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Danishka Navin is based in Sri Lanka and is a System Administrator/Engineer by profession and he do public speaking 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 =
 
Danishka Navin is based in Sri Lanka and is a Systems Engineer by profession and he do public speaking, community building/development and conducting awareness of Free and Open Source Software.  
 
In 2009 he found the [http://www.hanthana.org Hanthana Linux Project], a Fedora remix. It has been deployed in several government schools locally and download more than 22,000 copies globally. The Hanthana Linux Project let local community to contribute back to global FOSS movement under Hanthana Linux Project. Several school students, teachers, university students and other users started contributing by spreading word, finding bugs, compiling documentation. Some of them have been filled bugs/issues against the upstream project (such as Fedora, LibreOffice, etc) after knowing the proper bug filling mechanism.  


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.


Moreover he is working on deploying school ICT labs in financially deprecated schools, under [http://school.hanthana.org Hanthana School Labs Project].


== Fedora Contribution ==  
== Fedora Contribution ==  


* Packaging Sugar Activities
* Package Maintainer
* Fedora SIG Member - working for the Fedora Education Spin  
* Fedora SIG Member - working for the Fedora Education Spin  
** Fedora Education Spin  
** Fedora Education Spin  
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* Program Coordinator: Fedora Free-Media project Sri Lanka  
* Program Coordinator: Fedora Free-Media project Sri Lanka  


== Other ==
== Other FOSS Activities/Contributions ==


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


== Press ==
== Press ==


* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMYZXFa0jc Hanthana Linux release on SirasaTv news on 20th September 2009]
=== TV Programs ===
* [http://sundaytimes.lk/110731/Magazine/sundaytimesmirror_05.html 'Open source opening doors to IT' - Sunday Times]
* [http://www.ft.lk/2012/05/12/reconstructing-sri-lankas-education-system-with-hanthana/ 'Reconstructing Sri Lanka’s education system with ‘Hanthana’' DailyFT article]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxoHfNusrvg Live interview on Channel Eye (National English TV Channel) under Rise N Shine morning show]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxoHfNusrvg Live interview on Channel Eye (National English TV Channel) under Rise N Shine morning show]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMYZXFa0jc Hanthana Linux release on SirasaTV news]  on 20th September 2009


 
=== News Paper Articles ===
* [http://sundaytimes.lk/110731/Magazine/sundaytimesmirror_05.html 'Open source opening doors to IT']  - Sunday Times
* [http://www.ft.lk/2012/05/12/reconstructing-sri-lankas-education-system-with-hanthana/ 'Reconstructing Sri Lanka’s education system with ‘Hanthana’'] - DailyFT article


== Certifications ==
== Certifications ==


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


== Public Profile ==
== Public Profile ==


* [http://http://www.linkedin.com/in/danishkanavin LinkedIn]
* LinkedIn: [http://http://www.linkedin.com/in/danishkanavin www.linkedin.com/in/danishkanavin]
* Twitter: [http://twitter.com/danishkanavin @danishkanavin]
* Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/danishkanavin Danishka Navin]
* FaceBook: [http://www.facebook.com/danishka.navin Danishka Navin]


[[Category:Ambassadors from Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Ambassadors from Sri Lanka]]

Revision as of 06:01, 23 September 2013

Danishka Navin
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 Secretary General Baby Badger Embryo Egg Froglet FUDCon Beijing 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) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Junior Editor Associate Editor Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Speak Up! Senior Editor FAD Phnom Penh 2014 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Fedora 24 Translation Sprint Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Delivery Master Editor Singapore FAD 2015 Origin Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Top 500 Crypto Badger Kuala Lumpur FAD 2016 F24 i18n Test Day Participant Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Chief Editor Adult Frog nest-attendee-2020 NYE Party Panda Senior Badger (Badger II) Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee
 



Danishka Navin

Danishka Navin is based in Sri Lanka and is a Systems Engineer by profession and he do public speaking, community building/development and conducting awareness of Free and Open Source Software.

In 2009 he found the Hanthana Linux Project, a Fedora remix. It has been deployed in several government schools locally and download more than 22,000 copies globally. The Hanthana Linux Project let local community to contribute back to global FOSS movement under Hanthana Linux Project. Several school students, teachers, university students and other users started contributing by spreading word, finding bugs, compiling documentation. Some of them have been filled bugs/issues against the upstream project (such as Fedora, LibreOffice, etc) after knowing the proper bug filling mechanism.

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


Moreover he is working on deploying school ICT labs in financially deprecated schools, under Hanthana School Labs Project.

Fedora Contribution

  • Package Maintainer
  • 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 FOSS Activities/Contributions

  • 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