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I have been using Linux on and off since 2002. After the Hoary release, I replaced by OS X installation with Ubuntu on my powerbook and have since never looked back. Ubuntu is an operating system I was very impressed with. (I used to use Yellow Dog Linux and Debian before. I even tried Gentoo,lol). It has a very friendly community, and makes it pretty easy to ask questions and contribute back to Ubuntu. I have been using Linux on and off since 2002. After the Hoary release, I replaced by OS X installation with Ubuntu on my powerbook and have since never looked back. Ubuntu is an operating system I was very impressed with. (I used to use Yellow Dog Linux and Debian before. I even tried Gentoo,lol). It has a very friendly community, and makes it pretty easy to ask questions and contribute back to Ubuntu. I now run Mac OS X from within Ubuntu, thanks to the MacOnLinux project!
 
I have installed Ubuntu on my ibook, on my friends Toshiba laptop, another friends AMD64 machine just to test out Ubuntu on various platforms. I also run a Ubuntu server at work.
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I have installed Ubuntu on my ibook, on my friends Toshiba laptop, another friends AMD64 machine just to test out Ubuntu on various platforms. I currently use Dapper on my ibook with no current plans to upgrade!
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I joined NewUserMentors on 2005-09-08. Since then, I have spent about 5-6 hours on #(k)ubuntu everyday trying to answer questions that people might have. I am also an kop on #kubuntu.

I also try to answer questions on the [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ Ubuntu Forums].		 The amount of time I spend on Linux has reduced dramatically since I started working. IRC time has reduced significantly, though I hope that all that will change now :).
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I help clean up the wiki as a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/wikiteam WikiTeam]. Please see links at the bottom for my contributions.

Since I use Kubuntu, I am a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/kubuntu-team Kubuntu Team]. I am currently working on the DocumentationTeam/KubuntuDesktopGuide and coordinate with other people, encouraging them to contribute to the guide.		 Part of the Ubuntu doc team. Plans abound for Feisty.
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I have only reported a few [https://launchpad.net/people/robotgeek/+reportedbugs bugs], since most of the applications I use "just work". I've tried to report how Ubuntu works on [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/Apple_iBookG4_12in_1%2e26GHZ my laptop] by submitting reports to the LaptopTestingTeam. The best part is that two of the bugs i reported on launchpad are fixed already! Go Dapper! I report bugs which affect my hardware, which is currently a ibook. I havent done any testing for edgy. Hopefully, all that will change with Fiesty.
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I am also part of the [http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org EasyUbuntu] developers team. My main motivation is that projects like this will always exist, so it might be better to influence them by contributing to them (code-wise), instead of complaining about how unsafe they are, as new users will definetly not care. I am also part of the [http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org EasyUbuntu] developers team. My main motivation is that projects like this will always exist, so it might be better to influence them by contributing to them (code-wise), instead of complaining about how unsafe they are, as new users will definetly not care. 
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 * Getting Kubuntu Desktop Guide in time for Dapper!  * Getting Kubuntu Desktop Guide in time for Feisty!
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 * Improve packaging skills to help the MOTU Science team
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 * Email: [[MailTo(venkatraghavan@gmail.com)]]  * Email: [[MailTo(venkatvc@ubuntu.com)]]
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 * Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/robotgeek robotgeek]  * Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/venkatvc venkatvc]
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= Wiki Pages I've contributed =

 * MultisyncHowto
 * ["JavaPPC"]
 * AddingRepositoriesCliHowto
 * VimHowto
 * CompilingSoftware
 * GnuPrivacyGuardHowto
 * AutomaticallyMountPartitions
 * WifiDocs
 * ["HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards"]
 * ["WifiDocs/Device/NetgearMA111"]
 * ["WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx"] - Dapper Section

= Breakdown of Kubuntu Desktop Guide Work =

 * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2006-January/001874.html
 * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2006-February/001913.html
 * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2006-February/001914.html
 * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2006-February/001950.html
 * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2006-February/001952.html

= Bugs Reported =

[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/29791 29791]
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/29750 29750]
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rxvt-unicode/+bug/3690 3690]
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gcrontab/+bug/2423 2423]
[https://launchpad.net/products/evolution/+bug/2330 2330]
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/2209 2209]
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1926 1926]
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VenkatRaghavan (robotgeek)

I have been using Linux on and off since 2002. After the Hoary release, I replaced by OS X installation with Ubuntu on my powerbook and have since never looked back. Ubuntu is an operating system I was very impressed with. (I used to use Yellow Dog Linux and Debian before. I even tried Gentoo,lol). It has a very friendly community, and makes it pretty easy to ask questions and contribute back to Ubuntu. I now run Mac OS X from within Ubuntu, thanks to the MacOnLinux project!

I have installed Ubuntu on my ibook, on my friends Toshiba laptop, another friends AMD64 machine just to test out Ubuntu on various platforms. I also run a Ubuntu server at work.

I currently use Dapper on my ibook with no current plans to upgrade!

Ubuntu Activities

Support

The amount of time I spend on Linux has reduced dramatically since I started working. IRC time has reduced significantly, though I hope that all that will change now :).

Documentation

Part of the Ubuntu doc team. Plans abound for Feisty.

Bugs

I report bugs which affect my hardware, which is currently a ibook. I havent done any testing for edgy. Hopefully, all that will change with Fiesty.

Other

I am also part of the [http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org EasyUbuntu] developers team. My main motivation is that projects like this will always exist, so it might be better to influence them by contributing to them (code-wise), instead of complaining about how unsafe they are, as new users will definetly not care.

Future Plans

  • Getting Kubuntu Desktop Guide in time for Feisty!
  • Greater involvement in Documentation Team activities (and hence understanding).

My contact information

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