I, Simon Quigley, apply to be a Developer in the Kubuntu project.

Who I am

I'm a 15 year old living in Wisconsin, USA who likes Linux, Ubuntu, and technology in general. I have had a passion for computers ever since I was 9, starting out by learning some basic HTML on a Windows XP machine, growing my knowledge and passion from there.

My Kubuntu story

I installed Ubuntu in February of 2015 after breaking my Windows 7 install, and was instantly attracted to the development side of the project. I wanted to work with others to develop software, which was always something I wished I could do but didn't have any interested friends. But, after reading the Ubuntu Packaging Guide, I was stuck, some steps didn't work, and that discouraged me. So I gave up.

I then joined a Lubuntu IRC channel that July after finding out Lubuntu ran better on my computer. I joined that community, started working on other projects within Ubuntu such as the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, and I worked to get Ubuntu Membership on February 4th, 2016. But I still wanted to contribute to development, so that summer, I joined a Kubuntu Party and got involved in the Kubuntu project as a ninja.

From then on, I expanded my contributions, becoming the Lubuntu Release Manager, helping run the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, and a few other contributions listed on my main page. I continue to do various tasks within the community as a contributor outside of my Kubuntu work.

My involvement

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

Areas of work

• Making sure the Kubuntu Continuous Integration has passing jobs when I can help out.
• Staging releases of KDE Plasma, KDE Frameworks, and KDE Applications to the relevant staging PPAs and pushing out updates to the Kubuntu Backports PPA on a case-by-case basis.
• Continuing to keep Kubuntu secure and bug-free by releasing updates to packages containing bugfixes and security fixes.

Things I could do better

Plans for the future

General

What I like least in Kubuntu

Comments

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Endorsements

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== <SPONSORS NAME> ==
=== General feedback ===
## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?)

=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.''
## Full list of sponsored packages can be generated here:
## http://ubuntu-dev.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?
=== Areas of Improvement ===