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Jonathan Carter

Location:

Quebec, Canada

Blog:

http://jonathancarter.org

Launchpad:

http://launchpad.net/people/jonathan

E-Mail:

jonathan@ubuntu.com

Jabber:

jonathan@jabber.org

IRC:

highvoltage on irc.freenode.net

Radio Callsign:

ZU1N

Linux UID#

334123

FSF Member:

3066

Welcome to Jonathan's homepage in Ubuntuland!

Roles in Ubuntu

Current Interests

  • Ubuntu LTSP Cluster Package maintenance
    Ubuntu ltsp-live for Edubuntu disc
    Ubuntu Expanding the Community Knowledgebase to include 3 (8-10) chapters from the Art of the Community Book
    Ubuntu ltsp-installer for Edubuntu disc
    Ubuntu netbook-installer for Edubuntu disc
    Ubuntu Ubuntu in NGO's, particularly interested in solutions for low/no-bandwidth areas
    Ubuntu MOTU Work: Reviewing packages on REVU and sponsoring bug fixes

Package work in Ubuntu

Universe:

  • Ubuntu ltsp-cluster-accountmanager: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
    Ubuntu ltsp-cluster-lbagent: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
    Ubuntu ltsp-cluster-lbserver: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
    Ubuntu ltsp-cluster-nxloadbalancer: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
    Ubuntu ltsp-cluster-control: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
    Ubuntu ltsp-cluster-pxeconfig: Packaged for karmic, sponsored by stgraber
    Ubuntu libgnome: Wrote man page for gnome-open, sponsored by lool
    Ubuntu edubuntu-artwork, edubuntu-live
    Ubuntu nanny
    Ubuntu See also: Related Software in Launchpad for most current list

REVU (Reviewing, Uploading, Archiving):

Past stuff

  • Ubuntu I created and used to maintain the first versions of the Edubuntu and Xubuntu websites.
    Ubuntu Fridge stories:

    Ubuntu I used to maintain a distribution called tuXlab that was implemented in a few hundred schools in South Africa (more info on my blog). Although it's unmaintained it's still used in quite a number of schools today still.
    Ubuntu Ubuntu Meetings and events:

    • Participated at Edubuntu Summit in London - June 2005 (Canonical sponsored)
    • Participated at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Paris - June 2006 (Canonical sponsored)
    • Participated at Ubuntu Education Summit in Sevilla - April 2007 (Canonical sponsored)
    • Attended Ubucon Sevilla at University of Sevilla - May 2007 (Community organised)
    • Participated at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Sevilla - May 2007 (Canonical sponsored)
    • Attended Gutsy release party in Cape Town - October 2007 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

    • Organised Hardy release party in Johannesburg - April 2008 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

    • Organised Intrepid release party in Gauteng - November 2008 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

    • Participated at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona - June 2009 (Canonical sponsored)
    • Organised Karmic release party in Cape Town - November 2009 (Ubuntu-ZA event)

    Ubuntu My Package Poetry, a concept from Benjamin "Mako" Hill:

    Ubuntu Previous Co-leader of the Ubuntu-ZA loco team
    Ubuntu Maintained Ubuntu-ZA website/wiki and planet

More about me

My Computing History

I learned to read when I was 6 when I typed BASIC programs from magazines onto a ZX-Spectrum. When I was 12 I started doing all kinds of freelance work fixing people's computers. By the time I was in high school I mostly did graphical design and created websites for companies, I also wrote small programs here and there. After I finished school I decided to get a steady job and worked in a computer shop for a while. All I did all day was removing viruses and it was frustrating and I missed my "glamorous" freelance lifestyle I had before. I quit and started working on getting Linux into schools. I then joined The Shuttleworth Foundation, a non-profit organisation that at the time, specialised on Open Source Software and Education as the Open Source Technical Co-ordinator. I worked there for nearly 3 years until I was called by the rat race and excitement of the commercial world. I joined Impi Linux, a small startup targeting business and government. After working there for a year it was acquired by a larger company that I didn't enjoy working for. In November 2008 I founded Zanix Software Systems which I worked on full-time until recently. In November 2009 I joined Revolution Linux, I now work there almost full time and continue with my activities with Zanix.

Where does "highvoltage" come from?

There was a stage where I listened to the song "H! VLTG3" on the Linkin Park Reanimation album over and over again. It kind of resonated with me. My father walked into my room and said "You're starting to look like a high voltage". That was right at the moment where I was busy deciding on a username for my ISP, so it became highvoltage for pretty much everything. I tried changing it to "jcc" once but people were surprisingly resistant to it, so highvoltage stuck and it's now just as much as name as any other that I have.

In 2006 I decided to change my nick to 'jcc', but people didn't like it and wanted me to change back to 'highvoltage'. So I accepted that it's my nick from then on and didn't attempt to change it again.

Stuff I like

  • Ubuntu Ubuntu
    Ubuntu Debian
    Ubuntu LTSP
    Ubuntu Ice Cream
    Ubuntu Gnome

=== Stuff I don't like ==

  • Ubuntu Expensive telecoms monopolies Ubuntu Bad people


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