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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 3+ years now. My [http://echorand.me blog] has all the random bits and pieces and links to my articles and community efforts.
I shall summarize my efforts in the Fedora community on this page. My immediate plan for contribution to the Fedora community is to create a Fedora scientific spin which i describe next.




== Fedora Scientific Spin ==
== Fedora Scientific Spin ==


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 [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin wiki]
* Testing the Scientific spin [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Packages_Testing page]
* Fedora Scientific Spin and other Fedora updates on my [http://echorand.me/category/fedora/ blog]


How cool would it be to have a Linux distro which already had these installed? Say hello to Fedora-Scientific
==  Packaging ==


'''Update #1:''' June, 24 - 2011
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799810 PiCloud client] (Stalled)


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 ==


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]].
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha Student page]


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.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha/OnDemandBuildService#On-Demand_Fedora_Build_Service Proposal] (Proposal accepted)


''' Update #2:''' June 29 - 2011
[http://echorand.me/category/fedora/gsoc2012/ Blog posts]


Started discussions on Spins SIG [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fedora-spins/2011-June/002008.html]
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AmitKsaha_GSocNotes GSoC Project Notes]


''' Update #3:''' July 03 - 2011
== Fedora Resources ==
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_a_Fedora_install_ISO_for_testing How to Create a Fedora Install ISO for testing]


Created spin page at [[Scientific_Spin]]
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_a_Live_CD Creating a Fedora Live CD]


Lot of interesting feedback and +1s on the local LUG [http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2011-July/030331.html list]
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins Fedora Custom Spins]


''' Update #4:''' July 05 - 2011
[http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ Nightly Rawhide Builds]
 
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!
 
''' Update #5:''' July 08 - 2011
 
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.


''' Update #5:''' August 17  - 2011
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package How to Create a RPM package]


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.
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines Fedora Packaging Guidelines]


== Fedora Resources ==
[http://dotancohen.com/howto/yum_repo.html Local Yum repository]
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_a_Live_CD Creating a Fedora Live CD]


[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins Fedora Custom Spins]
[http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/yum-downloadonly-plugin/ Download (not install) packages]


[http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ Nightly Rawhide Builds]
[http://fedoranews.org/tchung/gpg/ Signing your custom packages]


== 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 [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/SciTech Fedora Science and Technology SIG ]


== Miscellaneous (random notes to self) ==  
== Miscellaneous ==
 
* As a Red Hat Employee, my "official" work is on [http://beaker-project.org/ Beaker]


'''TODO''': Blog post explaining the current state of the kickstart file, packages installed, ISO size, etc. Example test cases/programs for the various libraries/tools to see if everything is working as it should
== Links ==


'''TBD:''' Explore [http://www.maumae.net/yorick/doc/index.php Yorick] for packaging. Will possibly be of interest to SciTech SIG.
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/315911/git-for-beginners-the-definitive-practical-guide Git for Beginners]


'''TBD:''' LaTex-Beamer for packaging - Beamer included in "texmaker". DONE.
[http://book.git-scm.com/3_basic_branching_and_merging.html Git basic branching and merging]


'''TBD:''' Explore [http://openopt.org/Welcome openopt] for packaging.
[http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/nstwiki/index.php/HowTo_Create_A_Patch_File_For_A_RPM Create a patch file for RPM]


== Contact ==
== Contact ==


Blog: [http://echorand.me http://echorand.me]
Email: amitksaha@fedoraproject.org


Email: droidery@gmail.com
IRC: amitksaha


IRC: Not much of a IRC user.
Blog: [http://echorand.me http://echorand.me]

Revision as of 23:44, 3 April 2014

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Personal Information
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Home: Brisbane, Australia
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: amitksaha
Fedora-Mail: amitksaha@fedoraproject.org
Fedorapeople: http://amitksaha.fedorapeople.org
Miscellaneous Information
private Mail: amitsaha.in@gmail.com
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Homepage: echorand.me
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Fedora Scientific Spin

Packaging

PiCloud client (Stalled)

Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts

Student page

Proposal (Proposal accepted)

Blog posts

GSoC Project Notes

Fedora Resources

How to Create a Fedora Install ISO for testing

Creating a Fedora Live CD

Fedora Custom Spins

Nightly Rawhide Builds

How to Create a RPM package

Fedora Packaging Guidelines

Local Yum repository

Download (not install) packages

Signing your custom packages

Other Fedora Activities

Member and List administrator of Fedora Science and Technology SIG

Miscellaneous

  • As a Red Hat Employee, my "official" work is on Beaker

Links

Git for Beginners

Git basic branching and merging

Create a patch file for RPM

Contact

Email: amitksaha@fedoraproject.org

IRC: amitksaha

Blog: http://echorand.me

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