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==Bert Desmet==
==Bert Desmet==
[[Image: Biertie.jpg | right | thumb|200px| Bert Desmet]]
[[Image: Biertie.jpg | right | thumb|200px| Bert Desmet]]
Hello, my name is Bert Desmet. I am now 21years old, and I'm still going to school. I live in Belgium, Kruishoutem, near Ghent. I follow lessons at 'Kaho Sint-Lievens', a college in Ghent. 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 a bit python) and scripting (PHP). I am always in for new technologies (maybe that is why I like fedora that much?).
Hello, my name is Bert Desmet, I am 22years old and I live in Belgium, Kruishoutem, near Ghent.  


About 8 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, ..., ...
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 my professors 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==
==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]
* 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
* Developer on [http://www.smolts.org SMOLT]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG Spins Wrangler]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG Spins Wrangler]
* organising events
* organising events
** [[Release_Party_F13_Ghent | Fedora 13 release party]]
** none atm
 


==Activities outside Fedora, but related to Linux, FOSS==
==Activities outside Fedora, but related to Linux, FOSS==
* Developer on [http://sugarlabs.org sugar]
* Developer on [http://sugarlabs.org sugar]
* beta tester for [http://www.laptop.org OLPC]
* beta tester for [http://www.laptop.org OLPC]
== Events I am planning to attend ==
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sfk_2010  Software Freedom Conference 2010], Prishtina, Kosovo
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Zurich_2010 Fudcon Emea 2010], Zurich, Switzerland


== Events I attended ==
== Events I attended ==
* Fosdem 2009
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009 Fosdem 2009], Brussels, Belgium
* Fudcon Berlin (June 2009)
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDConBerlin2009 Fudcon EMEA 2009], Berlin, Germany - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=223 blog]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party_F12_Antwerp Release party Fedora 12, Antwerp](November 2009)
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party_F12_Antwerp Release party Fedora 12], Antwerp, Belgium - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=248 blog]
** what about Fedora?
** what about Fedora?
* Fudcon Toronto (December 2009)
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Toronto_2009 Fudcon NA 2009], Toronto, Canada - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=259 blog] and [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=265 blog]
** how to start with fedora  
** [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?attachment_id=267 how to install fedora]
** How to Add and Remove Software in Fedora  
** How to Add and Remove Software in Fedora  
** Getting Started in the Fedora Community together with [[User:Ynemoy | Yaakov Nemoy]]
** Getting Started in the Fedora Community together with [[User:Ynemoy | Yaakov Nemoy]]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FOSDEM_2010 Fosdem 2010]
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FOSDEM_2010 Fosdem 2010], Brussels, Belgium
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Chemnitzer_Linuxtage_2010 Chemnitzer Linux Tage]
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Chemnitzer_Linuxtage_2010 Chemnitzer Linux Tage], Chemnitz, Germany - [http://blog.bdesmet.be/?p=308 blog]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Load_2010 load 2010]
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/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]


[[Category:Ambassadors from Belgium]]
[[Category:Ambassadors from Belgium]]

Revision as of 20:36, 9 June 2010

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 my professors 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

  • Ambassador
  • I've been promoting Linux and Fedora to other people since 2004.
  • beta testing Fedora
  • Spins Wrangler
  • organising events
    • none atm


Activities outside Fedora, but related to Linux, FOSS

Events I am planning to attend

Events I attended

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