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= Danishka Navin =
= Danishka Navin =


Danishka Navin is based in Sri Lanka and is a System Administrator/Engineer by profession and he do public speaking, community building/development and conducting awareness of Free and Open Source Software. He found the [www.hanthana.org Hanthana | Linux Project], a Fedora remix. It has been deployed in several government schools locally and downloded more than 15,000 copies globally.  
Danishka Navin is based in Sri Lanka and is a System Administrator/Engineer by profession and he do public speaking, community building/development and conducting awareness of Free and Open Source Software. He found the [http://www.hanthana.org Hanthana Linux Project], a Fedora remix. It has been deployed in several government schools locally and downloded more than 15,000 copies globally.  


In addition to Fedora, Danishka is working on several FOSS communities such as Mozilla, LibreOffice, Gnome, KDE and well known OLPC project.
In addition to Fedora, Danishka is working on several FOSS communities such as Mozilla, LibreOffice, Gnome, KDE and well known OLPC project.

Revision as of 04:41, 21 October 2012

Danishka Navin
[[Image:|thumb|center|Danishka Navin]]
Personal Information
Birthday: 10th January
Home: Sri Lanka
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: snavin
Fedora-Mail: snavin@fedoraproject.org
Miscellaneous Information
Private Mail: danishka@gmail.com
GPG-Key: A7064AD2
IRC: hanthana on Libera.chat in
#fedora #fedora-ambassadors #fedora-l10n #hanthana
Badges (53)
Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Involvement Mugshot Ambassador Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Let Me Introduce Myself You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Baby Badger Junior Editor Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Embryo Associate Editor Tadpole with Legs Egg Tadpole Froglet Secretary General Speak Up! FUDCon Beijing FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Senior Editor FAD Phnom Penh 2014 Attendee F24 i18n Test Day Participant Macaron (Cookie I) Origin Delivery Master Editor Singapore FAD 2015 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Fedora 24 Translation Sprint Top 500 Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Kuala Lumpur FAD 2016 Senior Badger (Badger II) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Crypto Badger Adult Frog Chief Editor nest-attendee-2020 NYE Party Panda Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee
 



Danishka Navin

Danishka Navin is based in Sri Lanka and is a System Administrator/Engineer by profession and he do public speaking, community building/development and conducting awareness of Free and Open Source Software. He found the Hanthana Linux Project, a Fedora remix. It has been deployed in several government schools locally and downloded more than 15,000 copies globally.

In addition to Fedora, Danishka is working on several FOSS communities such as Mozilla, LibreOffice, Gnome, KDE and well known OLPC project.


Fedora Contribution

  • Packaging Sugar Activities
  • Fedora SIG Member - working for the Fedora Education Spin
    • Fedora Education Spin
    • Fedora Spin SIG
  • Localization - Fedora Sinhala Language Coordinator
  • Fedora Ambassadors for Sri Lanka
  • Program Coordinator: Fedora Free-Media project Sri Lanka

Other

  • Mozilla - Localizer, Mentor
  • Sugar/OLPC - System Administrator, Localizer
  • LibreOffice - Localization, Marketing
  • Coordinator KDE Sinhala Localization Project
  • Gnome Translation Project (GTP)
  • Localized Debain Installer

Press

TV Programs

News Paper Articles

Certifications

  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) - RHEL6
  • Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) - RHEL6

Public Profile