com ||
|| '''IRC''': || Technoviking on [[http://freenode.net/|freenode]] ||
|| '''Blog''': || http://www.mikesplanet.net ||
|| '''Jabber''': || mike.basinger@gmail.com ||
|| '''Ubuntu Forums''': || [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=5551|Technoviking]] ||
|| '''identi.ca''': || [[http://identi.ca/technoviking|technoviking]] ||
== About me ==
I currently work for the [http://www.lib.utah.edu | University of Utah Marriott Library] in Salt Lake City, Utah USA, as an IT manager. I have worked in academic computing for over 20 years.

== Linux & Open Source ==
I started using Linux in 1998. I needed to replace a aging Sun server running a web server. Having a limited budget, I installed [[http://www.redhat.com|RedHat]] 5.1 on a i386 computer I built from extra parts I had. It was perfect solution. I continue to find new uses for Linux in my job.

In 2001, I took and passed the [[https://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/courses/|RedHat Certified Engineer]] exam.

== Ubuntu ==
I started using Ubuntu in 2004, when I could not get a new sound card and ethernet card to work under Fedora Core 3. I heard about Ubuntu listening to the [[http://www.lugradio.org/|LUGRadio]] podcast. I decided to try it, and sure enough everything just worked.

After that I learned more about the Ubuntu community and decided it was the place for me.

=== Contributions to Ubuntu ===
 * I currently write the Q&A column for Ubuntu User magazine.
 * I'm an administrator and member of the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncil|Forums Council]] on the [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/|Ubuntu Forums]].
 * I'm a member of the [[http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/council|Ubuntu Communitity Council]].
 * I'm a member of the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas|Americans Membership Board]] for Ubuntu
 * I have attended the Ubuntu Developers Summits in Mountain View, Sevilla, Boston, and Prague.
 * I have made packages for Ubuntu and a member of the Ubuntu Backports Team.
 * I'm a member of the [[http://ubuntu-utah.org/|Ubuntu-Utah]] [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams|LoCo]] Team.

=== Contributions to MOTU ===
 * Submitted font package: [[http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?package=ttf-liberation|ttf-liberation]] for inclusion in Ubuntu 8.04

== Plans for Ubuntu ==
 * Want to start a tech roundtable podcast that cover Linux, Windows, and OSX.
 * I would like to see more communication between the Ubuntu Forums and other Ubuntu Teams, especially the Launchpad team and Ubuntu software development teams. I also plan to help the MOTUs, maybe even joining the elite ranks.

About me

I currently work for the [http://www.lib.utah.edu | University of Utah Marriott Library] in Salt Lake City, Utah USA, as an IT manager. I have worked in academic computing for over 20 years.

Linux & Open Source

I started using Linux in 1998. I needed to replace a aging Sun server running a web server. Having a limited budget, I installed RedHat 5.1 on a i386 computer I built from extra parts I had. It was perfect solution. I continue to find new uses for Linux in my job.

In 2001, I took and passed the RedHat Certified Engineer exam.

Ubuntu

I started using Ubuntu in 2004, when I could not get a new sound card and ethernet card to work under Fedora Core 3. I heard about Ubuntu listening to the LUGRadio podcast. I decided to try it, and sure enough everything just worked.

After that I learned more about the Ubuntu community and decided it was the place for me.

Contributions to Ubuntu

Contributions to MOTU

Plans for Ubuntu

  • Want to start a tech roundtable podcast that cover Linux, Windows, and OSX.
  • I would like to see more communication between the Ubuntu Forums and other Ubuntu Teams, especially the Launchpad team and Ubuntu software development teams. I also plan to help the MOTUs, maybe even joining the elite ranks.

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