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= Sandro "red" Mathys =
= Sandro "red" Mathys =


I just set up this wiki page. Drop me a line if you have suggestions on how I could improve it. Also, I'm aware that my English skills are far from perfect - you are very welcome to help me if there's something wrong.
I'm trying to keep my page up to date and include every bit that is interesting to others. Drop me a line if you have suggestions on how I could improve it. Also, I'm aware that my English skills are far from perfect - you are very welcome to help me if there's something wrong.


== About myself ==
== About myself ==
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[[Image:SandroMathys_SandroMathys-head.png|Sandro Mathys|right]]
[[Image:SandroMathys_SandroMathys-head.png|Sandro Mathys|right]]


* '''Name''': Sandro Mathys (I don't like to be called by those very much, though - please use the short form of my nickname if possible).
* '''Name''': Sandro Mathys (I'd prefer if you'd call me by my nickname instead).
* '''Nickname''': red_alert (say 'red' for short)
* '''Nickname''': red_alert (say 'red' for short)
* '''Location''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne Bern] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland]  
* '''Location''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne Bern] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland]  
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* '''Email''': [mailto:red@fedoraproject.org red@fedoraproject.org]   
* '''Email''': [mailto:red@fedoraproject.org red@fedoraproject.org]   
* '''GPG key''': 580554550E6516E8
* '''GPG key''': 580554550E6516E8
* '''Fedora Account System''': red
* '''IRC''': red_alert on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-mktg, #fedora). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK though.
* '''IRC''': red_alert on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-mktg, #fedora). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK though.
* '''Jabber''': red_alert@swissjabber.ch (no e-mails!)
* '''Jabber''': red_alert@swissjabber.ch (no e-mails!)
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=== Fedora and I ===
=== Fedora and I ===
I started to get in touch with Linux back in 1999 and started to really use it about one year later. While I got my first experience with Suse 6.0, I soon tried several other distributions. Among all tested, I really loved red hat linux 6.2. It took me another year to finally make the change from Microsoft Windows to (Red Hat) Linux - still in dual boot, though. With the release of Red Hat Linux 7.3 I got rid of the Windows Partition and since then I'm using nothing but Red Hat Linux and later on Fedora on my own workstations as well as my own servers. I never stopped to have a look at new distributions or new releases of existing distributions - but there's never been one I even only liked half as much as Fedora (and Kubuntu being the only other distribution I could imagine to use on a workstation for myself).
I started to get in touch with Linux back in 1999 and started to really use it about one year later. While I got my first experience with Suse 6.0, I soon tried several other distributions. Among all tested, I really loved red hat linux 6.2. It took me another year to finally make the change from Microsoft Windows to (Red Hat) Linux - still in dual boot, though. With the release of Red Hat Linux 7.3 I got rid of the Windows Partition and since then I'm using nothing but Red Hat Linux and later on Fedora on my own workstations as well as my own servers. I never stopped to have a look at new distributions or new releases of existing distributions - but there's never been one I even only liked half as much as Fedora (and Kubuntu being the only other distribution I could imagine to use on a workstation for myself).
Since 2007 I'm an active contributor in the Fedora Project.


=== KDE and I ===
=== KDE and I ===
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* Fedora Ambassador for Switzerland, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking_Europe#D-A-CH DACH]  and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe%2C_the_Middle_East_and_Africa EMEA]  
* Fedora Ambassador for Switzerland, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking_Europe#D-A-CH DACH]  and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe%2C_the_Middle_East_and_Africa EMEA]  
* Just joined the Marketing group, being not too active nor passive
* Fedora Marketing, helping with press releases within DACH and improving communication with Red Hat's Marketing in EMEA.
* Founder and administrator/moderator of the [http://www.xing.com/net/fedoraproject Fedora Project Group]  on [http://www.xing.com/ XING]  
* Founder and administrator/moderator of the [http://www.xing.com/net/fedoraproject Fedora Project Group]  on [http://www.xing.com/ XING]  
* Trying to give as much support as possible (over IRC and offline)
* Trying to give as much support as possible (over IRC and offline)
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==== Future events ====
==== Future events ====
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADLinuxTag2008 FAD LinuxTag 2008] in Berlin, Germany
* FrOSCon 2008 in Sankt Augustin, Germany
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2008 LinuxTag 2008]  in Berlin, Germany
* [[FUDCon/FUDConPrague2008|FUDCon Prague 2008]] in Brno or Prague, Czech Republic
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConLinuxTag2008 FUDCon LinuxTag 2008] in Berlin, Germany
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Zurich|OpenExpo 2008/Zurich]]  in Winterthur, Switzerland
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Zurich OpenExpo 2008] in Winterthur/Zurich, Switzerland
* [[FAD/FADEMEA2008|FAD EMEA 2008]] in ???
* [[FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009|FOSDEM 2009]] in Brussels, Belgium


==== Passed events ====
==== Passed events ====
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2007 LinuxTag 2007]  in Berlin, Germany
* [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2007|LinuxTag 2007]]  in Berlin, Germany
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADLinuxTag2007 FAD LinuxTag 2007]  in Berlin, Germany
* [[FAD/FADLinuxTag2007|FAD LinuxTag 2007]]  in Berlin, Germany
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2007_2 OpenExpo 2007]  in Zurich, Switzerland
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2007_2|OpenExpo 2007/Zurich]]  in Zurich, Switzerland
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADEMEA2007 FAD EMEA 2007]  in Rheinfelden, Germany
* [[FAD/FADEMEA2007|FAD EMEA 2007]]  in Rheinfelden, Germany
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Berne OpenExpo 2008]  in Berne, Switzerland
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Berne|OpenExpo 2008/Bern]]  in Bern, Switzerland
* [[FAD/FADLinuxTag2008|FAD LinuxTag 2008]]  in Berlin, Germany
* [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2008|LinuxTag 2008]]  in Berlin, Germany
* [[FUDCon/FUDConLinuxTag2008|FUDCon LinuxTag 2008]]  in Berlin, Germany


=== Other work done ===
=== Other work done ===
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=20080430_LinuxTag_FUDCon_F9.pdf Fedora LinuxTag/FUDCon/F9]  [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases Press Release]  
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=20080430_LinuxTag_FUDCon_F9.pdf Fedora LinuxTag/FUDCon/F9]  [[Marketing/PressReleases|Press Release]]  


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Revision as of 11:59, 5 June 2008


Sandro "red" Mathys

I'm trying to keep my page up to date and include every bit that is interesting to others. Drop me a line if you have suggestions on how I could improve it. Also, I'm aware that my English skills are far from perfect - you are very welcome to help me if there's something wrong.

About myself

Sandro Mathys
Sandro Mathys
  • Name: Sandro Mathys (I'd prefer if you'd call me by my nickname instead).
  • Nickname: red_alert (say 'red' for short)
  • Location: Bern , Switzerland
  • Time zone: CET (UTC +01:00) and CEST (UTC +02:00) during summers.
  • Year of birth: 1985
  • Languages: English, German (and Swiss-German, which happens to be my mother tongue - but I'll never use that unless communicating verbal)
  • Education: Graduate Engineer on ICT
  • Profession: (JEE) Software Engineer at Noser Engineering AG near Bern, Switzerland

Contact

  • Email: red@fedoraproject.org
  • GPG key: 580554550E6516E8
  • IRC: red_alert on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-mktg, #fedora). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK though.
  • Jabber: red_alert@swissjabber.ch (no e-mails!)
  • Skype: red_alert (no calls without approval!)
  • Blog: blog.sandro-mathys.ch

Fedora and I

I started to get in touch with Linux back in 1999 and started to really use it about one year later. While I got my first experience with Suse 6.0, I soon tried several other distributions. Among all tested, I really loved red hat linux 6.2. It took me another year to finally make the change from Microsoft Windows to (Red Hat) Linux - still in dual boot, though. With the release of Red Hat Linux 7.3 I got rid of the Windows Partition and since then I'm using nothing but Red Hat Linux and later on Fedora on my own workstations as well as my own servers. I never stopped to have a look at new distributions or new releases of existing distributions - but there's never been one I even only liked half as much as Fedora (and Kubuntu being the only other distribution I could imagine to use on a workstation for myself). Since 2007 I'm an active contributor in the Fedora Project.

KDE and I

When I first used a Linux Distribution - as portrayed above - it had a KDE desktop. At that time, KDE was pretty ugly - even Windows 98 was more beautiful. Anyway, I didn't know many others and everthing else looked even worse. I admit, that was one reason that kept me using Windows. But the different window managers and desktop environments have evolved, luckily. I still use KDE as of today. Maybe it's just because I got used to it over the years, but I think it fits me best. I'm looking forward to KDE 4 for ages already, btw ;)

Gnome is nice as well, but in my very humble opinion it's not as user friendly as KDE. Of course anyone else could very well feel different about that point.

I also like XFCE4 (actually it's the one I use if KDE is a overkill) but it doesn't have the features (I feel) I need for my daily business. Of course I can't really blame XFCE4 for this since being quite small and only having the important features is the goal of this project.

Activities within Fedora

  • Fedora Ambassador for Switzerland, DACH and EMEA
  • Fedora Marketing, helping with press releases within DACH and improving communication with Red Hat's Marketing in EMEA.
  • Founder and administrator/moderator of the Fedora Project Group on XING
  • Trying to give as much support as possible (over IRC and offline)
  • Spread the word about Fedora
  • Get some feedback about Fedora

Events

List of events I attended or plan to attend in future.

Future events

Passed events

Other work done

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