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Calling Mentors for Google Code-in 2019

What’s GCI?

Google Code-in (GCI) is an annual programming competition hosted by Google Inc. that allows pre-university students to complete tasks specified by various, partnering open source organizations. The contest was originally the Google Highly Open Participation Contest, but in 2010, the format was modified into its current state. Students that complete tasks win certificates and T-shirts. Each organization also selects two grand prize award winners who will earn a trip to Google’s Headquarters located in Mountain View, California.

Contribute at the Fedora IoT Edition Test Day

September 30, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora before, this is a perfect way to get started. On Wednesday, October 2, we’ll test Fedora IoT.

Contribute at the Fedora Test Week for kernel 5.3

September 27, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

The kernel team is working on final integration for kernel 5.3. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora. As a result, the Fedora kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Monday, September 30, 2019 through Monday, October 7, 2019. Refer to the wiki page for links to the test images you’ll need to participate. Read below for details.

Fedora 31 Modularity Test Day 2019-09-27

September 26, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

Friday, 2019-09-27 is the Fedora 31 Modularity Test Day!
We need your help to test if everything runs smoothly.

Fedora 31: Let’s have an awesome release party!

September 24, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

Fedora 31 will be released soon. It’s time to start planing activities around the release.

The most common activity to do is organize release parties. A release party is also a great way for other contributors in the community to get involved with advocacy in their local regions. Learn how to organize a release party and get a badge for it in this article.

Fedora 31 Upgrade Test Day 2019-09-23

September 19, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

Monday 2019-09-23, is the Fedora 31 Upgrade Test Day! As part of preparing for the final release of Fedora 31, we need your help to test if everything runs smoothly!

Fedora 31 Gnome Test Day 2019-09-18

September 16, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

Wednesday, 2019-09-18 is the Fedora 31 Gnome Test Day! As part of changes Gnome 3.34 in Fedora 31, we need your help to test if everything runs smoothly!

Test Days: Internationalization (i18n) features for Fedora 31

September 5, 2019 / sumantrom / 0 Comments

All next week, we will be testing internationalization (i18n) features in Fedora 31. Those are as follows:

Langpacks-core — This allows more flexibility for users who want to do custom installations/Spins, or starting from minimal images/installs. They will be able to add basic i18n support for one or more specific language in a predictable standard way without pulling in additional langpacks for translations and extra fonts which may not be required for each added languages.
IBus 1.5.21 — IBus 1.5.21 will extend the current compose typing.
- IBus will extend the compose key sequences less than 255 characters
- IBus will extend the compose outputs more equal than one characters.
VariableNotoFonts — This Change aims to change the priority in Google Noto to make Variable Fonts higher than non-Variable Fonts.

Contribute at the Fedora Test Week for kernel 5.2

July 18, 2019 / sumantrom / Comments Off

The kernel team is working on final integration for kernel 5.2. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora. This version has many security fixes included. As a result, the Fedora kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Monday, July 22, 2019 through Monday, July 29, 2019. Refer to the wiki page for links to the test images you’ll need to participate. Read below for details.

How does a test week work?

A test day/week is an event where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed before, this is a perfect way to get started.

To contribute, you only need to be able to do the following things:

Download test materials, which include some large files
Read and follow directions step by step

The wiki page for the kernel test day has a lot of good information on what and how to test. After you’ve done some testing, you can log your results in the test day web application. If you’re available on or around the day of the event, please do some testing and report your results.

Happy testing, and we hope to see you on test day.

Mindshare Election: Interview with Sumantro Mukherjee (sumantrom)

June 5, 2019 / sumantrom / Comments Off

This is a part of the Mindshare Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts on Thursday, 6 June and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Thursday, 20 June 2019.

Interview with Sumantro Mukherjee

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IRC: sumantro (found in #fedora-qa #fedora-test-day #fedora-classroom #fedora-india #fedora-meeting #fedora-modularity #fedora-kernel #fedora-mindshare)
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