GSOC 2013/Student Application Semmu

Contact Information

• Name: Laszlo Boros
• FAS Account: semmu
• Fedora userpage: Semmu

• Email Address: iamsemmu@gmail.com
• Blog URL: My personal blog, but I think I would create a technical one for GSoC progress-blogging
• Freenode IRC Nick: semmu

Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?

Because I'm using MATE desktop environment and I want to participate in its development under Google Summer of Code.

Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora project or any other open source project as a contributor?

I have not contributed to any open source programs yet, but I have reported bug and requested features. I want to start contributing with actual code, and GSoC is just perfect for a start.

Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations?

No, I didn't, this would be my first time.

Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Fedora project after the GSoC 2012 program, if yes, which team(s), you are interested with?

I will definitely start contributing to MATE, whether I will get accepted for this year's GSoC or not. So yes, my answer is that I will.

Why should we choose you over other applicants?

Because:

• I have great commitment to open source programs, like GIMP, MATE desktop environment, and Linux itself. I'm using only open source applications on my laptop.
• I know C very well and C++ well. I have written a small and unusual strategic game in C, and a half-finished software renderer in C++.
• I have a small GTK experience via PyGTK, so the toolkit itself wouldn't be new to me.
• Blogging about my progress shouldn't be a problem for me, since I already have a personal blog which holds my best memories.
• I have contacted Stefano Karapetsas via e-mail, we have talked a lot, and I'm hanging around on IRC when I have some freetime.