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= Fabian A. Scherschel =
{{User:Cassmodiah/Infobox2
 
|REAL-NAME= Fabian A. Scherschel
 
|birthday= August 20, 1983
[[File:fabsh.png|160px]]
|HOME= Bonn, Germany
 
|image= Fabsh.png
 
|FAS-NAME= fabsh
== Contact Info ==
|pmail= fab@sixgun.org
 
|gpg=
*'''StatusNet:''' [http://identi.ca/fabsh http://identi.ca/fabsh]
|homepage= sixgun.org
*'''Email:''' fabsh at lamerk dot org
|jabber=  
*'''IRC: fabsh''' (always in ''#linuxoutlaws'' on freenode)
|twitter= fabsh
*'''Location:''' Bonn, Germany (GMT +1/+2)
|identi.ca= fabsh
*'''Homepage:''' [http://lamerk.org lamerk.org]
|irc-nick= fabsh
*'''Blog:''' [http://srcview.org srcview.org]
|irc-channels= #fedora-design #fedora-bugzappers #linuxoutlaws #sixgun #sflc
*'''Podcast:''' [http://linuxoutlaws.com linuxoutlaws.com]
}}
 
== About Fab ==
== About Fab ==


Fabian (just call him "Fab", that's easier for everyone) is currently a university student living in [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.735&lon=7.105&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF Bonn, Germany] and working part-time as tech support for a medium-sized ISP there. Fab has been using Linux since the summer of 2006 (at first mostly Ubuntu, he switched to Fedora on his main machine at the end of 2009) and has been co-producing and hosting the now pretty popular [http://linuxoutlaws.com Linux Outlaws] podcast since September 2007. He is also a co-organiser of the [http://oggcamp.org OggCamp] free software and free culture barcamp. Fab was born in [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.434&lon=6.75&zoom=10&layers=B000FTF Duisburg, Germany] and now lives together with his longterm-girlfriend in Bonn. Fab is an ardent supporter of the '''Pittsburgh Penguins''', has been a devoted '''Bruce Springsteen''' fan since he was six and enjoys tinkering with technology a lot. Favourite TV shows include '''Firefly''', '''Battlestar Galactica''', '''Babylon 5''' and '''Lost'''. He has also been known to watch '''Grey's Anatomy''' and '''Flight of the Conchords'''. Fab is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browncoat Browncoat].
Fabian (just call him "Fab", that's easier for everyone) is currently a university student living in [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.735&lon=7.105&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF Bonn, Germany] and working part-time as tech support for a medium-sized ISP there. Fab has been using Linux since the summer of 2006 (at first mostly Ubuntu, he switched to Fedora on his main machine at the end of 2009) and has been co-producing and hosting the now pretty popular [http://linuxoutlaws.com Linux Outlaws] podcast since September 2007. He is also a co-organiser of the [http://oggcamp.org OggCamp] free software and free culture barcamp. Fab was born in [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.434&lon=6.75&zoom=10&layers=B000FTF Duisburg, Germany] and now lives together with his longterm-girlfriend in Bonn. Fab is an ardent supporter of the '''Pittsburgh Penguins''', has been a devoted '''Bruce Springsteen''' fan since he was six and enjoys tinkering with technology a lot. Favourite TV shows include '''Firefly''', '''Battlestar Galactica''', '''Babylon 5''' and '''Lost'''. He has also been known to watch '''Grey's Anatomy''' and '''Flight of the Conchords'''. Fab is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browncoat Browncoat].


Fab has mostly been involved in Fedora by reporting and helping to triage bugs. Recently he has joined the Art Team mailing list and is looking to contribute to design work as well.
== Skill Areas ==
 
* Visual design, layout
== Hardware ==
* Research, copywriting, marketing
* Webdesign, web-programming (especially Django)
* Rudimentary programming skills in HTML/CSS, Ruby, Python and bash


Fab runs Linux on the following devices:
== Involvement in Fedora ==
* Member of the [[Design Team]]
* Occasional bug reporting, triaging and testing


* [http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_f3370e37-9d8a-4165-9ea3-dae4fa2972f7 ''Serenity''] (Lenovo ThinkPad X301) - main laptop and workstation
=== Currently working on ===
* ''Blue Sun'' (Dell XPS 210) - mythbox and file-server
* [[F14 Artwork Supplemental Wallpapers Submissions | Supplemental wallpapers for F14]]
* ''Mule'' (Asus EeePC 901) - alternate machine
* [[F14 Artwork Theme Concepts | F14 Artwork Concepts]]
* ''Shiny'' (Motorola Milestone/Droid) - mobile phone


My servers (also running Linux, of course):
=== Past involvements ===
* [[F13 Artwork]]


* ''Roland'' (Linode VPS) - runs [http://linuxoutlaws.com linuxoutlaws.com] and [http://oggcamp.org oggcamp.org]
== Other Projects ==
* [http://sixgun.org/wiki/ponyexpress/ Pony Express], a free software podcatching application for Android
* [http://linuxoutlaws.com Linux Outlaws], a weekly podcast about Linux and F/OSS
* [http://oggcamp.org OggCamp], a social media and free software unconference

Latest revision as of 11:09, 21 July 2010

Fabian A. Scherschel
Fabian A. Scherschel
Personal Information
Birthday: August 20, 1983
Home: Bonn, Germany
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: fabsh
Fedora-Mail: fabsh@fedoraproject.org
Miscellaneous Information
Private Mail: fab@sixgun.org
GPG-Key: [1]
IRC: fabsh on Libera.chat in
#fedora-design #fedora-bugzappers #linuxoutlaws #sixgun #sflc
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About Fab

Fabian (just call him "Fab", that's easier for everyone) is currently a university student living in Bonn, Germany and working part-time as tech support for a medium-sized ISP there. Fab has been using Linux since the summer of 2006 (at first mostly Ubuntu, he switched to Fedora on his main machine at the end of 2009) and has been co-producing and hosting the now pretty popular Linux Outlaws podcast since September 2007. He is also a co-organiser of the OggCamp free software and free culture barcamp. Fab was born in Duisburg, Germany and now lives together with his longterm-girlfriend in Bonn. Fab is an ardent supporter of the Pittsburgh Penguins, has been a devoted Bruce Springsteen fan since he was six and enjoys tinkering with technology a lot. Favourite TV shows include Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5 and Lost. He has also been known to watch Grey's Anatomy and Flight of the Conchords. Fab is a Browncoat.

Skill Areas

  • Visual design, layout
  • Research, copywriting, marketing
  • Webdesign, web-programming (especially Django)
  • Rudimentary programming skills in HTML/CSS, Ruby, Python and bash

Involvement in Fedora

  • Member of the Design Team
  • Occasional bug reporting, triaging and testing

Currently working on

Past involvements

Other Projects

  • Pony Express, a free software podcatching application for Android
  • Linux Outlaws, a weekly podcast about Linux and F/OSS
  • OggCamp, a social media and free software unconference