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* '''Name''': Sandro Mathys | * '''Name''': Sandro Mathys | ||
* '''Nickname''': red_alert or | * '''Nickname''': red_alert or red | ||
* '''Location''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | * '''Location''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich Zurich] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland] | ||
* '''Time zone''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time CET] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC] +01:00) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time CEST] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC] +02:00) during summers. | * '''Time zone''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time CET] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC] +01:00) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time CEST] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC] +02:00) during summers. | ||
* '''Year of birth''': 1985 | * '''Year of birth''': 1985 | ||
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* '''Education''': | * '''Education''': | ||
** Graduate Engineer in Enterprise Computing | ** Graduate Engineer in Enterprise Computing | ||
* '''Profession''': (Red Hat Enterprise) Linux Engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ([https://www.ethz.ch/index_EN ETHZ]), Switzerland | * '''Profession''': (Red Hat Enterprise) Linux Systems Engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ([https://www.ethz.ch/index_EN ETHZ]), Switzerland | ||
=== Contact === | === Contact === | ||
* '''Phone''': +41 44 658 73 52 or sip:0446587352@ethz.ch | |||
* '''Email''': [mailto:red@fedoraproject.org red@fedoraproject.org] | * '''Email''': [mailto:red@fedoraproject.org red@fedoraproject.org] | ||
* '''GPG key''': 580554550E6516E8 | * '''GPG key''': 580554550E6516E8 | ||
* '''IRC''': red_alert on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-ambassadors). 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-ambassadors). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK though. | ||
* '''Jabber''': | * '''Jabber''': sm@sandro-mathys.ch | ||
* '''Blog''': [http://blog.sandro-mathys.ch/ blog.sandro-mathys.ch] | * '''Blog''': [http://blog.sandro-mathys.ch/ blog.sandro-mathys.ch] | ||
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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] | ||
* Package Maintainer of several small, unimportant packages | * Package Maintainer of several small, unimportant packages | ||
* 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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=== Events === | === Events === | ||
List of events I attended or plan to attend in future. | List of events I attended or plan to attend in future in chronological order, earliest first. | ||
==== Future events ==== | ==== Future events ==== | ||
* [[ | * [[Red Hat EMEA Partner Summit 2009]] in St. Julian's, Malta | ||
* [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2009|LinuxTag 2009]] in Berlin, Germany | * [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2009|LinuxTag 2009]] in Berlin, Germany | ||
* [[FAD/FADLinuxTag2009|FAD LinuxTag 2009]] in Berlin, Germany | * [[FAD/FADLinuxTag2009|FAD LinuxTag 2009]] in Berlin, Germany | ||
* FUDCon EMEA 2009 in Berlin, Germany | * [[FUDConBerlin2009|FUDCon EMEA 2009]] in Berlin, Germany | ||
* [[FedoraEvents/FrOSCon/FrOSCon2009|FrOSCon 2009]] in Sankt Augustin, Germany | * [[FedoraEvents/FrOSCon/FrOSCon2009|FrOSCon 2009]] in Sankt Augustin, Germany | ||
* [[Red Hat Summit 2009]] in Chicago, IL, USA | |||
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2009_Zurich|OpenExpo 2009/Zurich]] in Winterthur, Switzerland | * [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2009_Zurich|OpenExpo 2009/Zurich]] in Winterthur, Switzerland | ||
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* [[FAD/FADEMEA2008|FAD EMEA 2008]] in Basel, Switzerland (organized) | * [[FAD/FADEMEA2008|FAD EMEA 2008]] in Basel, Switzerland (organized) | ||
* [[FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009|FOSDEM 2009]] in Brussels, Belgium | * [[FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009|FOSDEM 2009]] in Brussels, Belgium | ||
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2009_Berne|OpenExpo 2009/Bern]] in Bern, Switzerland | |||
=== Other work done === | === Other work done === | ||
Revision as of 07:19, 9 April 2009
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
- Name: Sandro Mathys
- Nickname: red_alert or red
- Location: Zurich , Switzerland
- Time zone: CET (UTC +01:00) and CEST (UTC +02:00) during summers.
- Year of birth: 1985
- Languages: English and (Swiss-)German
- Education:
- Graduate Engineer in Enterprise Computing
- Profession: (Red Hat Enterprise) Linux Systems Engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland
Contact
- Phone: +41 44 658 73 52 or sip:0446587352@ethz.ch
- Email: red@fedoraproject.org
- GPG key: 580554550E6516E8
- IRC: red_alert on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-ambassadors). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK though.
- Jabber: sm@sandro-mathys.ch
- 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
- Package Maintainer of several small, unimportant packages
- 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 in chronological order, earliest first.
Future events
- Red Hat EMEA Partner Summit 2009 in St. Julian's, Malta
- LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin, Germany
- FAD LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin, Germany
- FUDCon EMEA 2009 in Berlin, Germany
- FrOSCon 2009 in Sankt Augustin, Germany
- Red Hat Summit 2009 in Chicago, IL, USA
- OpenExpo 2009/Zurich in Winterthur, Switzerland
Passed events
- LinuxTag 2007 in Berlin, Germany
- FAD LinuxTag 2007 in Berlin, Germany
- OpenExpo 2007/Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland
- FAD EMEA 2007 in Rheinfelden, Germany
- OpenExpo 2008/Bern in Bern, Switzerland
- FAD LinuxTag 2008 in Berlin, Germany
- LinuxTag 2008 in Berlin, Germany
- FUDCon LinuxTag 2008 in Berlin, Germany
- OpenExpo 2008/Zurich in Winterthur, Switzerland
- FAD EMEA 2008 in Basel, Switzerland (organized)
- FOSDEM 2009 in Brussels, Belgium
- OpenExpo 2009/Bern in Bern, Switzerland