Richard A. Johnson

Affiliations

Ubuntu: I have been proud to be a part of various teams and councils. Some of the teams and councils that I am in, or have been in, include:
- Regional Membership Board
- MOTU Council
- Kubuntu Council
- Core Developers
- and more...
Kubuntu: This is where I spend a majority of my time in the Ubuntu community. Kubuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution built upon Ubuntu utilizing the K Desktop Environment. Since 2005 I have packaged quite a bit of software, triaged a lot of bugs, wrote documentation, and assisted in the development of various pieces of free software.
Debian: I am a member of the Debian KDE Team where I maintain various packages as well as assist when possible with various team projects.
KDE: I am a KDE Developer and a member of the KDE e.V. I have also been heavily involved as one of the team leaders of the KDE Documentation Project. I have written various articles and news items for the KDE community as well over the many years.
College Of DuPage Linux Users Group: I served as the President of the club for 2 years where I was able to increase the amount of publicity, student involvement, as well as community involvement. I had planned and executed various events including installation fests, release parties, and presentations.
Free Software Foundation: I am currently an Associate Member who is trying to get more involved with the various projects and campaigns run by the FSF. You can support the free software movement by becoming an associate member today!

Free Software Development

Most of my time has been spent working on various large projects such as Ubuntu, KDE, and Debian. Below are just some of things I have helped develop over the years. This list will hopefully keep expanding!

Ubuntu Documentation Project: the system documentation for all Ubuntu projects. (Lang: DocBook/XML)
KDE Documentation Project: the application documentation for all of KDE. (Lang: DocBook/XML)
Ubuntu LoCo Directory : Django-based application allowing the management of the many local community teams that help make up the Ubuntu project. (Lang: Python with Django, Launchpad, OpenID, PostgreSQL APIs)
K Desktop Environment: various applications that make up KDE. (Lang: C++, Python, Shell with Qt and KDE APIs)
Remember The Milk Plasmoid: A simple Remember The Milk plasma widget for KDE 4. (Lang: C++ with Qt and KDE APIs)
Ubiquity: The GUI installer for the Ubuntu Live CD, I added the support for proxies in the Qt/KDE installer. (Lang: Python with Qt and KDE APIs)

Books

Thus far, I have only been a part of writing just one book. However, this one book is one of the best selling books on Ubuntu.

The Official Ubuntu Book (3rd ed. 2008, 4th ed. 2009): Written by expert leading Ubuntu community members, this book covers the standard desktop applications to software development, databases, server applications and more. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and more of the Ubuntu community projects are covered in this book. I am the maintainer of chapter 9, the Edubuntu chapter. For both the 3rd and 4th editions, I updated the chapter making changes for the latest releases of Edubuntu. For the 5th edition, look out for a separation of Edubuntu and LTSP.
Third Edition Book: Amazon | Complete List of Sources

Presentations

The Presentations page of this site contains more talks that I have done over the years. The following list details some of my latest presentations.

An overview of Kubuntu, 2009-04-03, Flourish 2009 Open Source Conference at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois
KDE 4, 2008-11-11, Michigan Users Group meeting at the Farmington Community Library - Main Branch in Farmington Hills, Michigan

Other Internet Locations

The following is a list of other locations on the Internet where I can be found.

Personal:
- Web Blog: My web blog, or diary, of my personal and professional life as a free software developer and advocate.
- Twitter: My Twitter micro-blog page where you can see what I am doing or thinking.
- Identi.ca: My Identi.ca micro-blog page where you can see what I am doing or thinking, similar to Twitter, except it is released as free software.
- Flickr: My Flickr photo gallery which hosts all of my pictures.
Development:
- Launchpad: My "Developer" page for all free software projects that are hosted on Launchpad.
- Ubuntu Wiki: My "Developer Wiki Page" for the Ubuntu Project.

Hobbies

Computers
- Free Software: As you can see from the information above, I am a strong believer and advocate of free software. Favorite projects include: Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Debian, KDE, GNOME, Linux, Slackware, and more...
- Hacking: Not the type of hacking where I would be in ur cpu stealing ur cyclez, but reusing other people's code, hacking it together, and making it into a masterpiece.
- Linux: The greatest kernel in the world, and when paired with GNU, the greatest operating system in the world. It feels good being able to do what I want with my computer and then sharing everything with the world for free!
Sports
- Cycling: I have become a crazy cyclist over the past couple of years. My favorite type of cycling is Road, but leirsure and mountain biking are also lots of fun. You will see me riding around Chicago on one of my Trek bikes. GO TEAM RADIO SHACK! GO LANCE! GO LEVI!
- Golf: A maddening little game of whacking that small ball around, but I enjoy it. I totally stink at the game, but I still love it.
- Baseball: "Hey Chicago whaddya say? The Cubs are gonna win today! "
- American Football: Blue 42! Hut! Hut! Hike! I have been a long time fan and player of American style football. GO BEARS!
- Auto Racing: NASCAR to be exact with some F1 and Drag Racing thrown in. GO JR! GO JOHN FORCE!
- Mixed Martial Arts: Nothing like mixing the various martial arts together, getting into an octagon, and then getting it on! It is also a very amazing form of exercise.
Others
- Reading: I don't do it as much as I would like to, but I really enjoy reading autobiographies, technical oriented books, as well as cycling related books and magazines.
- Music: I have a weird taste in music according to a lot of people. My favorite genres include: Metal, Country, Classic Rock...well all of them!
- Beer: There is nothing better than a really great beer. I am not one who drinks to get the buzz, I really enjoy the flavor of micro-brewed and non-typical beer (ie. beer that isn't Miller, Bud, and such).