<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Jonathan Niehof <<a href="mailto:jtniehof@gmail.com">jtniehof@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> (per the list welcome email requesting introduction) Short version: Hi, I'm Jon, I'm mostly here to listen. </blockquote><div> Jon, Welcome! :-) </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Longer: I'm in the throes of writing my PhD thesis in astronomy (which limits my free time a titch.) I starting using Linux with Slack 3.4 in February of 1998 and pretty quickly switched over to it as my primary OS. Switched to Debian when hamm was released and stayed there for nine years--actually the same installation across several hard drives and motherboards, compiled from source all the way. (This was annoying around 2002 when Gnome had some cycles in the dependency graph.) I regained sanity in 2007 and gave Ubuntu a spin with Feisty. Currently I'm dipping my toe in bug triage and helping stem the tide over at Answers. (Also picking at the Debian RC bug list and dabbling in learning autotools and DocBook.) More significant involvement in the project will probably have to wait till graduation. As far as specific list topic: yeah, there's a problem with sexism in FLOSS, and I figure staying "plugged in" will keep me aware of both issues and solutions while going about my regular participation. </blockquote><div> I hope that by listening you will be able to help us in getting more people (especially women) involved in the Ubuntu Project and Community. Again, Welcome!! </div><div> Amber </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> --Jon -- Ubuntu-Women mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Women@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Women@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women</a> </blockquote></div> -- Just me Amber. There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. Linus Torvalds