aaron-whitehouse

Find me on Launchpad and Ubuntu Discourse

I have been an Ubuntu fan and contributor since 2005 and, since 2018, work at Canonical. I now lead the team that drives Canonical’s joint initiatives with the major public clouds (Public Cloud Enablement). My team works with Canonical's CPC team to ensure Ubuntu users have the best possible experience on the public clouds.

Contributions

Future Goals/Ongoing Work

  • Assistance, tutorials and guidance to Ubuntu users, particularly those on Public Clouds.
  • Contribution to technical specifications of Ubuntu tools that make it easier to integrate external systems management tooling with Ubuntu instances.
  • Continued contribution to duplicity that helps Ubuntu users, particularly on backwards compatibility testing for Ubuntu releases.
  • I have been running a duplicity-based backup setup across multiple machines for many years and have recently converted this to a ZFS/snapshots/Sanoid/offsite Raspberry Pi/Nebula solution, all based on Ubuntu. I would like to document this as guidance for others with the same objectives.

Testimonials

If anybody happens to come across this page and feels like saying something nice about me, please add it below along with @ SIG @ (no spaces). The @ SIG @ command will sign your name and date/time it after you "Save Changes". It may help if I ever get around to seeking Ubuntu Membership.

Christian Ehrhardt

I've worked with Aaron on various occasions, mostly driven by him giving me and my team challenges to make the live of Ubuntu users better. He really puts the users first, which is a great character trait. He thinks of what they might want and then uses his energy to convince everyone needed to get it done. It is great that Ubuntu has such an advocate for the good. Furthermore he is always open minded to alternatives and discussions, friendly and helpful. TBH I'm puzzled he isn't already an Ubuntu member and has my full support to become one.

-- paelzer 2023-01-09 06:39:04

John Chittum

I've had the pleasure to work with Aaron in all sorts of situations throughout my time as an Ubuntu member and Canonical employee. Aaron's day to day work representing Ubuntu to cloud partners is invaluable to the community. Aaron focuses on community and users, thinking of how to make our collective lives easier. He's also always up for testing and prototyping new ideas. When I found out all the years he's spent working on Ubuntu, from laptop testing and benchmarks, to duplicity, I (like Christian) was amazed to hear he wasn't already a member. He has my full support in becoming an Ubuntu member!

-- jchittum 2023-01-09 20:08:50

Phil Roche

I have worked with Aaron as a Canonical employee when collaborating with cloud partners on multiple occasions. Aaron has excellent technical knowledge of Ubuntu in the various clouds and is very focused on making Ubuntu the best it can be in those environments. As you can see from the above contributions, Aaron also spends a great deal of effort on improving the educational material around Ubuntu in public cloud. These contributions are of great benefit to all Ubuntu users.

I +1 Aaron's application to become Ubuntu member.

-- philroche 2023-01-10 09:29:19

Dimitri John Ledkov

Aaron has a very deep and niche understanding of various Ubuntu facets. He tries to achieve for such knowledge to become self-service / easy to discover by the users.

I +1 Aaron's application to become Ubuntu member.

-- xnox 2023-01-10 12:20:19

Michael Vogt

I got valuable feedback from Aaron about improvements we could do in Ubuntu or for snaps. He has a deep technical understanding and is easy to work with.

I +1 Aaron's application to become Ubuntu member.

-- mvo 2023-01-16 14:51:01

aaron-whitehouse (last edited 2023-12-04 12:11:35 by aaron-whitehouse)