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I think it’s time to renew and breath new life into our Freemedia Project, and this can be an good opportunity to help out our users, who are unavailable to obtain one of our media. Here at Hungary there are some people also, who has only a limited bandwith mobile access for the internet, so I have decided to help out FrancisoD – and made the hungarian version of the Freemedia Mailer template, and offered the testing if necessary….

Oh, you don’t know what is the Freemedia mailer template? Well, basically this is nothing more than an software and an printable envelope, that could protect an disc, and you are able to send with it (y)our media without any further packaging. The software [1] is targeted to fill out the template with your FAS data automagically (yes, similarly as our business card applet), and finishes with an ready to print template. FranciscoD has already made huge steps ahead with the software that creates this template [2], and the initial form looks awesome (that also proofs that we have awesome designers, thx design team!). Btw – I printed out samples, and it fits amazingly – even with sleeve. Take a look over here:

After I’m an translator – I would like to take the task to get more translation for this template, and merge it – it really everybody deserves to have one Fedora disc nearby – and the ambassadors will get one more tool to support our users out there. There are not much to translate, and takes only 10 minutes, but it makes already easier to make versatile tests, and support more of our users. So, if you want to support us – please look for me, and I will return to you the text parts that need to be translated.

[1] http://ankursinha.fedorapeople.org/fedora-freemedia-tool/

[2] http://ankursinha.fedorapeople.org/fedora-freemedia-tool/fedora-freemedia-tool-0.2-1.fc16.x86_64.rpm

Dear Fedorians!

The Insight team is looking for help, aid, we would like to grab more people for the development of the project called Fedora Insight[1].
But what is that Insight? Those who don’t know this project here is an short description:

Fedora Insight is a Drupal-based website that serves as a place to publish and share news, articles related to Fedora and Fedora marketing materials in various formats. Insight makes it easy for users, developers, and journalists — people who aren’t yet a part of the Fedora contributor community — to keep up with recent highlights without following a dozen different blogs and mailing lists.

We believe you can help us in Insight development. Currently we are looking for the following people:

1. Theme creator

Knows the combination of HTML, CSS and a little bit of PHP. To this you need only some Drupal theme docs [2][3] and you could successfully contribute, to be available an Drupal 7 theme for Insight. If you are interested, you’ll find our wiki [3] how can you make contact with us, and where you could find the Drupal theme (sample) files.

2. PHP (+Drupal) developer

If you know PHP, but would like to learn Drupal either, then you’re our perfect candidate.
Currently we have an actively maintained FAS auth module [4] for Drupal 6, what we would like to update to Drupal 7. Also we could provide an documentation [5] for this, what is available on drupal.org. We use the Feature module, what makes easy the development flow. More about this – check at [6] here.

3. Testers, Use case testers

It’s important, that we must test it out every piece of code, an we do it as we could. Sadly, sometimes some bugs are appearing when it’s unwanted, or it’s stays hidden, or we haven’t met. Therefore we appreciate anybody who could help to discover and report bugs. Tester can be anybody from the community, no need any special knowledge. We need also people who help to test out the mentioned FAS auth and Drupal 7 Mediawiki modules, the calendar module, and the site itself. All this can be done on our testing site [7]. But here pre-registration is required, because the FAS module has been temporarily disabled.

To be able help our work, please send an mail to our mailing list [8], with an short introduction that includes FAS, and the job that would like to help us. After this you’ll receive the necessary access rights, if the work needs that. (eg. like you would like to make an theme).

Also, you as a future important contributor of the project, we awaiting you – and everyone else online at Fudcon Blacksburg 2012, where we’ll put great emphasis to the calendar module [9], and we ask you to share any kind of idea, critics around it, or just contact with us through the IRC – at fedora-mktg channel. We gladly help your first steps.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight
[2] http://drupal.org/update/themes/6/7
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_work_on_the_Insight_theme
[4] http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=drupal6-authfas.git;a=summary
[5] http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7
[6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_development_using_Features_module
[7] https://insight02.dev.fedoraproject.org
[8] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/logistics
[9] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_use_cases_for_calendar

We would like to promote us at Hungary – to have an Fudcon at Budapest.

Our team true old wish to conquer new white spaces, and paint it again to blue. I know that the Hungarian team is still growing, but all three ambassadors are working hardly to grow this area, and around our country.

We have awesome circumstances, and an beautiful city that worthy to visit and hack at Fudcon. We are under preparation, and we awaiting here the hungarian drupal community, guys from Brno – and many-many others. Please vote for Budapest and ask for it!

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:EMEA_2012_Bid_Budapest

I have an good news to everybody – if somebody wants to visit Hungary – from now on should not stay at BUD if he/she wants to visit other regions inside Hungary. As it seems Malev, the main HU airline company has kept their promise, and everybody could directly book an filght and direct transfer to/from other cities (5 different regions of Hungary):

• DEB (Debrecen),
• QGY (it’s my city, Györ – whohooo!),
• MCQ (Miskolc),
• QPJ (Pécs),
• QZD (Szeged)

Also includes to the service that if you miss the plain, then they ensuring that you get an room in one of the Marriot hotels. So, how it’s works? Well, after you had booked the flight, they directly transferring between the target city and back to BUD airport too. No need to train, rent a car or anything – and the transfer is included to your air ticket (even for groups). Neat, right? Oh, one more thing: The same rules are accepted for the transfer as on the plain: you get food, drinks – and so on. Ah, yeah, and after take off you could move freely inside the cabin

I think if this will go smoothly, then is no more blocks to to bring/bind together Fedorians at Hungary.

Cheers,

Zoltan

“…or the world how small can be.” – as I could add this as sub-title for this blogpost. I know that I have not much time to blog – but after this Fedora Round Table BUD – was an truly awesome event – something has happen with me and I would like to share the story:

After my train hasn’t arrived in time, I had to buy an another ticket to Railjet that heads to my home city, Győr. But it seems, that was my fortune – because when I have stepped on the train, never expected that I’ll meet someone who want keep in touch and work with me. Here is how begun:
The man and his wife, came from Vienna to Hungary to visit some of their (business) friends (as I heard this from their english conversation) – and his wife asked in English help to type an reply sms in Hungarian back to their HU friends. It was really hard, because I never liked Blackberry, with my huge thick fingers always hated to type anything on shrinked tiny keyboard – and I have told this concern to the women.

“Oh, really? You don’t like Blackberry phones, then witch is your favourite? Mine is my iPhone, and my new iPad”…. Umm, well, my open source heart and soul has felt the pain, and I replied so:

“Indeed, the iPhone, and the iPad are nice devices – but I much more like sharing, open source hardwares, and softwares”. I think this was the point, where the man begun to pay attention to our talk – and joined to the conversation and asked me:

Man: “Really? Then what’s that I am using on my laptop?”
Me: “Well, of course an Linux operating system, called Fedora.”
Man: “Oh, I see – that’s why this text written on your blueish t-shirt: Fedora Ambassador, but what’s that Ambassador on it?”
Me: “We are the heart of our community, and keeping the contacts with contributors, with newbies, company CEO’s, and so on… we also fight for freedom.”
Man: “Really? That’s nice… Then I’m sure you have met with bunch of people already. Do you know the name Miguel de Icaza?”
Me: “Sure. The early Ximian and later Mono developer. Why are you asking?”
Man: “Because of he is my cousin. I’m just live here at Vienna, and lead my business. Let me introduce myself (handed over his hand to shake): my name is Ronan Le Bras from CTBTO, head of the International Datacenter Division from the International Centre Vienna.”
Me: “Unbelievable! That’s a surprise, nice to meet you!”
Man: “Do you have an business card?”
Me: “Of course.” – and we have exchanged the business cards….

After this we have begun to talk more deeply, passionately about linux, free softwares, and Red Hat as origin of Fedora, and he told me that he is also using in his business RH and Fedora sometimes either as client (but mostly as servers). I suggested to keep in contact, and if it’s possible – look for me if he want to meet with us, or need some help. Just in case I have given few freshly received F15 media too I have told about my job at Nokia, and he suggested that if I ever need help for arrange an meeting, just search him, and he will see what could I help for me (for us).

About an half an hour has passed quickly, but sadly I had to finish this conversation here, because the train has arrived to my home city. But we promised that we’ll keep the contact -
and I said farewell to them…

That was happened…. So, I think you could never know who sits down nearby to you, as on the internet – you never know who is on the opposite site of the line or inside the network…. I hold here his business card, and I hope that we will meet again. So it wasn’t a dream, and we have an another friend for Fedora. I think maybe we once again create such a great slogan, we should place FRIENDS to the first place. Without that we couldn’t create Freedom, Features, and every time – as First….

Hi Guys,

After all when I received earlier that tiny less than half kg package from Spain, never thought that machine how small can be. My Ben Nanonote just arrived in few weeks before, and I’m really happy with it. Why?

• It’s simple, tiny, and it has all the functions that the big ones have.
• Truly cheap, and I have received also an pouch, stickers, cleaning cloth, and USB cable in a box. Thx Tuxbrain S.L.
• Tiny hacking station in your pocket (whenever I have lust, I could do anything)
• The “oooh” factor is big: No one believes that is an serious device, until I turn on with different UI’s, what plays movies with bare 300 Mhz

…. and more.

Why am I purchased this thing? Because I see the versatility inside of this device, and I would like to hack on it and turn into an almost new device. I have connected to the Sharism community, and want to see an running mobile Fedora on this…. including with an dock, and a bit few redesigns.

My first thing was to begun the translation of the manual, and added few experiences to it after usage, and possibilities – hopefully it will be accepted later on. As I see I will need someone who could do for me with his RepRap 3D printer the redesigned covers – but this is long term plans. Finally I see the possibility to have an totally copyleft pc in my pocket that usable to many things.

Here we go, the long time awaited, and wished cheatcubes has been arrived.

I have awaited an huge, really heavy package because estimatedly 15 kg was predicted to me. So when I received the phone, that they are coming with my delivery, I just hoped that I don’t need an trolley. I report that mailman was XXL guy, and strong like an elephant, so no trolley was needed

Let’s see: the package – (counted, just for sure) 500 pcs all together from each type – english and german. 4 x 250 pcs/packages, perfectly made, cutted to form. All you need to do is glue it together (sorry two-side envelope tape for this boxes can be expensive, so a little bit DIY is needed – also it’s easier to deliver bigger amount – perhaps at next incoming amount will be made so). Folding will be not a problem, because I have asked for eased folding possbility, so where it needs to be folded – it has a spline, and you could DIY without torn in/out the cube parts. I have to mention also that all the cubes has protective film on surface, that makes shiny on the boxes, and so scratch will not harm them. After long time, we have to do is share the basic commands, and gather more and more contributors…

I think we have to talk about sharing, so if anybody needs for the upcoming events, please drop me an mail. I have already spoken with Kital, and possibly he will help me to share both types.

I would like to thank you the support from Famsco, and everybody who has helped me to make it real this package of cheatcubes.

See you guys,

Zoltan

PS: I would like to make also some stickers, usually ones – and special ones too for the keyboard later on if my time allows. But, will see.

Never was bigger hope before, that the small community can hold an release party for our newest proud release – Fedora 15 Lovelock. I have made to call together all the Fedora users, and gain more acquainted, and introduce our newest (under mentoring by Pierros) ambassador Gergely Rakosi. First we didn’t expected many people just around 10, but at the end we closed the event with success: almost 16 people has attended. We have also created new swags for our users, like a fedora mug, and micepad – and even given out few new and several old discs either. And no release party is fully complete without an huge Fedora cake But here are the pictures.

And here is more:

It was fine event, and we meet again at July – to make an strong heartbeat.

Guys, girls we are here, and we are prepared!

Hi Guys and Girls,

It was a long time again that I have written an blog post, but after survived my ISP change, and the base supporting site regained some health to it’s DB, I’m back again to the keyboard to tell the changes – what things are happening lately.

To this year I have decided to gather the hungarian Fedora fellows under one event, and I have begun to collect the still answering addresses, and get counted the active ones. I happily could report that the Hungarian Fedora community is healthy, and to be creative – and lately I have only one, single dead mailing address. The member counter stands on 15 people, witch is significantly more then the last year, but some members are not included in FAS system – but I try to suggest to them to be included. Most of us are working on translation, due that our beloved mother language is the blocking barrier between the international communities and us. Yes, still problem to find good, active, english capable contributors, but as I feel there are members who can – but I have to find the way to them, in a very heavily fragmented Hungarian community. However, right now we have an bunch of members who are actively working together with us in another SIGs, like Peter Borsa, who is signed in Fedora Insight, and he is an pro drupal developer. But we have also serious security developers and testers; like Peter Czanik, or FreeIPA developer Gyula Sipeki, or an active C++ hacker Adam Banoczki (very talented, very young programmer) – but there are more, but needs time to melt together community pieces. Also, I gladly report that one more ambassador is preparing from our community – he is living nearby to BUD, and he currently under mentoring process by Pierros Papadeas. With him together are also preparing two complete FAD and also an release party for F15 at BUD.

Furthermore, we inside the team preparing an bigger conference – last year was called as V-Day – because mainly has focused to virtualisation, but this year will be complemented with other themes, and I would like to call anybody if has interest – and I will update in details. Furthermore, we are also gathering several companies, and building up new contacts. By the way, still hard to find the right and correct way to open source, licensing, and right contacts who are able to move forward freedom with us together. Yes, life of the Ambassadors never was easy. But we have huge belief front of the Gates of Freedom.

I’m really prepared to everything. We have 2 talks, and over 400 people are officially registered – and it seems that we’ll have an awesome event. 4 workshops, tons of extra talks until 18-19:00. So, it will be loooong day. I have prepared the booth stuff, and I hope Robert – my ambassador escort – also prepared to long driving to the event place. We’ll try to do our best.

Pictures coming later!

Cu

Zoltan