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About Me
My name is Rob and I was born half way through the 1970s.
I managed to reach my 30s without ever touching a computer. I just wasn't interested. Music was my thing. When I saw an mp3 player and discovered that I could carry all my music around in my pocket, I decided I needed a computer. My brother-in-law kindly donated his old one with Ubuntu 7.04 installed.
Everything was fine for a few months until I decided to move the computer to another room and upgrade to 7.10. I found that the sound no longer worked. This is when I discovered Ubuntu Forums. I asked for help and quickly learned all sorts of complicated linux stuff like compiling alsa and blacklisting modules.
In the end it turned out that when I had moved the computer I had plugged the speakers into the blue hole instead of the green one.
But joining the forums peeked my interest in Ubuntu and linux in general and over the years I have learned a great deal about Ubuntu, linux and computers in general. In September 2011 I was asked to join the Ubuntu Forums staff and I was honoured to accept.
I hope that my Ubuntu story shows that you don't need to have any technical knowledge what so ever to get involved with Ubuntu, just a desire to join in.
Some links
Ubuntu Forums - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=491516
Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~nothingspecial48
IRC - nothingspecial on irc.freenode.net
Participation
Ubuntu Forums
My participation in Ubuntu up to now has been largely on Ubuntu forums. I like to help out wherever I can, usually in Absolute Beginners, General Help and Multimedia & Video. I particularly enjoy helping with console based applications of which I am a great fan. I have been known to help with bash from time to time.
More recently I have been spending time helping to keep the forums a nice, friendly place to visit.
I occasionally pop up in #ubuntu on irc.