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==TLDR==
I am a creative engineer who brings out the best in people.


==About==
==About==
I am a cybersecurity enthusiast with keen interests in networking, cloud computing, DevOps, and operating systems. I am currently in the final year of my bachelor's degree with computer science as a major specialization and cybersecurity as a minor specialization. I have over five years of experience in using GNU/Linux systems and have made contributions to Fedora made in applications, infrastructure, classrooms, QnA, and documentation so far.
I have been a GNU/Linux enthusiast since my early college days with keen interests in networking, cloud computing, self-hosting and operating systems. Having been diagnosed with an acute distro-hopping syndrome, I have tried a multitude of GNU/Linux distributions before settling for Fedora Workstation (and never moving away since). The use of leading edge technologies, distribution as quick point releases and the support by a friendly diverse collective of users and contributors made me want to give back in a way that helps the community grow substantially. Being a proponent for free and open-source software, I advocate for equitable and inclusive participation in the projects that I help develop and maintain.
 
==Contribution==
I have had the opportunity to work full-time on free and open-source software, when I joined the Red Hat's Community Platform Engineering team in 2021. Since then, I have been helping with developing/maintaining projects and monitoring/administrating services on Fedora Infrastructure and CentOS Infrastructure. I have also been leading the efforts on revamping the workflow of managing our websites and application as being the lead of the Fedora Websites and Apps Team and an objective representative in the Fedora Council. To help with the mentorship efforts, I have also been a general mentor twice and a technical mentor once for the Outreachy internships, and coordinated the community's participation in such programmes.


Apart from this, I like to get involved in
==Works==
* Developing cool application and service projects by '''[https://github.com/t0xic0der/ myself]'''
I have worked on and am actively contributing to the following areas.
* Leading the development of projects in the '''[https://github.com/astrosonic/ AstroSonic FOSS Community]'''
- Engineering
* Dampening the learning curve for people new to GNU/Linux
- Developing applications
* Teaching people about programming languages, development practices and DevOps
- Maintaining websites
* Using COPR to package my projects for RPM-based distributions
- Supporting infrastructure
* Tinkering around containerization technologies and internet-of-things project on Raspberry Pi
- Setting CI/CD pipelines
* Meeting new people and making bad jokes at '''[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-join/ Join SIG chat]'''
- Packaging softwares
* Answering technical questions on '''[https://www.quora.com/profile/Akashdeep-Dhar-1 Quora]'''
- Facilitating localization
* Resolving issues and queries on '''[https://ask.fedoraproject.org/u/t0xic0der/ AskFedora]'''
- Performing QA activities
- Mentoring interns/newbies
- Management
- Participating in governance
- Conducting classrooms
- Organizing multiple events
- Providing support on forums
- Writing articles and documentation
- Representing the community
- Guiding teams/SIGs
- Onboarding new contributors


==Why Fedora?==
==Authorship==
I am addicted to '''distro-hopping''' (a tendency to not settle for one distribution for long enough and constantly switch to try new features). On one of my distro-hopping endeavors, I was struck by the uniqueness of Fedora with how it embraced the leading edge technologies while being a friendly and conventional point-release based distribution. Since then, I enjoy my newfound home in Fedora Workstation (while occasionally switching back to Arch Linux because of the dependency paranoia)


==Availability==
===Fedora Magazine===
I am available in these places around the clock.
1. [https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-workstations-state-of-gaming/ Fedora Workstation State of Gaming - A Case Study of Control (2018)]
* #fedora-join
* #fedora-docs
* #fedora-badges
* '''[https://t.me/fedoraSummerCoding Fedora Summer Coding]'''
* '''[https://t.me/FedoraPackaging Fedora Packaging Community]'''
* Ask Fedora


== Packages==
===Community Blog===
* '''[https://github.com/t0xic0der/nvidia-auto-installer-for-fedora nvidia-auto-installer-for-fedora]''' - A CLI tool which lets you install proprietary NVIDIA drivers and much more easily on Fedora 32 and above (COPR)
1. [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-websites-and-apps-objective-revamp-update-april-2022/ Fedora Websites and Apps Objective Revamp Update: April 2022]
* '''[http://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/t0xic0der/supervisor/ supervisor]''' - An intuitive remotely-accessible system performance monitoring and task management tool for servers and headless Raspberry Pi setups.
2. [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/cpe-weekly-update-week-of-october-25th-29th/ CPE Weekly Update – Week of October 25th – 29th]
3. [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/call-for-projects-and-mentors-for-outreachy-december-march-cohort/ Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy December-March Cohort]
4. [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/proposed-objective-fedora-websites-apps-community-revamp/ Proposed Objective: Fedora Websites & Apps Community Revamp]
5. [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/join-fedoras-hacktoberfest-event/ Join Fedora’s Hacktoberfest event]

Revision as of 17:09, 9 June 2022

Akashdeep Dhar
Akashdeep Dhar
Personal Information
Birthday: December 12
Home: Pune, India
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: t0xic0der
Fedora-Mail: t0xic0der@fedoraproject.org
Miscellaneous Information
Private Mail: akashdeep DOT dhar AT gmail DOT com
GPG-Key: {{{gpg}}}
IRC: t0xic0der on Libera.chat in
#fedora-join, #fedora-docs
Badges (81)
Mugshot I Voted: Fedora 33 It's a Cake Thing Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Museum Visitor Embryo Lets have a party Fedora 36 I Voted: Fedora 36 Community Survey Taker 2022 Community Messenger II Community Messenger III Top 500 Tadpole CentOS Connect 2023 Attendee I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2023 Flock 2023 Attendee Ghost Tour Fedora Appreciation Week 2023 CentOS Connect 2024 Attendee Baby Badger I Voted: Fedora 32 Junior Editor Let Me Introduce Myself Junior Badger (Badger I) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Speak Up! Egg Learning from Sensei Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Nest Attendee 2021 Community Messenger I I Voted: Fedora 35 Rockin' & Rollin' Fedora Mentor Summit 2022 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Council Member No Longer a Ronin Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Let's have a party (Fedora 38) Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) FOSDEM 2024 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Sensei FOSDEM 2021 Attendee It still works! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Black and White (Cookie III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Lets have a party Fedora 34 Badge Off! Secretary General In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Science (Kernel Tester I) Lets have a party Fedora 35 Extra!  Extra! Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II) Lets have a party Fedora 37 Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) I voted: Fedora 37 FOSDEM 2023 Attendee Objective Completed Corporate Drone Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Maestro I voted: Fedora 39 Catching the Bull (Tester IV)
 


TLDR

I am a creative engineer who brings out the best in people.

About

I have been a GNU/Linux enthusiast since my early college days with keen interests in networking, cloud computing, self-hosting and operating systems. Having been diagnosed with an acute distro-hopping syndrome, I have tried a multitude of GNU/Linux distributions before settling for Fedora Workstation (and never moving away since). The use of leading edge technologies, distribution as quick point releases and the support by a friendly diverse collective of users and contributors made me want to give back in a way that helps the community grow substantially. Being a proponent for free and open-source software, I advocate for equitable and inclusive participation in the projects that I help develop and maintain.

Contribution

I have had the opportunity to work full-time on free and open-source software, when I joined the Red Hat's Community Platform Engineering team in 2021. Since then, I have been helping with developing/maintaining projects and monitoring/administrating services on Fedora Infrastructure and CentOS Infrastructure. I have also been leading the efforts on revamping the workflow of managing our websites and application as being the lead of the Fedora Websites and Apps Team and an objective representative in the Fedora Council. To help with the mentorship efforts, I have also been a general mentor twice and a technical mentor once for the Outreachy internships, and coordinated the community's participation in such programmes.

Works

I have worked on and am actively contributing to the following areas. - Engineering - Developing applications - Maintaining websites - Supporting infrastructure - Setting CI/CD pipelines - Packaging softwares - Facilitating localization - Performing QA activities - Mentoring interns/newbies - Management - Participating in governance - Conducting classrooms - Organizing multiple events - Providing support on forums - Writing articles and documentation - Representing the community - Guiding teams/SIGs - Onboarding new contributors

Authorship

Fedora Magazine

1. Fedora Workstation State of Gaming - A Case Study of Control (2018)

Community Blog

1. Fedora Websites and Apps Objective Revamp Update: April 2022 2. CPE Weekly Update – Week of October 25th – 29th 3. Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy December-March Cohort 4. Proposed Objective: Fedora Websites & Apps Community Revamp 5. Join Fedora’s Hacktoberfest event