StevenDeBaets
Steven De Baets
Ubuntu addict living in Ghent, Belgium.
Born in 1975, and married to Sheila.
We have a dog, an English Cocker Spaniel called Louis.
My goals in the community
My ultimate aim is to solve the biggest bug of them all, bug #1, and really push the project forward.
We do have to climb the biggest mountain of them all, but I truly believe we'll get there and make Ubuntu a true Windows competitor, and slowly eat away from the mighty blue god's market share.
Being a very dedicated and focused person as I am, something has got to change, and I am absolutely convinced it will eventually.
My computer-related background
I have been using computers since I was 11 years old, starting off with the newly introduced Commodore 128 in 1985. In 1987, the Commodore Amiga 500 was introduced and although my friends dads all had the bulky IBM-compatibles (8086 and 8088's), I went the alternative route and I wanted an Amiga 500. I got one in 1989, and I still have it. I just can't separate from it, for it is such a great piece of hardware.
After the fall of Commodore in 1994, I bought my first Windows 95 box in 1996. After using several Windows versions (95 ,98, 98SE, 2000, XP), Vista came out. In the meantime I had been dual-booting several Linux distributions and after trying Vista I got so fed up with it that I wiped my entire harddisk, installed Linux and never looked back.
I have used several distributions, but always ended up with Ubuntu, because of it's user-friendly approach and the fact that the community truly creates the distribution.
I finally decided I would stick with Ubuntu and contribute as much as I can.
I am actively involved in the following projects:
- Dutch Translations across the Ubuntu project
My skills and interests
Marketing, Distribution, Artwork, Translation and writing. Concepts and business strategies.