seems like an age since i last blogged, probably because it has been in relative terms. i dropped from my usual 4-6 blogs a weeks to ... silence. but i feel my energy returning again. i've had a number of projects on the go over the last several months and they managed to exhaust me, so i took one of my few-times-per-year moments to hide under a rock ;)
my work situation has shifted a bit this month. i'm starting on a project that should help to bring Linux into the SMB market in my region a bit more. i'm not quite ready to blog to much about it at this point, other than to say that it involves creating a package of software that is appropriate for regional IT companies whose bread 'n butter market is the SMB community. i'm working with Kubuntu as a base, which is probably the interesting story here. why not SUSE? why not Red Hat? etc.. in 3 words: reproducibility, branding and clarity. yeah, i'll probably write a good long blog about this at a later date =)
right now i'm more excited by the ability to tell everyone about something i've quietly been discussing with Linspire for a few weeks now: a North American KDE developer camp. as opposed to most such events around the world, this one will not be aimed at those of us already well versed in the Open Source vernacular.
we need more Open Source desktop developers in general, and in particular, i'd like to see more KDE developers and i'd like to see more of them in North America. but this simply is not going to happen unless we help people get the tools they need, which is to say the information and skills they need. this is a small step in that direction.
to be held on the the 13th and 14th of October in San Diego and sponsored in part by Linspire, and hopefully others by the time all is said and done, a series of KDE development sessions will be offered to developers who would like to crack the code on how to develop and ship software efficiently and effectively for the Open Source desktop.
this is still a work in progress, but the event has been confirmed as a go. details on speakers, lodging and registration will appear over the coming weeks.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
8 comments:
13th and 14th are a thursday and friday, is that correct?
And is the focus more on Open Source desktop, or a bit more kde centric?
Awesome. It could be someplace more central then San Diego (all my CA relatives are in central CA), but oh well :). Perhaps I'll be able to skip a few days of classes and go. Why can't these things ever be during school holidays *cough* akademy *cough*.
@p0z3r: yes, thursday and friday. this is aimed at people who develop for a living and so can use work time to "skill up". also it allows us to hang out afterwards on the weekend ;)
the focus will be squarely on KDE and KDE technologies, but that obviously has implications for the broader Open Source desktop since that's where KDE applications exist.
@ian: the reason for San Diego is that is where Linspire's offices are. they have areas available in Sand Diego that we will be using, and their people will be helping with most of the on-the-ground details.
I wonder if I can get off work to come out for this. Or, better yet, get work to pay for a trip out there.
It sounds worth the effort!
I'd like to attend, though I code for a hobby, not a living :)
Are KDE devs encouraged to attend, or is this more for people (companies) that want to start learning how to develop KDE apps?
> Are KDE devs encouraged to
> attend, or is this more for
> people (companies) that want to
> start learning how to develop KDE
> apps?
it's really for anyone who does or would like to develop with the KDE libraries and desktop technologies. we're hoping to draw attendees from companies, but it's just as important for KDE to have quality
"traditional Open Source" developers as well.
that is to say, all are welcome and invited. the goal is to raise the numbers and quality of KDE developers in North America.
those who are already greatly accomplished when it comes to KDE development may not find much of interest here for them, but hopefully they'll be the ones presenting the sessions =)
That sounds great. I am a student from India and we really miss all this happening things :(. with Novel opening office in Bangalore and gnome-bangalore starting up lot of help is now available on gnome projects, but no such initiative about KDE.
Is there any organization of KDE developers in India? If its not I would like you to take such a initiative, India surely promises to be a great hub of developers, but just that they need the motivation and getting started...
Post a Comment