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Draft!
This is a draft. I am still working on it. :)
This is a draft. I am still working on it. :)
About Me
- Name: Aditya Patawari
- Email: adimania@fedoraproject.org, adimania@gmail.com
- Wiki User Name: Adimania
- IRC Nick: adimania
- Primary Language: English
- Location: India, +0530
- Open Source Experience: I haven't been involved in any Open Source software development before. I have been a Fedora Ambassador for more than an year and have organized several workshops on Fedora and open source. I have also customized Fedora for better usability, including some packages which are not included in Fedora to encourage newbies to use Linux. I have organized several install fests in past and seen Fedora working on a lot of hardwares.
About My Project
- Name of my project : Fedora KDE Netbook Spin
- References : KDE Netbook Spin
- The KDE Netbook Spin is aimed to the operating system of choice for Netbooks. It will be made to work smoothly with smaller hardware specs. The existing spins do not address netbooks specially.
- Timeline
- Week 1-Week 2: Get ready with Package Splitting and packaging methods. Pick up packages to be split and repacked.
- Week 3-Week 5: Split the packages. Check the dependencies.
- Week 6-Week 7: Build the distro.
- Week 8-Week 9: Check for updates and ensure that they are not broken. Fix any Bugs.
- Week 10-Week 11: Create documentation. Fix Bugs.
- I have remastered Linux before. I have created Live DVDs out of Fedora Live CD to help beginners get started with Linux by including a few packages that are not included in the original distro. Usually it takes me a couple of days to do this. So I think building the distro is not a difficult task. My main focus will be on Package Splitting and ensuring that updates do not brake the distro.
You and the community
- If this project is completed successfully, we will get a robust spin which will run on netbooks smoothly. Since it will be designed for smaller hardware specs, some older computers might also be able to run on it.
- What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?
If I get stuck and my mentor is not around then I will turn to community for help. I will use IRC as well as mailing lists to ask for the help regarding my problem. I will not limit myself to Fedora community only. Being a KDE spin, I will also try to get help from KDE community too.
- In addition to the required blogging minimum of twice per week, how do you propose to keep the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?
Apart from blogging and mailing to the mentors, I will idle on relevant irc channels. Shooting occasional mails to mailing list is also another option. Apart from that I will create a wiki page which will describe the work I am doing and the progress itself including the problems faced.
Miscellaneous
- I can set up the packaging and distro building environment easily. I have done it before so it is not a big issue.
- I have talked to Rayn Rix (rrix), the mentor for this project. I have told him about my plans approach to the project. I will be in constant touch with him and/or any other mentors assigned.
- My T-shirt size is M.