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==Bert Desmet==
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[[Image: Biertie.jpg | right | thumb|200px| Bert Desmet]]
Hello, my name is Bert Desmet, I am 22years old and I live in Belgium, Kruishoutem, near Ghent.


==Bert Desmet==
My first encounter with Linux (red hat) was when I was 14years old. My nephew installed Red Hat on our old family computer, and I used it for surfing and chatting. I only really started with Linux recently, when I started college. I knew what was out there, and seeing that (almost) only Windows is used at my college got me going. I knew there were alternatives, and I followed the IT courses. So I wanted to prove to my professors that Linux is a valid alternative.  
[[Image: N569922265_1100279_2145.jpg | right | thumb|200px| Bert Desmet]]
Hello, my name is Bert Desmet. I am now 20years old, and I'm still going to school. I live in Belgium, Kruishoutem, near Ghent. I follow lessons at the Kaho Sint-Lievens high school. Currently I'm doing second bachelor Electronics-IT. My hobbies are: listening to music (rock and electro), going to some parties, having fun with my friends. And I like programming (Java, C#, C++, C) and scripting (PHP). I am always in for new technologies (maybe that is why I like fedora that much?).


About 7 years ago I started with Linux, when my older cousin installed Debian on an old pc. I was 13 or 14 years old, and had never heard of Linux before, but I liked it like euh, immediately. It was running with Gnome, and I still like Gnome more than KDE, but that's something personal. when Fedora core 2 was released, I switched to Fedora, and stayed with Fedora. But I have also tested other distro's like Ubuntu, Mandriva, Slackware, ..., ...
I started in the community in January 2009, and I haven't got a moment of regret yet. I help out where I can, but my primary role is being an Ambassador, and being the spins wrangler for the fedora spins SIG. I am also always available to assist with Fedora problems.


==Contact==
==Contact==
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==Activities within Fedora==
==Activities within Fedora==
* Ambassador
* Ambassador
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_promotion_plan_2009 | summer coding 2009]
* [[Ambassadors_Join_choose_a_mentor | Mentor for the Ambassador program]] in the EMEA region, especially BeNeLux
* I've been promoting Linux and Fedora to other people since 2004.
* I've been promoting Linux and Fedora to other people since 2004.
* beta testing Fedora since fedora 8
* beta testing Fedora
* [[Spins_SIG|Spins Wrangler]]
 
==Activities outside Fedora, but related to Linux, FOSS==
* [http://www.ergo-project.org/ Ergo Project]
 
== Events I am planning to attend ==
* [http://www.loadays.org/ LOAD 2011], Antwerp, Belgium
 
== Events I have attended ==
* [[FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009 | Fosdem 2009]], Brussels, Belgium
* [[FUDConBerlin2009 | Fudcon EMEA 2009]], Berlin, Germany - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=223 blog]
* [[Release_Party_F12_Antwerp | Release party Fedora 12]], Antwerp, Belgium - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=248 blog]
** [[File:Fedora_release_event.odp|what about Fedora?]]
* [[FUDCon:Toronto_2009 | Fudcon NA 2009]], Toronto, Canada - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=259 blog] and [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=265 blog]
** [http://blog.bdesmet.be/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Fedora-howtoinstall.pdf how to install fedora]
** How to Add and Remove Software in Fedora
** Getting Started in the Fedora Community together with [[User:Ynemoy | Yaakov Nemoy]]
* [[FOSDEM_2010 | Fosdem 2010]], Brussels, Belgium
* [[Chemnitzer_Linuxtage_2010 | Chemnitzer Linux Tage]], Chemnitz, Germany - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=308 blog]
* [[Load_2010 | load 2010]], Antwerp, Belgium - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=329 blog]
* [[Release_Party_F13_Ghent | Fedora 13 release party]], Ghent, Belgium - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=345 blog]
* [[FUDCon:Zurich_2010|Fudcon Emea 2010]], Zurich, Switzerland - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/2010/09/fudcon-emea-2010-day-0/ blog] & [http://blog.bdesmet.be/2010/09/fudcon-emea-day-1/ blog] & [http://blog.bdesmet.be/2010/09/fudcon-emea-day-2/ blog] & [http://blog.bdesmet.be/2010/09/fudcon-emea-day-3/ blog] & [http://blog.bdesmet.be/2010/09/fudcon-emea-all-awesomeness-in-one-blogpost/ blog]
* [[sfk_2010| Software Freedom Conference 2010]], Prishtina, Kosovo - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/2010/09/sfk10/ blog]
* [[Release_Party_F14_Antwerp| Fedora 14 Release event]], Antwerp, Belgium
* [[FOSDEM_2011|FOSDEM 2011]], Brussels, Belgium
 
[[Category:Ambassadors from Belgium]]

Latest revision as of 16:21, 18 September 2016

Bert Desmet

Bert Desmet

Hello, my name is Bert Desmet, I am 22years old and I live in Belgium, Kruishoutem, near Ghent.

My first encounter with Linux (red hat) was when I was 14years old. My nephew installed Red Hat on our old family computer, and I used it for surfing and chatting. I only really started with Linux recently, when I started college. I knew what was out there, and seeing that (almost) only Windows is used at my college got me going. I knew there were alternatives, and I followed the IT courses. So I wanted to prove to my professors that Linux is a valid alternative.

I started in the community in January 2009, and I haven't got a moment of regret yet. I help out where I can, but my primary role is being an Ambassador, and being the spins wrangler for the fedora spins SIG. I am also always available to assist with Fedora problems.

Contact

  • Email: bert AT devnox DOT be
  • Language: Dutch, English and a little bit French
  • Location: Kruishoutem, Belgium
  • Website: blog
  • IRC: biertie @ freenode: fedora, fedora-ambassadors, fedora-docs, fedora-devel, fedora-meeting, fedora-social, fedora-unity
  • GPG key: 0x228a0ba4427147bd
  • Fedora Account: biertie

Activities within Fedora

Activities outside Fedora, but related to Linux, FOSS

Events I am planning to attend

Events I have attended

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