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About Omar CHERIF
Professionally I'm a Web Developer and GNU/Linux sysadmin for eCHERIF a software development company based in Tunisia (supporting mostly Fedora and CentOS in the usual heterogeneous environment). I have started using GNU/Linux as I got Fedora 6(Zod) and has been a long time user of Fedora GNU/Linux Distribution. I enjoy working with Fedora and learning as much as I can about the operating system and I try to keep myself fluent in both the CLI and GUI aspects. Throughout the time I had the opportunity to try out many distributions such as CentOS, SuSE, Debian, Yellowdog and more recently Ubuntu but I am still a fan of RPM distribution mainly Fedora. I have also started bloging and advocating about Free and Open Source Software as well as Open Content. I have also been involved in Web development for more than 5 years. I am 27 years old (and counting...) and I enjoy contributing to the community as much as I can.
Free/Busy Time
Contact
- Email: mailto:echerif@fedoraproject.org | mailto:omarATecherifDOTcom
- IRC: OmArCh on freenode
Usually in: ##linux
#fedora-ambassadors
#fedora-admin
#fedora-art
#fedora-devel
#fedora-docs
#fedora-meeting
#fedora-mentors
#fedora-websites
I also occasionally visit #fedora, and I spend time on other non-Fedora channels (##php #python #perl #android), too.
- Jabber: echerifATjabberDOTorg
- GPG key: pub 1024D/39B8DCBC [expires: 12-30-2009] Download
- Fedora Account: Echerif
- Member: Fedora Marketing Fedora Ambassadors
- Language: Arabic, French, English, Beginners Japanese, Beginners Italian
- Location: Bardo, Tunis ,Tunisia
Involvement with Free Software And Fedora
Advocating and blogging on Open Source Software, on Linux and Collaborative works
| Version | My current running kernel | Status |
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| Fedora 10 (Cambridge) kernel | 2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686 | 
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| Fedora 11 (Leonidas) Preview kernel | 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 |
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The FC11 Leonidas Swap version is defined about 3 GB, versus the Fedora 9 and 10 versions' "Swap" space are defined about 2 GB.
Fedora Ambassador
Though i have been promoting fedora at work, my entourage, colleges and schools (I have presented/ demonstrated fedora in some Free software events). I have joined Fedora Ambassador later and hope this will make my involvement and contribution more strong
Interests
- Coding & Software Development
- Web Development
- Fedora Artwork contribution
- Testing new open-source apps and reporting bugs
- Testing and Reviewing distros
- Playing around kernel
- Creating web applications
- Geek of:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Internet
- Electronics
- Robotics
- Video Games
- Mangas
- Engineering
- Technical Writing
- Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.)
- Social Science (Psychology, Sociology, etc.)
- Philosophy
- Humanities
- Literature
- Music
My Fedora Community Roles:
Content Writer
People Person
Web Developer
Designer
Activities within Fedora
- Fedora Ambassador for Tunisia
- Fedora 10 Release Party in Tunisia, 2008-12-13 at INSAT (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie) More info.
- Contributions in translation and packaging projects
- Help users to learn, and appreciate Fedora Linux
- Participating in Open Day manifests
- Promoting Fedora (FC11 Leonidas), promoting Fedora events and participating in various Open Source projects
- Organize Fedora Events and Related in Tunis
- Talk about Fedora in public
- Distribute Fedora DVD upon request
- Work with other Fedora Ambassadors Tunisia and World Wide
- To promote Fedora community and Open Source projects
- Improve IA, user experience and user friendliness of Fedora web sites
- Helping peoples on irc and multiple boards across the net
- We plan submitting some packages that we currently have in our personal repository for the benefit of the community
Links
- Tunisian Fedora community: www.fedora-tunisia.org
- Company Website: www.echerif.com
- Fedoraproject page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Echerif
Internet Footprints
- Company Blog http://www.echerif.com/en/blog
- My Blog http://omarcherif.blogspot.com
GPG KEYID and Fingerprint
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