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'''I, Dave Chiluk, apply for Ubuntu Contributing Developer.'''
'''I'm, Dave Chiluk, and I'm an Ubuntu Contributing Developer.'''
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|| '''Linked In''' || [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiluk]] ||
|| '''Contributing Developer Application''' || [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/chiluk/ContributingDeveloperApplication]] ||
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I currently work for Canonical in the STS Engineering group which is the bug-fix arm for the Ubuntu-Advantage product. When I'm not working on customer issues, I try to spend time bug-fixing elsewhere in the distro. I have fixes in a wide variety of packages including the kernel.
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=== Professional Career ===

 * Graduated with a BS in CS from University of Illinois in 2003
 * 2003-2004 - IBM - AIX NFS Support
 * 2004-2008 - IBM - Embedded Linux Product Development.
 * 2008-2012 - IBM - Linux Technology Center, Embedded linux product support.
 * 2012-Current - Canonical - Ubuntu Advantage Engineering Support.

=== Personal Life ===
I enjoy volleyball, car repair, Home Improvement, home automation, and Lindy Hop.
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My first experience with linux was with Redhat 5.2 in 1999 as a student because I needed a C compiler, and didn't want to pay for Borland's. I've used Linux in one way or another ever since, and it's been my sole desktop OS since 2004. My first ubuntu version was Edgy Eft, after a co-worker caught me complaining about some poorly written fedora package dependencies. I've been using Ubuntu ever since.  My first experience with linux was with Redhat 5.2 in 1999 as a student because I needed a C compiler, and didn't want to pay for Borland's. I've used Linux in one way or another ever since, and it's been my sole desktop OS since 2004. My first ubuntu version was Edgy Eft, after a co-worker caught me complaining about some poorly written fedora package dependencies. I've been assisting users on launchpad/IRC since 2008, and have been submitting fixes/SRUs since 2012.
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== My involvement ==
== Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of ==
== Areas of work ==
''Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers with whom you cooperated and how it worked out.''
## As a per-package uploader, please give us some insight into the package maintenance and bug situation since you're working on it.
= My involvement =
So far my involvement has been primarily focused on the areas of bug-fix, and sustainment.
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== Things I could do better == I've also helped "man" the Ubuntu booth at Texas Linux Fest for the past 3 years.
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= Plans for the future =
== General ==
I would like to eventually be recognized as a Core Developer.
= Presentations =
* [[ attachment:ubuntu_development_primer.pdf | Ubuntu Development Primer ]]
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== What I like least in Ubuntu ==
I dislike that apt-get/dpkg requires a separate package in order to search for which uninstalled package that provides a specific file. Yum has a search utility built in which doesn't require an additional helper package. I admit this is purely a quibble.
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[[CategoryUniverseContributorApplication]]
For more information please visit my [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/chiluk/ContributingDeveloperApplication |Contributing Developer Application]]

I'm, Dave Chiluk, and I'm an Ubuntu Contributing Developer.

Who I am

chiluk_profilepic.jpg I currently work for Canonical in the STS Engineering group which is the bug-fix arm for the Ubuntu-Advantage product. When I'm not working on customer issues, I try to spend time bug-fixing elsewhere in the distro. I have fixes in a wide variety of packages including the kernel.

Professional Career

  • Graduated with a BS in CS from University of Illinois in 2003
  • 2003-2004 - IBM - AIX NFS Support
  • 2004-2008 - IBM - Embedded Linux Product Development.
  • 2008-2012 - IBM - Linux Technology Center, Embedded linux product support.
  • 2012-Current - Canonical - Ubuntu Advantage Engineering Support.

Personal Life

I enjoy volleyball, car repair, Home Improvement, home automation, and Lindy Hop.

My Ubuntu story

My first experience with linux was with Redhat 5.2 in 1999 as a student because I needed a C compiler, and didn't want to pay for Borland's. I've used Linux in one way or another ever since, and it's been my sole desktop OS since 2004. My first ubuntu version was Edgy Eft, after a co-worker caught me complaining about some poorly written fedora package dependencies. I've been assisting users on launchpad/IRC since 2008, and have been submitting fixes/SRUs since 2012.

My involvement

So far my involvement has been primarily focused on the areas of bug-fix, and sustainment.

I've also helped "man" the Ubuntu booth at Texas Linux Fest for the past 3 years.

Presentations

* Ubuntu Development Primer

More

For more information please visit my Contributing Developer Application

chiluk (last edited 2019-03-02 19:27:51 by chiluk)