Last days for the DebConf13 matching fund!
On Fri 26 April 2013 with tags debconf13Written by Brian Gupta
As part of the DebConf13 fundraising efforts, Brandorr Group is funding a matching initiative for DebConf13, which will be in place for 4 more days (through April 30th).
You can donate here!
Please consider donating $100, or even $5 or any amount in between, as we can use all the help we can get to reach our fundraising target. The rules are simple:
- for each dollar donated by an individual to DebConf13 though this mechanism, Brandorr Group will donate another dollar;
- individual donations will be matched only up to 100USD each;
- only donations in USD will be matched;
- Brandorr Group will match the donated funds up to a maximum total of 5000 USD.
This generous offer will only stay in place through the end of April 30th.
Please act quickly, and help spread the world!
Neil McGovern, on behalf of the Debian Release Team, announced the target date of the weekend of 4th/5th May for the release of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy".
Now it's time to organize some Wheezy release parties to celebrate the event and show all your Debian love!
DPL election is over, congratulations Lucas Nussbaum!
On Sun 14 April 2013 with tags dplWritten by Ana Guerrero
The Debian Project Leader election has concluded and the winner is Lucas Nussbaum. Of a total of 988 developers, 390 developers voted using the Condorcet method.
More information about the result is available in the Debian Project Leader Elections 2013 page.
The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th and expire on April 17th 2014.
Call for participants in Debian for the Google Summer of Code
On Tue 09 April 2013 with tags announce gsocWritten by Nicolas Dandrimont
The Google Summer of Code is a program that allows post-secondary students aged 18 and older to earn a stipend writing code for Free and Open Source Software projects during the summer.
For the eighth time, Debian has just been accepted as a mentoring organization for this year's program. If you're an eligible student, now is the time to take a look at our project ideas list, engage with the mentors for the projects you find interesting, and start working on your application! Please read the FAQ and the Program Timeline on Google's website.
If you are interested, we encourage you to come and chat with us on irc (#debian-soc on irc.oftc.net), or to send an email to the SoC coordination mailing-list. Most of the GSoC related information in Debian can be found on our wiki pages, but feel free to ask us directly on irc or via email.
We're looking forward to work with amazing students again this summer!
Debian joins Free & Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women
On Mon 08 April 2013 with tags gsoc gnome OPW announce development diversity software code projects womenWritten by Ana Guerrero
The GNOME Foundation started the Free & Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women, OPW, in 2010. In the January-April 2013 round, many other FOSS organizations joined the program. We are happy to announce that Debian will also join in the next round from June-September and we'll offer one internship.
You can find more details about Debian's participation in the program at Debian OPW page.
Call for mentors and projects
OPW allows applicants to work on any kind of project, including coding, design, marketing, web development... The Debian Google Summer of Code projects will be offered also as possible projects for OPW, but GSoC only allows coding projects. If you have any idea of a non-coding project and you want to mentor it, please contact us in the soc-coordination mailing list adding [OPW] in subject.
OPW works in the same way as GSoC except Google doesn't play a part here. The same advice that is provided for GSoC mentors works for OPW mentors.
Call for participants
The main goal of this program is to increase the number of women in FOSS, so all women who are not yet a Debian Developer or a Debian Maintainer are encouraged to apply. There are no age restrictions and applicants don't need to be a student.
If you want to apply, you must follow three steps:
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Choose a project from this list. There are two lists, one for GSoC and another with non-coding tasks that can be only offered by the OPW. Those lists may change and add or remove more projects in the next few weeks.
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Make a small contribution to Debian. Projects will add a task the applicant must complete as part of the pre-selection process. If no task is provided, you are welcome to ask the mentors of the project. You can also make a different extra task of the one listed to show your skills and interest.
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Create a page in the Debian wiki with your application. You can do so under pseudonym, but in that case, please give us information about yourself privately by email to the coordinators listed in the Debian OPW page!