Lots of people have asked us who we are and what we look like. Here’s an attempt to answer those questions!
Ciemon Dunville is an aviator, currently working in simulation, by night a dabbler in gadgets. A radio ham (G0TRT) and keen biker, he’s been using Linux since Redhat 7, and switched to Ubuntu when the noise from HantsLUG suggested there might be something in it. With no deep Linux knowledge he is the level-headed voice of calm who makes sure we don’t forget the users.
Alan Pope has spent the last 13 years working as a system admin on some evil proprietary software, but does what he can for Ubuntu and Linux in his spare time. He first encountered Linux in the mid-1990s, and ran RedHat then Debian on the desktop and server until Ubuntu Warty came out. Alan became an Ubuntu member in 2006 and is the contact person for the UK LoCo team, a member of the LoCo Council and a member of the EMEA Membership Council. He started the Screencasts team and has attended lots of Developer Summits. He quite dislikes forums.
Dave Walker is a system administrator and VoIP expert, as well as programming C++ and Java. He began experimenting with Slackware in 1999 but moved to Ubuntu when Warty was released. He is part of the team which produces the Mythbuntu distribution and hopes to become a MOTU one day. Dave also needs to write a longer biography.
Tony Whitmore is an IT Manager by day and FLOSS geek by night. He has been using Linux since RedHat 7.2 and Ubuntu since Breezy Badger. He twiddles the knobs on the Ubuntu UK Podcast and tries to make sure everyone is speaking somewhere near their microphone, which is not as easy as it sounds like it should be. He is not a developer, although occasionally tries, but has more success as a sysadmin. Most of the time though, he’s the bloke at the back with the video camera.
Guest Presenters
Laura Cowen is a technical writer, user experience advocate, and geek. Usually on hand anyway to make tea, cut cake, offer opinion, and criticise grammar, she sometimes stands in as Guest Presenter when one of the regulars goes on holiday or has man flu. She’s been using Linux at home since Red Hat 9, now happily uses Ubuntu at both work and play, and helps others to do the same.
