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Fedora Students Contributing
                        Fedora KDE Netbook Remix

Presented by
   Aditya Patawari
Fedora Ambassador, Packager and Netbook Remix Maintainer


         This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Topics
1. Fedora Students Contributing
  a. What is FSC?
  b. Why should I go for it?
  c. How to succeed in FSC?
2. Fedora KDE Netbook Remix
  a. Why was it required?
  b. Problems Faced
  c. Friends of a Contributor
Fedora Students
     Contributing
        a. k. a.
Fedora Summer Coding
What is FSC?
Program to encourage student contribution
Opportunity for students to collaborate
To get more code released under GPL and
other compatible licenses
To share the spirit of freedom
Why FSC?
Chance to work on large code bases
You own what you do
Collaborate with professionals
Non – Coding projects like Musician's Guide
Work on upstream projects
T-shirt, certificate and Monies ;-)
How To Get In?
Know your interests and stronghold
Do some research
Talk to people
Join mailing lists and discuss
Prepare to be grilled and neglected


           DON'T GIVE UP!
Fedora KDE Netbook Remix
The Need
Something which is Netbook Centric
Lesser irrelevant apps like k3b
Navigation made easy
Less menus and more searches
What We Built



           5
Problems Faced
 How to enable the Netbook Workspace?
 Too many apps in a single package like
 kdemultimedia
 Community opinion on package splitting
Friends of a Contributor
 IRC
 Mailing lists
 Discussion Groups
 Search Engine



                 Your Mentor
Questions?

Contact:
adimania@fedoraproject.org

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  • 1. Fedora Students Contributing Fedora KDE Netbook Remix Presented by Aditya Patawari Fedora Ambassador, Packager and Netbook Remix Maintainer This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
  • 2. Topics 1. Fedora Students Contributing a. What is FSC? b. Why should I go for it? c. How to succeed in FSC? 2. Fedora KDE Netbook Remix a. Why was it required? b. Problems Faced c. Friends of a Contributor
  • 3. Fedora Students Contributing a. k. a. Fedora Summer Coding
  • 4. What is FSC? Program to encourage student contribution Opportunity for students to collaborate To get more code released under GPL and other compatible licenses To share the spirit of freedom
  • 5. Why FSC? Chance to work on large code bases You own what you do Collaborate with professionals Non – Coding projects like Musician's Guide Work on upstream projects T-shirt, certificate and Monies ;-)
  • 6. How To Get In? Know your interests and stronghold Do some research Talk to people Join mailing lists and discuss Prepare to be grilled and neglected DON'T GIVE UP!
  • 8. The Need Something which is Netbook Centric Lesser irrelevant apps like k3b Navigation made easy Less menus and more searches
  • 10. Problems Faced How to enable the Netbook Workspace? Too many apps in a single package like kdemultimedia Community opinion on package splitting
  • 11. Friends of a Contributor IRC Mailing lists Discussion Groups Search Engine Your Mentor