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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 | 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. | ||
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| 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 | |
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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
- Live interview on Channel Eye (National English TV Channel) under Rise N Shine morning show
- Hanthana Linux release on SirasaTV news on 20th September 2009
News Paper Articles
- 'Open source opening doors to IT' - Sunday Times
- 'Reconstructing Sri Lanka’s education system with ‘Hanthana’' - DailyFT article
Certifications
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) - RHEL6
- Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) - RHEL6