Updating ContributeToUbuntu

[Doug Smythies]

On 2020.07.22 08:22 Esme Xuan Lim wrote:

> To anyone reading this: (but I guess this is in context of a conversation with me and Doug)
> How did you (or anyone reading this) start contributing in the first place? 
> Was it to the docs team specifically, or have anyone tried contributing to the software/code side of things? 
> How did everyone get to where they were in their volunteer 'roles'? Was it from talking to people?

After switching from Red Hat to Ubuntu linux and as a result of building a 10.10 server that served
as a gateway/router/firewall/file-server using mainly the PDF version of the Ubuntu serverguide for
the work, I had entered a couple of bug reports against Ubuntu server. So I thought, well maybe I
can contribute by solving those bug reports myself. A saga ensued, and next thing I know I am a
doc team administrator (as of 2013.02.21).

As for software/code, I mainly contribute upstream via the kernel power management group (linux-pm).
By far, the majority of my linux volunteer hours are spent there.

... Doug