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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.
I shall summarize my efforts in the Fedora community on this page.




== 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]
How cool would it be to have a Linux distro which already had these installed? Say hello to Fedora-Scientific
* Fedora project [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin wiki]
 
* Testing the Scientific spin [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Packages_Testing page]
'''Update #1:''' June, 24 - 2011
* Fedora Scientific Spin and other Fedora updates on my [http://echorand.me/category/fedora/ blog]
 
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]].
 
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]].
 
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.
 
''' Update #2:''' June 29 - 2011
 
Started discussions on Spins SIG [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fedora-spins/2011-June/002008.html]
 
''' Update #3:''' July 03 - 2011
 
Created spin page at [[Scientific_Spin]]
 
Lot of interesting feedback and +1s on the local LUG [http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2011-July/030331.html list]
 
''' Update #4:''' July 05 - 2011
 
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
 
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.
 
''' Update #6:''' October 9  - 2011
 
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.
 
''' Update #7:''' October 26  - 2011
 
The Scientific Spin is now all set to be released officially with Fedora 16, and the nightly builds are now available from
[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".
 
''' Update #7:''' November 1  - 2011
 
Blog post: [http://echorand.me/2011/11/01/fedora-scientific-the-prologue/ Fedora Scientific: The Prologue]
 
''' Update #8:''' November 9  - 2011
 
Fedora Scientific Spin is out! Get it [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/scientific-kde/ here].
 
 


==  Packaging ==  
==  Packaging ==  


[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799810 PiCloud client]
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799810 PiCloud client] (Stalled)


== Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts ==
== Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts ==
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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 ==


'''TBD:''' Explore [http://openopt.org/Welcome openopt] for packaging.
* As a Red Hat Employee, my "official" work is on [http://beaker-project.org/ Beaker]


== Links ==
== Links ==

Revision as of 23:44, 3 April 2014

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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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