[ubuntu-uk] Introduction, and research

[Karl Beecher]

Thanks guys. I thought ubuntu-qa might be a good place to start.


2009/1/21 Dave Morley <davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk>:
> On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 10:48 +0000, Bruce Beardall wrote:
>> Hi Karl
>>
>> I couldn't tell you where to start with this (although it's an
>> interesting idea), just thought I'd drop a line and say welcome to the
>> adventure.
>>
>> Or should that be ubu-venture?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>> 2009/1/21 Karl Beecher <k.s.beecher at googlemail.com>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         My name is Karl Beecher, I've been a Linux user for about 5
>>         years now
>>         and a dedicated Ubuntu user for 3 of those.
>>
>>         My personal passion right now is OSS research, and at the
>>         moment I'm
>>         finishing up my thesis on that topic at the University of
>>         Lincoln. I've
>>         done research into GNOME, KDE, and Debian, amongst other
>>         things, and
>>         I've worked with people (and continue to do so) involved in
>>         the KDE
>>         Research group (http://techbase.kde.org/Research ).
>>
>>         Having seen other OSS projects involve themselves in research
>>         like this,
>>         I was intrigued that I was unable to find equivalent material
>>         on the
>>         Ubuntu site.
>>
>>         And so, I would like to know if there are in fact any such
>>         research
>>         activities going on in Ubuntu, or, if not, whether this would
>>         be of any
>>         interest to others in the Ubuntu community. I realise this is
>>         not the
>>         perfect mailing list to address this question to, but I was
>>         unable to
>>         find a suitable one (apart from maybe ubuntu-qa), so I thought
>>         I'd start
>>         out by asking my fellow Brits. For a good example of what OSS
>>         community
>>         research might entail, check out the KDE link above. There are
>>         also
>>         other organizations and individuals too numerous to list.
>>
>>         Again, apologies if this seems "off-topic", but if you know of
>>         a more
>>         suitable place to investigate or person to ask, please let me
>>         know.
>>
>>         Many thanks,
>>         Karl Beecher
>>
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>>
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> If you on irc then #ubuntu-quality might be a good place to start.  Also
> there is a meeting tonight at 17:00 for ubuntu-qa
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