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About me

I am a retired soldier and long time Debian user. My first experiences with Debian dates back to 1997, when I decided to switch from Slackware to Debian for the purpose of hosting a Palace Chat server.

During that time frame I was the network administrator for a .mil network in Germany and ran the help desk for a 300 seat network located in 4 separate physical locations.

Ubuntu community involvement

• Forum staff member and active member of the Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team / Unanswered Posts Team. I am also active in the Launchpad Beginner Team for Ubuntu.

• Member of the [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-doc-students Ubuntu Documentation Students Team]. I am currently working to improve the quality of Ubuntu's help system and Community Wiki Pages.

Goals for my involvement in the Ubuntu community

My goals in the Ubuntu Community revolve around helping new users thrive. The transition from Windows to Ubuntu can be bewildering and dumbfounding to many.

By improving the documentation and providing friendly and educational support on the Ubuntu Community Forums (UCF), I hope to make the switch to Ubuntu easier and less stressful for new users.

My current goals are:

• Become a contributing member of the Documentation Team
  • Become a Ubuntu Documentation Committer
• Learn about packaging and contribute in some fashion to Masters of the Universe (MOTU) Team
• Continue to provide friendly and educational support on the UCF
• Contribute to the current development release of Ubuntu through testing and bug reporting
• Become a Ubuntu Member

Contributions

My contributions by category.

Forum Community

• [http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=487991 Ubuntu Forums Staff member]

• Beginner's Team
  • Beginner's Team Wiki Focus Group
• Unanswered Posts Team

Local Community

• Having recently moved to Oklahoma, I have joined the Oklahoma Loco and am looking forward to helping spread Ubuntu in southwest Oklahoma.

IRC Channels

• I participate in IRC regularly on irc.freenode.net as Old_Soldier
  • #ubuntuforums
  • #ubuntuforums-mods
  • #ubuntuforums-beginners
  • #ubuntuforums-unanswered
  • #ubuntu-doc
  • #ubuntu-bugs
  • #ubuntu-us-ok

Launchpad Involvement

• [https://launchpad.net/~oldsoldier-gmail Homepage]

• [https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-staff ubuntuforums.org Staff]

• [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-beginners Beginners Team]

• [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-beginners-answers Beginners Team Answers]

• [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered UF Unanswered Posts Team]

• [https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad Ubuntu BugSquad]

• [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-doc-students Ubuntu Documentation Students]

• [https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wiki Ubuntu Wiki Team]

• [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-oklahoma Oklahoma LoCo Team]

Ubuntu Documentation

• My working branches for Ubuntu system documents is lp:~oldsoldier-gmail/ubuntu-doc/ubuntu-doc-oldsoldier
• Documentors Assignments:

  • Current assignment: Remove home networking from Internet documentation and create a separate DocBook for the topic. Pending Review

  • Completed Documentors assignments:

    • Rework existing networking documentation to reflect changes since Hardy. Fix Committed

• Documentation patches:

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+bug/241828] Fix Committed

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+bug/241702] Fix Committed

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/238750] Fix Committed

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/238757] Fix Committed

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+bug/238747] Fix committed

  • [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2008-June/010991.html] Tech review

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+bug/238661] Fix committed

Ubuntu Development

• I am currently the sole developer, maintainer, and packager of a [https://launchpad.net/boucft project] named "Best of the Ubuntu Community Forums Tutorials".

Wiki Pages

• [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto] Major reformat, expanded and cleaned up

• [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR] Complete reformat and heavy cleanup

• [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto] Major rewrite

• [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ArchiveManager] Complete rewrite

• [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression] Major reformat, partial rewrite

• [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/FAQ] Contributer and maintainer

Testimonials

• I am glad to have had the honor of working with Charles Davis in the [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/Team Beginners Team]. Charles is always willing to help new and experiences users with any problem they might be experiencing both on the forums and in IRC. He always follows the Code of Conduct, and he has my full support for Ubuntu membership. Keep up the good work Charles. [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheater7 Nathan Handler]

• I've known Charles for a long time, ever since he joined the Beginners Team, I feel he's done a terrific job in helping new users, and giving some good advice (technical or otherwise) when people need it. I support his application 100% - [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Joeb454 Joe Barker]

• It has been a pleasure to get to know Charles Davis (Old_Soldier) on the Beginners Team. Charles has brings experience and wisdom to the projects he works on and works well as a team member. He is both popular and respected by his peers on the Beginner Team and has become quite active with the Ubuntu Community. He has my full support in his application for membership and I expect nothing but greatness from him. [https:/wiki.ubuntu.com/BodhiZazen Bodhi_Zazen]

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