Hello!
I'm a chemistry professor at a community college in California, and have been using Linux since roughly 1995. As more or less a die-hard Debian user, I was self-taught during the period when Debian was closer to Slackware than what it is today (apt didn't exist, and mc was my best friend for editing files and getting around). Things have changed a bit since those days, with my falling further away from that intimate level, but I haven't any issues with working out problems as I'm able.
I've been through a lot of education, ultimately earning my doctorate in organic chemistry in the very early '80s. I worked in industry for about 10 years, then made the deliberate choice to go into education. Found my niche at this level, and have been irritating students for over 20 years now.
My interest in UberStudent stems from various points, the primary ones being my own background in Linux, my written work being dominated by LyX/LaTeX, and a lot of work using research tools many of which are developed and work best in the *nix environment.
I am seriously interested in introducing my students to this environment since it is used at many schools in the sciences.
So... when I ran across UberStudent I decided I had to try it during the summer, giving me a chance to pick up some of its functionality prior to the fall semester.
Cheers!
Kenward