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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 ==


* 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]


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


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


How cool would it be to have a Linux distro which already had these installed? Say hello to Fedora-Scientific
== Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts ==


'''Update #1:''' June, 24 - 2011
[[GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha|Student page]]


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]].
[[GSOC_2012/Student_Application_amitksaha/OnDemandBuildService#On-Demand_Fedora_Build_Service|Proposal]] (Proposal accepted)


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]].
[http://echorand.me/category/fedora/gsoc2012/ Blog posts]


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.
[[AmitKsaha_GSocNotes|GSoC Project Notes]]


''' Update #2:''' June 29 - 2011
== Fedora Resources ==
[[How_to_create_a_Fedora_install_ISO_for_testing|How to Create a Fedora Install ISO for testing]]


Started discussions on Spins SIG [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fedora-spins/2011-June/002008.html]
[[How_to_create_and_use_a_Live_CD|Creating a Fedora Live CD]]


''' Update #3:''' July 03 - 2011
[[CustomSpins|Fedora Custom Spins]]
Created spin page at [[Scientific_Spin]]


== Fedora Resources ==
[http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ Nightly Rawhide Builds]
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_a_Live_CD Creating a Fedora Live CD]
 
[[How_to_create_an_RPM_package|How to Create a RPM package]]
 
[[Packaging:Guidelines|Fedora Packaging Guidelines]]
 
[http://dotancohen.com/howto/yum_repo.html Local Yum repository]


[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 ==


Member of [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SciTech_SIG SciTech SIG]
Member and List administrator of [[SIGs/SciTech|Fedora Science and Technology SIG ]]
 
== Miscellaneous ==
 
* As a Red Hat Employee, my "official" work is on [http://beaker-project.org/ Beaker]
 
== Links ==
 
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/315911/git-for-beginners-the-definitive-practical-guide Git for Beginners]
 
[http://book.git-scm.com/3_basic_branching_and_merging.html Git basic branching and merging]
 
[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, more of a mailing list. sorry!
Blog: [http://echorand.me http://echorand.me]

Revision as of 21:48, 19 September 2016

Amit Saha
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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
GPG-Key: {{{gpg}}}
Homepage: echorand.me
Jabber: {{{jabber}}}


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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