Debian welcomes its GSoC 2019 and Outreachy interns
On Fri 31 May 2019 with tags announce gsoc outreachyWritten by znoteer
Artwork by Google, Outreachy
We're excited to announce that Debian has selected seven interns to work with us during the next months: two people for Outreachy, and five for the Google Summer of Code.
Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:
- Saif Abdul Cassim
- Katerina
Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!
The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.
Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns weekly reports on the debian-outreach mailing-list, chat with us on our IRC channel or on each project's team mailing lists.
Debian is welcoming applicants for Outreachy and GSoC 2019
On Thu 28 March 2019 with tags announce gsoc outreachyWritten by Laura Arjona Reina and Lesley Mitchell
Debian is dedicated to increasing the diversity of contributors to the project and improving the inclusivity of the project. We strongly believe working towards these goals provides benefits both for people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in free software, and for the wider movement, by increasing the range of skills, experiences and viewpoints contributing to it.
As part of this outreach effort, Debian is participating in the next round of Outreachy.
The application period for the May 2019 to August 2019 round has been extended until April 2, and Debian offers the following projects:
- Continuous Integration for biological applications inside Debian
- Debian Continuous Integration: user experience improvements
- Reproducible Builds
Outreachy invites applicants who are women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people to apply. Anyone who faces systemic bias or discrimination in the technology industry of their country is also invited to apply.
Don't wait up! You can learn more details on how to submit your application or get help in our wiki page for Outreachy and the Outreachy website.
Debian is also participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) with eight projects, and the student application period is open until April 9.
You can learn more details on how to submit your GSoC application or get help for in our wiki page for GSoC and the Google Summer of Code website.
We encourage people who are elegible for Outreachy and GSoC to submit their application to both programs.
Debian welcomes its new Outreachy intern
On Thu 29 November 2018 with tags announce outreachyWritten by Laura Arjona Reina
Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we'd like to welcome our new Outreachy intern for this round, lasting from December 2018 to March 2019.
Anastasia Tsikoza will work on Improving the integration of Debian derivatives with the Debian infrastructure and the community, mentored by Paul Wise and Raju Devidas.
Congratulations, Anastasia, and welcome!
From the official website: Outreachy provides three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech. Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation, illustration and graphical design, to data science.
The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and the Software Freedom Conservancy's administrative support, as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding for the internships.
Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in Planet Debian), and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and mailing list.
DebConf18 closes in Hsinchu and DebConf19 dates announced
On Sun 05 August 2018 with tags debconf18 announce debconf19 debconfWritten by Laura Arjona Reina
Artwork by Aigars Mahinovs
Today, Sunday 5 August 2018, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. With over 306 people attending from all over the world, and 137 events including 100 talks, 25 discussion sessions or BoFs, 5 workshops and 7 other activities, DebConf18 has been hailed as a success.
Highlights included DebCamp with more than 90 participants, the Open Day, where events of interest to a broader audience were offered, plenaries like the traditional Bits from the DPL, a Questions and Answers session with Minister Audrey Tang, a panel discussion about "Ignoring negativity" with Bdale Garbee, Chris Lamb, Enrico Zini and Steve McIntyre, the talk "That's a free software issue!!" given by Molly de Blanc and Karen Sandler, lightning talks and live demos and the announcement of next year's DebConf (DebConf19 in Curitiba, Brazil).
The schedule has been updated every day, including 27 ad-hoc new activities, planned by attendees during the whole conference.
For those not able to attend, most talks and sessions were recorded and live streamed, and videos are being made available at the Debian meetings archive website. Many sessions also facilitated remote participation via IRC or a collaborative text document.
The DebConf18 website will remain active for archive purposes, and will continue to offer links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.
Next year, DebConf19 will be held in Curitiba, Brazil, from 21 July to 28 July, 2019. It will be the second DebConf held in Brazil (first one was DebConf4 in Porto Alegre. For the days before DebConf the local organisers will again set up DebCamp (13 July – 19 July), a session for some intense work on improving the distribution, and organise the Open Day on 20 July 2019, open to the general public.
DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the DebConf Code of Conduct and the Debian Code of Conduct for more details on this.
Debian thanks the commitment of numerous sponsors to support DebConf18, particularly our Platinum Sponsor Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
About Debian
The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal operating system.
About DebConf
DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from https://debconf.org/.
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an industry-leading technology company providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software. The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services, and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT, data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.
HPE is also a development partner of Debian, and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services (hardware donations are listed in the Debian machines page).
Contact Information
For further information, please visit the DebConf18 web page at https://debconf18.debconf.org/ or send mail to press@debian.org.
Debian welcomes its GSoC 2018 and Outreachy interns
On Wed 30 May 2018 with tags announce gsoc outreachyWritten by Laura Arjona Reina
We're excited to announce that Debian has selected twenty-six interns to work with us during the next months: one person for Outreachy, and twenty-five for the Google Summer of Code.
Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:
A calendar database of social events and conferences
- Saif Abdul Cassim (GSoC 2018 Android SDK tools in Debian)
- Chandramouli Rajagopalan (Packaging and Updating Android SDK Tools)
- Umang Parmar (Android SDK Tools in Debian)
Automatic builds with clang using OBS
Automatic Packages for Everything
Click To Dial Popup Window for the Linux Desktop
Design and implementation of a Debian SSO solution
Extracting data from PDF invoices and bills for financial accounting
Firefox and Thunderbird plugin for free software habits
Improving Distro Tracker to better support Debian teams
Kanban Board for Debian Bug Tracker and CalDAV servers
P2P Network Boot with BitTorrent
Quality assurance for biological applications inside Debian
Reverse Engineering Radiator Bluetooth Thermovalves
Wizard/GUI helping students/interns apply and get started
Congratulations and welcome to all of them!
The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.
Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns weekly reports on the debian-outreach mailing-list, chat with us on our IRC channel or on each project's team mailing lists.
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