I've started a wiki page if you'd like to check it out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Che%20Dean#preview and offer any advise, ty. :-)
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the important thing is making sure that those contributions are > listed on your wiki page. > > If you like documentation, but want an easier route, there's always the > wiki! > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam (they handle official docs, too) > > I know a couple homebrewers in the area, and I'd be happy to introduce > if you show up ☺ > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Che Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you check the credits of the 12.04 version of the Manual you'll see my > > name under Authors: > > > http://files.ubuntu-manual.org/manuals/getting-started-with-ubuntu/12.04/en_US/screen/Getting%20Started%20with%20Ubuntu%2012.04.pdf > > I left the team because I didn't have time to contribute when I was > moving > > from Ireland to Oregon. I also dislike working in HEX which they were > using > > at the time, I'm more comfortable being able to work in Libre Office. I > will > > be busy in the morning checking out those links you shared and I will > > definitely be looking into membership and helping out where I can, anyone > > that follows me on social media knows that I am passionate about Ubuntu. > I > > haven't gotten involved in the OSU LUG, I tend to be very introverted > but I > > will be making much more of an effort from now on. > > > > Now about those breweries, The Ninkasi, Oatis, Oatmeal Stout is one of > the > > very best and I love it, but the Oakshire Espresso Stout is something to > be > > savoured, that one will wake you up on a Sunday morning. So you can > safely > > assume that we'll be taking a trip to Eugene in the future. :-) > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Welcome, Linda! Glad to have you amongst us. Obviously, much of the > >> content I provided for Che applies to you, so I won't repeat myself. ☺ > >> > >> I will say that I have a Nexus 4 with Ubuntu Touch on it and it's > >> lovely. I have started learning development and it's remarkably > >> simple, even for someone used to programming. Surely, lower level > >> access will require C++ knowledge, but other than that, it's as simple > >> as markup! If you need some help learning, let me know, and don't > >> forget about the Ubuntu Phone team/mailing list: > >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > >> They just released a new porting guide: > >> > >> > https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/porting-new-device/ > >> that may be helpful if you don't have one of the targeted devices. > >> > >> The best advice I can give to people like yourself who are advocates > >> of Linux because of their good experiences is contribute, contribute, > >> contribute. There's a place for everyone, whether you like to do > >> support, documentation, artwork, marketing, testing, bug triage, > >> development, etc. As I said to Che, I'm happy to help you find your > >> place. There is time requirement or anything like that. We're all > >> volunteers here ☺ > >> > >> Oh and I forgot to tell Che, there are a plethora of interesting > >> breweries in Eugene. Though Ninaski tends to be the most well-known, I > >> suggest Oakshire: > >> http://oakbrew.com/ > >> > >> Again, welcome! > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Linda Dean <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > My name is Linda, though I usually respond to S0rceress0 online. I > live > >> > in > >> > Corvallis, Oregon with my husband Che (Kereltis). I am first > generation > >> > American being born in So California. I have done many many types of > >> > work > >> > from menial jobs to professional. My most notable positions were as a > >> > Soux > >> > Chef for The Velvet Turtle, a firefighter for the California > >> > Conservation > >> > Corps and a Gunners Mate in the U.S. Navy.I much prefer my life now > as a > >> > writer and researcher. > >> > I got into Linux partially as a desperation measure. I was familiar > with > >> > the > >> > concept of Linux, and worked on Unix machines as a teenager, but I > still > >> > had > >> > windows machines until my Dell XPS started displaying symptoms of > >> > motherboard failure from overheating. Installing Ubuntu 10.10 saved it > >> > from > >> > certain doom. At that time I was unable to watch only a few shows here > >> > and > >> > there online. I found that technology moved rapidly from then on and > >> > before > >> > long I was able to use Netflix. I continued to use Windows 7 on my > >> > desktop > >> > computer, though I found I used it only for gaming and for watching an > >> > occasional movie that Netflix did not have. Using Linux, whichever > >> > distro I > >> > happened to appreciate at the moment, became so fluid and easy I swore > >> > than > >> > when I could watch shows and game one major MMO, I would switch to > Linux > >> > permanently. > >> > When Netflix became native, and World of Warcraft installed easily on > >> > Ubuntu > >> > 14.04, I decided that the conditions had been fulfilled. I will never > >> > use > >> > Windows again. In several of my college courses I also convinced > several > >> > other people to give Linux a serious shot through a series of tough > >> > college > >> > essays on UEFI and open source benefits. > >> > I would still classify myself as a joat. I know a little of several > >> > programming languages, and enough knowledge in Linux to feel competent > >> > with > >> > a generous amount of terminal commands. I cannot call myself an expert > >> > in > >> > any single area, but I do continue to learn. My newest interest is the > >> > Ubuntu Phone. I am fascinated by the thought of creating for it. > >> > I am a pretty big geek gurl, I love games and Star Trek is almost a > >> > biblical > >> > archway for me. (Hate those continuity errors though!) I write like > >> > there is > >> > no tomorrow, and though I am religious, my religion is tempered by the > >> > knowledge that anything in that religion could be answered at any time > >> > by > >> > science, and I am more than willing to give way to it. > >> > I cook gourmet food, I brew beer, and I really REALLY love good > whiskey. > >> > I > >> > am looking forward to a time when every single person on the planet > has > >> > access to education when ever they so please, and I think Linux will > >> > help us > >> > get there. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> @wxl | http://polka.bike > >> Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > >> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > >> Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader > >> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer > >> > >> -- > >> Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/chedean/ > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > > > > > > -- > @wxl | http://polka.bike > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer > > -- > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/chedean/
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