Dave wrote: > Hey all, > > I've been reading this list for the past few months and enjoy the good > quality of discussion, so I've decided to get off the fence and hope to > become more involved in Ubuntu's great community. >
Welcome aboard! > I'm a Multimedia Development student from Scotland and have been using > Ubuntu for the past few years. My first taste of Linux came about after > reading about it online, becoming really interested in the community > behind it and wanting to find out more, so I picked up a copy of Linux > format with Mandrake on the cover back in 2002. Being new I went through > the usual stages of trying every distro under the sun, stuck with Fedora > for quite a while, then settled on Ubuntu as it was noticeably more > polished in the usability area. > I tried out Fedora but a couple of days ago, and it really made me appreciate how polished Ubuntu is. I love what they're doing with One Laptop Per Child and Mugshot, but really, that distro needs sorting out. > A few of the proposed/active projects are of interest to me, > Marketing/Leaflets; Website; Screencasts; Education, Do you know about Edubuntu? It's the version specifically for education, both teachers and students. http://edubuntu.org/ > and will be glad to > try and help in anyway I can. Though I'm not yet sure in what ways I can > help, but I'll try and post to the mailing list regularly and hopefully > pick up a few tasks that I can help on. > It's as simple as filing bugs; when ubuntu doesn't do what it should, complain in the right place; lo and behold, it's better for everyone. And if you need help negotiating launchpad (ubuntu's bug tracking system) ask away. > I wouldn't say that I'm skilled in any specific area, more of an > all-rounder at all multimedia related things. Skills are a bit low on > open source software, mainly down to my college not using any, but I'm > adapting my skills quickly to packages like Inkscape, GIMP, Blender etc.. > > Anyway that's enough of an introduction, and I hope to become more > involved in the Linux community rather than sit back and be a spectator > any longer. > > Cheers. > > Dave > John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
