I don't think Che is getting any messages from the list, though I have seen him go through the process of joining. I received a confirmation email, he did not. He is, however, on IRC.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Welcome! > > You get to Eugene much? We've had a few visitors to our LUG. I would mind > a talk on Linux gaming from someone in the know. Have you built a Steam box > with the beta yet? We have monthly talks first Tuesday. There are also > regular meetings meant as support sessions but that's mostly people hanging > out. > > I'll let those folks most acquainted with what's going on in their > community perk up if you get anywhere else. > > In LoCo news, we'll have a booth at Linux Fest Northwest at the end of > April. It's free to get in. A couple of us are taking the train up if you > want to join in the fun. > > If you're thinking of helping out in other areas, I could certainly point > you in a couple directions. For one thing, your experience with virtual > machines would be ideal for manual testing. We just had a session on that > and bug triage at our recent Ubuntu Global Jam. I've been a bit slow to get > slides and pics and a blog post up, but that may be of help. > > Have you considered your Ubuntu membership? I'm sure based on your > contribution to the manual alone, you'd be eligible. Are you still > contributing? > > @wxl > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-organizer > On Mar 12, 2015 6:55 PM, "Che Dean" <dean....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> My real name is Che Dean, yes, Che is my real name, I get asked this a >> lot. I was named after Ernesto "*Che*" Guevara, my Mum saw a picture of >> him on the cover of Time Magazine when she was pregnant with me. She liked >> the look of him and so decided to name me after him. You might have seen me >> around the IRC channels as Kereltis. That's what I normally use in IRC, >> gaming, etc. I'm delighted to finally be a member of Ubuntu Oregon, it's >> something I should have done a long time ago. Thanks to Mark Dude for >> giving me the kick into the door I needed. I currently live with my wife in >> Corvallis, a quaint but very progressive city in the Willamette Valley, I >> love the bike lanes here and the beer is awesome. I'm originally from Cork >> City in Ireland, though I am half English and hold dual citizenship. I've >> been a supporter and user of Ubuntu for several years now, my first taste >> of Ubuntu was 8.04 as far as I remember (not as young as I used to be). My >> epic Linux journey started when a friend of mine from Chicago introduced me >> to OpenSUSE (KDE). I liked it but at the time I was big into retro gaming >> and found, being the noob that I was, that I could install the various >> emulators a lot easier on Ubuntu. I also fell head over heals for the cube >> desktop and who could forget the wobbly windows. >> >> That was the beginning. After using it for awhile and getting to know the >> philosophy behind not just Ubuntu but Linux in general, I found that it >> really suited my own outlook on life. I'm not a coder myself but I like to >> help out where ever I can. My main skills are building PCs of various >> different shapes and sizes and of course maintaining and upgrading them. I >> use Ubuntu full time which makes life interesting at times being a gamer >> (Steam is helping a lot). I'm also a contributor to Rootgamer.com, a Linux >> gaming site based out of Holland. We're quiet at the moment but plans are >> being made for the future and converting the site to a more well rounded >> Linux gaming support site, a bit like WoWhead except for Linux gamers. I've >> also been a contributor to the unofficial Ubuntu Manual project, covering >> the Thunderbird section for both 11.10 and 12.04. >> >> Hobbies and oddities: My main hobbies at the moment are brewing beer >> while trying as many of the wonderful Pacific North West craft beers as I >> can, playing around and testing various Linux distros in VMs, nature and >> food photography, reading comics, walking, and bicycling. >> >> Che >> >> -- >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/chedean/ >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-or mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or >> >> > -- > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > >
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