Re: [Introducing Myself] Back to my very first passion and love

2014-02-11 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna 
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Ali/amjjawad  wrote:
> Dear GNOME Foundation Members,
>
> My name is Ali and 'amjjawad' is the username I use with FOSS Communities. I
> am also well-known as "Ali Linx" which is my first name and my endless Love
> that changed my entire life, that is 'Linux'.
>
> First of all, it is a pleasure and an honor to be part of this great family.

Welcome!



> New chapter of my life has been written when I have joined Ubuntu GNOME. New
> and Small Community, was in need for QA Driver to help them for testing as
> they don't have one. What do you think has happened? someone with a massive
> experience with two years, 24/7, super active with Lubuntu who has just
> joined a new project which is trying to walk with the giants?
>
> I took a break. I thought about it. I realized that Ubuntu GNOME is in bad
> need to someone like me. Someone who could make a huge difference, not just
> with QA but almost everything.
>

Funny you should mention QA, as that seems to be on my mind and
several others as well.  I am in fact trying to coordinating creating
a  QA team.  We're in the midst of planning right now and trying to
figure out how to put things together.  If you're interested, please
let me know!

>
> And, that is nothing. You have my words, that is just the very beginning.
>
> As a tribute to my first passion (GNOME DE), I had to do something and
> decided to join GNOME Foundation. Thanks a lot for the Committee, I got
> approved as an official member.
>

Welcome to the Foundation, Ali!  So happy that you've decided to
return and be involved. :)

> I am going to put each and every single cell in my body and each and every
> bit of my energy to make Ubuntu GNOME one of the best Linux Distribution in
> the whole world. If I couldn't, then that is not a failure. I just found
> 10,000 ways that didn't work. But, I am very sure 10,001 try will be
> successful, no doubt about that.

Sweet!  Love your passion! :)


Looking forward to seeing all the results of your work on Ubuntu GNOME!

Best wishes,
sri
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[Introducing Myself] Back to my very first passion and love

2014-02-11 Thread Ali/amjjawad 
Dear GNOME Foundation Members,

My name is Ali and 'amjjawad' is the username I use with FOSS Communities.
I am also well-known as "Ali Linx" which is my first name and my endless
Love that changed my entire life, that is 'Linux'.

First of all, it is a pleasure and an honor to be part of this great family.

My very first Linux Desktop Environment (DE) was GNOME 2.xx with Ubuntu
9.10 and I just can't forget how great that experience was.

In 2009, I used Linux for 2 weeks only. That was my very first time with
Linux. Went back to Windows after that (my very first start with PCs was
1999).

In 2010, I decided to go back to Linux and since then, everything has
changed forever :)

Due to the major change to Unity for Ubuntu, I had to seek new home and
passion. Tell you the truth, I first didn't like GNOME 3.xx at all and
because I was just new to all the Linux world, I tried to do a major change
in my choices and tried more than 50 different Linux Distributions. Not
sure what happened that one day, I fell in love with Lightweight systems
and decided to go for Lubuntu/LXDE.

August, 2011 was a major change in my life that changed a lot of things.
>From that date until now, I was no longer a Linux User/Beginner but started
to make my first steps as a Linux Advocate and Contributor. Two years with
Lubuntu, I've been simply one of the very most super active contributors
and the one who was behind the popularity for Lubuntu. Had lots of problems
with Ubuntu Forums Staff due to that :) lots of threads, lots of Lubuntu
stuff, etc ... I was spreading the love and the word of Lubuntu everywhere
and I mean it. I am the creator of Lubuntu One Stop Thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755

That when the problem started with Ubuntu Forums Staff, when they decided
to close that thread and turn it to a Wiki Page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LubuntuLinks

Tell you the truth, that was very long history, to make it short, here is
some of what I have done and achieved:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Lubuntu-Team

Sadly, all these achievements had to stop when the main developer of
Lubuntu decided to take a path that is against my vision for Lubuntu (as a
very active contributor and Team Leader of many sub-teams) so for the sake
of the project and the community, I had to step down and resign from my
roles instead of adding more problems to the project. Full divorce from
Lubuntu was December, 2013 although I resigned in July from my roles but
couldn't leave until Dec, 2013 :)
Yes. I loved Lubuntu so much.

New chapter of my life has been written when I have joined Ubuntu GNOME.
New and Small Community, was in need for QA Driver to help them for testing
as they don't have one. What do you think has happened? someone with a
massive experience with two years, 24/7, super active with Lubuntu who has
just joined a new project which is trying to walk with the giants?

I took a break. I thought about it. I realized that Ubuntu GNOME is in bad
need to someone like me. Someone who could make a huge difference, not just
with QA but almost everything.

Indeed, within few months, a real revolution of change happened and Ubuntu
GNOME became one of the most powerful and active communities among other
flavors of Ubuntu.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/UbuntuGNOME-Team

I was surprised because Ubuntu GNOME Community is very different from
Lubuntu. I had tough and hard time with Lubuntu but Ubuntu GNOME is very
different. That made my life easier and in very short time, a lot had been
achieved. Some of the members of Ubuntu GNOME can read my mind or really
understand where I am coming from. I found so helpful and supportive
people. We have done a lot and achieved a lot in very short time.

Today, this is what Ubuntu GNOME looks like:
http://ubuntugnome.org/linus/

And, that is nothing. You have my words, that is just the very beginning.

As a tribute to my first passion (GNOME DE), I had to do something and
decided to join GNOME Foundation. Thanks a lot for the Committee, I got
approved as an official member.

I am going to put each and every single cell in my body and each and every
bit of my energy to make Ubuntu GNOME one of the best Linux Distribution in
the whole world. If I couldn't, then that is not a failure. I just found
10,000 ways that didn't work. But, I am very sure 10,001 try will be
successful, no doubt about that.

My full wiki page is:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad

I am the founder of another success story:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu

The FOSS World will no longer be the way it was before. I am looking for a
bright future full of success and glory to FOSS. Are you with me? can we
work all together to achieve all that?

I believe in:
"All of us are smarter than anyone of us."

And, with hope and faith, nothing can stop us :)

Forgive me for writing too much, I couldn't help it.

-- 
Best Regards,
amjjawad 
*Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of

Re: Developer Experience Hackfest

2014-02-11 Thread anish patil 
Hi Allan and Alberto!

Can we have hackfest at Pune(India) but i am not sure about budget because
most of hackers would travel from EU region but it would be cheap in terms
of lodging and it would be really nice in terms of GNOME's activities in
India.

Thanks,
Anish P.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Allan Day  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Alberto and I are putting a developer experience hackfest together.
> The last one was about a year ago and was a big success, and we want
> to keep up the momentum. Topics that we're planning to cover include
> GTK+, developer tooling and documentation.
>
> The current tentative plan is to have the hackfest in Munich, Germany,
> between April 30 and May 2.
>
> If you are interested in this area and would like to attend, please
> put your name down on the wiki. This will really help us to get the
> event organised.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Allan
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Re: Developer Experience Hackfest

2014-02-11 Thread Allan Day 
Philip Withnall  wrote:
> Link: https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/DeveloperExperience2014

Ha, thanks!

Allan
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Re: Developer Experience Hackfest

2014-02-11 Thread Philip Withnall 
On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 12:16 +, Allan Day wrote:
> If you are interested in this area and would like to attend, please
> put your name down on the wiki. This will really help us to get the
> event organised.

Link: https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/DeveloperExperience2014

Philip


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Developer Experience Hackfest

2014-02-11 Thread Allan Day 
Hi all,

Alberto and I are putting a developer experience hackfest together.
The last one was about a year ago and was a big success, and we want
to keep up the momentum. Topics that we're planning to cover include
GTK+, developer tooling and documentation.

The current tentative plan is to have the hackfest in Munich, Germany,
between April 30 and May 2.

If you are interested in this area and would like to attend, please
put your name down on the wiki. This will really help us to get the
event organised.

Thanks!

Allan
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