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| |REAL-NAME=Amit Saha | | |REAL-NAME=Amit Saha |
| |HOME=Canberra, Australia | | |HOME=Brisbane, Australia |
| |FAS-NAME=amitksaha | | |FAS-NAME=amitksaha |
| |pmail=amitsaha.in@gmail.com | | |pmail=amitsaha.in@gmail.com |
| |homepage=echorand.me | | |homepage=echorand.me |
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| Hello there! I am Amit Saha. I am a Ph.D student at the University of New South Wales, Australia and my research focus is on Optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms. I have been involved in several open source efforts in the past, like the NetBeans IDE and bits and pieces in some other projects. I pursue technical writing as a serious pastime for few years now. My [http://echorand.me blog] has all the random bits and pieces and links to my articles and community efforts.
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| I shall summarize my efforts in the Fedora community on this page.
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| == Fedora Scientific Spin == | | == Fedora Scientific Spin == |
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| I am a long-term Linux user and have been into full-time scientific research for the past 3 years now. Everytime I have to do a fresh-install of Linux (not so frequently, ofcourse), I have to download a bunch of tools which I use regularly. For example, gnuplot, xfig, LaTex compilers, numpy, etc.
| | * In progress documentation [http://fedora-scientific.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ http://fedora-scientific.readthedocs.org/en/latest/] |
| | * Download [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/scientific-kde/ here] |
| | * Fedora project [[Scientific_Spin|wiki]] |
| | * Testing the Scientific spin [[Scientific_Packages_Testing|page]] |
| | * Fedora Scientific Spin and other Fedora updates on my [http://echorand.me/category/fedora/ blog] |
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| How cool would it be to have a Linux distro which already had these installed? Say hello to Fedora-Scientific
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| '''Update #1:''' June, 24 - 2011
| | [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799810 PiCloud client] (Stalled) |
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| I finally started acting on this idea of mine with an email to the rel-eng list [[http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/rel-eng/2011-May/012251.html]].
| | == Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts == |
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| After discussions on the mailing list with Bill Nottingham, I proposed a patch to the comps-f16-xml.in file [[http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=comps.git;a=commitdiff;h=ebfe294e32736a3e3386ee9c55ffb7386821b902]].
| | [[GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha|Student page]] |
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| I already have the kickstart file ready for this one, which I shall post to the mailing list soon, once I have tested my ISO. It currently stands at 1.1 G.
| | [[GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha/OnDemandBuildService#On-Demand_Fedora_Build_Service|Proposal]] (Proposal accepted) |
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| ''' Update #2:''' June 29 - 2011
| | [http://echorand.me/category/fedora/gsoc2012/ Blog posts] |
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| Started discussions on Spins SIG [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fedora-spins/2011-June/002008.html]
| | [[AmitKsaha_GSocNotes|GSoC Project Notes]] |
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| ''' Update #3:''' July 03 - 2011
| | == Fedora Resources == |
| | | [[How_to_create_a_Fedora_install_ISO_for_testing|How to Create a Fedora Install ISO for testing]] |
| Created spin page at [[Scientific_Spin]]
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| Lot of interesting feedback and +1s on the local LUG [http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2011-July/030331.html list]
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| ''' Update #4:''' July 05 - 2011
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| Based on the suggestions on CLUG, added a number of development tools and libs and other packages. Please see the kickstart file linked from [[Scientific_Spin]] for the details. From being a bare-bone scientific distro, its becoming fully-loaded!
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| ''' Update #5:''' July 08 - 2011
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| Moved the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin spin] page to "Ready for Wrangler" category. I am currently using a Fedora scientific build on my desktop and all the custom applications seems to be working fine! There is also a discussion page for the spin now. Go [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Scientific_Spin there] and leave your comments/suggestions.
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| ''' Update #5:''' August 17 - 2011
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| The spin is still under review. I thought it might be a good idea to have both a GNOME 3 and KDE based spin. Infact I think I like KDE more now :-) So there will be two kickstart files, one for GNOME 3 and other for KDE. Uploaded some screenshots accessible from the Spin page.
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| ''' Update #6:''' October 9 - 2011
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| The [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin spin] has been moved to the Ready for SIG [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Spins_Ready_For_SIG category] now. I have decided to go ahead with the KDE based desktop. Time to rejoice.
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| ''' Update #7:''' October 26 - 2011
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| The Scientific Spin is now all set to be released officially with Fedora 16, and the nightly builds are now available from
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| [http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ here]. Download the ISO and burn it to a DVD or a USB key (preferably 4G or greater) using "dd if=*.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M".
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| ''' Update #7:''' November 1 - 2011
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| Blog post: [http://echorand.me/2011/11/01/fedora-scientific-the-prologue/ Fedora Scientific: The Prologue]
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| ''' Update #8:''' November 9 - 2011
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| Fedora Scientific Spin is out! Get it [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/scientific-kde/ here]. | |
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| == Packaging ==
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| [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799810 PiCloud client]
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| == Possible Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts ==
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| [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha Student page] | |
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| [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha/OnDemandBuildService#On-Demand_Fedora_Build_Service Proposal] | |
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| [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AmitKsaha_GSocNotes GSoC Project Notes]
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| == Fedora Resources ==
| | [[How_to_create_and_use_a_Live_CD|Creating a Fedora Live CD]] |
| [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_a_Live_CD Creating a Fedora Live CD] | |
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| [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins Fedora Custom Spins] | | [[CustomSpins|Fedora Custom Spins]] |
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| [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ Nightly Rawhide Builds] | | [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ Nightly Rawhide Builds] |
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| [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package How to Create a RPM package] | | [[How_to_create_an_RPM_package|How to Create a RPM package]] |
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| [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines Fedora Packaging Guidelines] | | [[Packaging:Guidelines|Fedora Packaging Guidelines]] |
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| [http://dotancohen.com/howto/yum_repo.html Local Yum repository] | | [http://dotancohen.com/howto/yum_repo.html Local Yum repository] |
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| == Other Fedora Activities == | | == Other Fedora Activities == |
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| Member and List administrator of [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/SciTech Fedora Science and Technology SIG ] | | Member and List administrator of [[SIGs/SciTech|Fedora Science and Technology SIG ]] |
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| == Miscellaneous (random notes to self) ==
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| '''TBD:''' Explore [http://openopt.org/Welcome openopt] for packaging.
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| == Links == | | == Links == |
