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WebRTC and communications projects in GSoC 2016

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Mon, 20/06/2016 - 17:02

This year a significant number of students are working on RTC-related projects as part of Google Summer of Code, under the umbrella of the Debian Project. You may have already encountered some of them blogging on Planet or participating in mailing lists and IRC.

Working to pass GSoC

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Wed, 08/06/2016 - 19:11

GSoC students have officially been coding since 23 May (about 2.5 weeks) and are almost half-way to the mid-summer evaluation (20 - 27 June). Students who haven't completed some meaningful work before that deadline don't receive payment and in such a large program, there is no possibility to give students extensions or let them try and catch up later.

Every project and every student are different, some are still getting to know their environment while others have already done enough to pass the mid-summer evaluation.

PostBooks, PostgreSQL and pgDay.ch talk

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Mon, 23/05/2016 - 19:35

PostBooks 4.9.5 was recently released and the packages for Debian (including jessie-backports), Ubuntu and Fedora have been updated.

Postbooks at pgDay.ch in Rapperswil, Switzerland

pgDay.ch is coming on Friday, 24 June. It is at the HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil, at the eastern end of Lake Zurich.

LinuxWochen, MiniDebConf Vienna and Linux Presentation Day

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Sun, 24/04/2016 - 08:23

Over the coming week, there are a vast number of free software events taking place around the world.

I'll be at the LinuxWochen Vienna and MiniDebConf Vienna, the events run over four days from Thursday, 28 April to Sunday, 1 May.

With Facebook, everybody can betray Jesus

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Fri, 25/03/2016 - 18:43

It's Easter time again and many of those who are Christian will be familiar with the story of the Last Supper and the subsequent betrayal of Jesus by his friend Judas.

GSoC 2016 opportunities for Voice, Video and Chat Communication

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Wed, 23/03/2016 - 04:55

I've advertised a GSoC project under Debian for improving voice, video and chat communication with free software.

FOSSASIA 2016 at the Science Centre Singapore

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Fri, 18/03/2016 - 08:37

FOSSASIA 2016 is now under way. Debian, Red Hat and Ring (Savoir-Faire Linux) teams are situated beside each other in the exhibit area.

Thanks to Hong Phuc from the FOSSASIA team for helping produce these new Debian banners

Google Summer of Code opportunities for ham radio and SDR

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Sat, 12/03/2016 - 21:39

I've started preparing some ideas for Google Summer of Code projects I'd be willing to help mentor this year and one of them is for ham radio, with a focus on software defined radio (SDR).

Can you help?

If you can help as a co-mentor or simply help refer students for this project please get in touch with me.

Machine Learning for Hackers with Debian and Ubuntu

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Fri, 04/03/2016 - 18:01

Data Science and Machine Learning are hot topics at the moment. Many people are considering how to extend their skills into these areas and many solutions have appeared, including full online degrees, free online courses combined with free software and for those who prefer hard copy, a staggering choice of books on the topic.

FOSSASIA 2016, pgDay Asia 2016 and MiniDebConf Singapore

Submitted by Daniel.Pocock on Tue, 16/02/2016 - 17:39

The FOSSASIA 2016 conference is taking place next month, 18-20 March at the Science Centre Singapore. The FOSSASIA community has also offered to host a MiniDebConf Singapore 2016 and pgDay Asia 2016. With sufficient interest from volunteers and participants, these events could do a lot to raise the profile of free software in the region.

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