Local hero: Stefan Lesicnik on Linux and Ubuntu

South Africa’s Stefan Lesicnik was this week confirmed as an Ubuntu contributing developer. Tectonic asked Stefan where his work with Linux started.

Tectonic: Congratulations Stefan. Can you explain what a “contributing developer” is?

Ubuntu contributing developers are contributors to Ubuntu that do so on a more technical level. There are many ways people can contribute to Ubuntu. These include spreading the word, documentation, joining a loco team (South Africa has one where we meet, have release parties and provide resources and technical help over our mailing list), helping sort and triage bugs and many other ways.

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