An Introduction
by Soumya Patra
Hello everyone, I'm Soumya (@skeptronus, He/Him), presently living in Kolkata, India and I'm currently pursuing a Masters degree in Chemistry. Among other things I have a keen interest in programming and I'm a strong believer of the Free- and Open-Source Philosophy, and looking to serve the community.
I know Python, some C and Bash scripting and I have a moderate-level understanding of the (GNU/)Linux OS. I consider myself a novice programmer though. I'm also interested in networks, security and privacy-centric designs and tools for Open Science.
Its been over a year now since I have settled on Fedora as the distro of my choice after some heavy distro-hopping, and I'm very satisfied with the experience.
I have not actively contributed to any major FOSS projects yet (except occasionally submitting bug reports and translations) and I have a fairly limited
knowledge of the software development process. Thus I'd like to start with something simple, and I think packaging would be an easy task to learn.
Ankur Sinha has already opened a "Welcome to Fedora" ticket for me and I've gone through the links mentioned there, and I think I'm ready to start.
I'm looking forward to have an exciting learning experience with the community and I'm glad to get this opportunity to contribute to this awesome project.
Thank You.
Regards,
Soumya Patra
<soumya.p(a)protonmail.ch>
1 year, 2 months
introducing myself
by Ingmar Lippert
Dear Fedorians, dear SIG/Join group, dear all,
after having learned from alciregi about a "bug" (via
https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Welcome-to-Fedora/issue/212#comment-772943),
I am able to write to you here and share my brief introduction.
Professionally, I am a social scientist; in the Fedora space, I briefly
already introduced myself at
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/introduce-yourself/1875/179?u=ingli
I am interested in socio-technical complexities and environmental
issues. Skills? Well, I guess you are interested in the IT-related
skills. Mailman I can post to and administer, git I use every day for
LaTeX projects, I compile software that I need but is not yet available
on the repos. I have been reporting bugs via bugzilla for a few years.
At the moment I do not think I will be a programmer any time soon.
Culture, diversity, bias, political economy, environmental dimensions
(especially carbon) might be potentially of overlapping interest between
the Fedora world and my non-Fedora-life.
I also have interested in security and encryption topics – but, well,
again from a social science angle - for instance regarding privacy
behaviour and culture, the way people imagine security, the practical
issues in using encryption software.
Software-wise, my personal medium term objective is to learn to package
https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder.
alciregi has opened a new ticket for me at
https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Welcome-to-Fedora/issue/212 .
All best,
Ingmar
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Associate Professor Dr. Ingmar Lippert
Technologies in Practice Research Group, IT University of Copenhagen
STS Group, Humanities of Nature, Museum and Society, Leibniz Institute
for Evolution and Biodiversity Science/Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Chair of Technoscience Studies
Brandenburg University of Technology
https://www.ingli.de
Encryption GPG key ID 0xCC53D8A7BA575E6E
Twitter https://twitter.com/i_ngli
I have sent this email at a time that suits my work flow.
I do not expect answers outside of normal office hours.
1 year, 2 months
Introduction
by Ian Porter
Hi all
My name is Ian and I have been using linux for the past 20 years, love it
for what it stands for but haven't actually contributed before but want to
now.
I am able to program in a few languages and also DB's etc, not sure what
part of the fedora project I could help out with? as my biggest problem is
finding a project to work on.
Are there any areas that I could assist with?
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Regards
Ian Porter
T : +44 (0) 7743577960
E : ian(a)codingfriends.com
W : http://www.codingfriends.com
1 year, 2 months
An Introduction
by Paramilk
Hello, my name is Simon or you can call me Paramilk. I'm a 17 year old male
who lives in the UK
Interests: Programming, Graphic Design, Gaming, Travelling and Watching TV
shows and Films
Programming Languages that i know: Java, a bit of python and I'm currently
learning C
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Dessert: Pancakes
DE that i'm using: Cinnamon
So yea, Can't wait to contribute to this epic distro :)
1 year, 2 months
Hello!
by Eris Gaia
My name is Eris, from the EST (UTC -5) timezone. I was searching for the most organized Linux community, and I was very impressed by Fedora - especially by the documentation and the "What can I do for Fedora?" website. I am here to learn about the community, and to serve the community in any way possible.
My professional experience is mostly in quality assurance, software testing and test automation, but I am flexible to whatever your needs are. If I can improve the experience that the common person has with this operating system or with the project as a whole, that would be ideal. My primary goal is to advance the cause of humanity, and I see Fedora as a potential vehicle to a free and open-source world. If you feel there is a better community to accomplish this, please direct me there!
1 year, 2 months