I am interested in having someone mentor me because I believe that mentoring will provide the quickest route for me to come up to speed on the entire Ubuntu support and development process.
My background: I am a retired software developer. I started back in 1957 so have had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of hardware and software systems. The bulk of my experience has been with system software and tool-smithing rather than with application software. Some highlights: 1957-1960 - Heavy engineering shop floor control and railroad car-tracking applications 1960-1961 - Developing multi-programming extensions to GE operating system in service bureau 1960-1973 - IBM systems engineer - worked primarily on custom extensions to mainframe computer job management systems 1974-1982 - Worked in mainframe service bureau developing custom operating system extensions to support service bureau operations 1983-1986 - Independent consultant mostly working on communications based projects with excursions into database stuff 1987-1989 - Worked on scanning and imaging software 1990-1993 - Worked with QNX realtime operating system (Unix lookalike) developing shell extensions and a DOS file system for QNX 1994-1995 - Worked on fiber-optics based real-time traffic control system 1996-2000 - Worked on file-systems and file system filters for Microsoft Windows. Built a UDF file-system and worked on developing virtual volumes that could span physical disks and computers. All in the context of supporting and exploiting optical jukeboxes. 2000-2002 - Worked on security systems using smart cards including smart card firmware and firmware for smart card readers 2003-2004 - Worked on Eclipse plugin intended to provide an integrated version control system for Eclipse. Project canceled when IBM pulled key developers off the project. 2005-2009 - Retired - mostly helping my son with university projects. Used Ubuntu exclusively for personal work during this time. As of yet, my Linux background is not that strong. I can install systems, install packages from source, and develop patches when necessary but I need to build a much deeper understanding of how the entire Linux environment works as an integrated system. Initially, I believe that I can be of most use in triaging bugs with poorly defined and obscure symptoms. Probably could be particularly useful working in areas that straddle the boundary between application land and the kernel. One good example is the ACPID package that is looking for a subscriber at this time. You can check out what I have done so far on Ubuntu at my personal page<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Ejgossage>. Please let me know whether you think my assessment is reasonable and point me in the direction where I can be most useful. Regards Jonathan Gossage
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