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= Elbrus =
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I'm Paul Gevers, a physics PhD student at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. I have been using Debian and later Ubuntu for some 10 years now and decided that I should contribute to the open source community. Unfortunately I have no advanced programming skills, but I have seen quite some languages. I'm Paul Gevers, a Development Engineer at ASML. I have been using Debian and later Ubuntu for some 10 years now and decided that I should contribute to the open source community.
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WinFF - video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/172804|LP: 172804]], [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485481|Debian: 485481]] (entered NEW) ) '''[[http://packages.ubuntu.com/winff|WinFF]]''' - video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg
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 * [[http://winff.org/|WinFF website]]
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KSquirrel - image-viewer ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/107228|LP: 107228]]) '''[[http://packages.ubuntu.com/daisy-player|daisy-player]]''' - player for DAISY Digital Talking Books
 * daisy-player is written by a blind person (Jos Lemmens) for "reading" digital talking books.
 * [[http://web.inter.nl.net/users/lemmensj/|Jos Lemmens' website]]

'''[[http://packages.ubuntu.com/nedit|NEdit]]''' - powerful, customizable, Motif based text editor (adopted [[http://bugs.debian.org/499316|Debian: 499316]])
 * NEdit is a multi-purpose text editor for the X Window System, which combines a standard, easy to use, graphical user interface with the thorough functionality and stability required by users who edit text eight hours a day. It provides intensive support for development in a wide variety of languages, text processors, and other tools, but at the same time can be used productively by just about anyone who needs to edit text. Users of Macintosh and MS Windows based text editors will find NEdit a familiar and comfortable environment.
 * [[http://nedit.org/|NEdit website]]

'''[[http://packages.ubuntu.com/lesstif2|lesstif]]''' - OSF/Motif 2.1 implementation released under LGPL (co-maintainer)
 * Runtime shared libraries for Lesstif, the Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif 2.1.
 * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/lesstif//|Lesstif website]]

And I struggled some with:

'''MiKTeX package manager''', but I gave up on that for the moment. ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/111263|LP:111263]], [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481606|Debian:481606]] & [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481607|481607]])

'''KSquirrel''' - image-viewer ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/107228|LP: 107228]])
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And I struggled some with MiKTeX package manager, but I gave up on that for the moment. ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/111263|LP:111263]], [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481606|Debian:481606]] & [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481607|481607]])

= Bug Squat =
= Bug Squad =
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I am trying to find bugs where I can help but up to now I find it difficult to find anything. I am a little hesitant to change things. I am running through the some bugs once in a while and try to triage. Especially those related to fpc, lazarus, ffmpeg and my own packages.
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As my native language is Dutch I plan on helping with the translations.  As my native language is Dutch I am helping with the translations (via [[https://dutch.debian.net/|Dutch-debian]]).

About me


I'm Paul Gevers, a Development Engineer at ASML. I have been using Debian and later Ubuntu for some 10 years now and decided that I should contribute to the open source community.

Packages


WinFF - video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg

  • This is a GUI written in Free Pascal that uses the power of ffmpeg to convert video files into other formats. It comes with several presets to take get the best out of the format.
  • WinFF website

daisy-player - player for DAISY Digital Talking Books

  • daisy-player is written by a blind person (Jos Lemmens) for "reading" digital talking books.
  • Jos Lemmens' website

NEdit - powerful, customizable, Motif based text editor (adopted Debian: 499316)

  • NEdit is a multi-purpose text editor for the X Window System, which combines a standard, easy to use, graphical user interface with the thorough functionality and stability required by users who edit text eight hours a day. It provides intensive support for development in a wide variety of languages, text processors, and other tools, but at the same time can be used productively by just about anyone who needs to edit text. Users of Macintosh and MS Windows based text editors will find NEdit a familiar and comfortable environment.
  • NEdit website

lesstif - OSF/Motif 2.1 implementation released under LGPL (co-maintainer)

  • Runtime shared libraries for Lesstif, the Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif 2.1.
  • Lesstif website

And I struggled some with:

MiKTeX package manager, but I gave up on that for the moment. (LP:111263, Debian:481606 & 481607)

KSquirrel - image-viewer (LP: 107228)

  • KSquirrel is an image viewer for KDE with disk navigator, file tree, multiple directory view, thumbnails, extended thumbnails, dynamic format support, DCOP interface, KEXIF and KIPI plugins support.

Bug Squad


I am running through the some bugs once in a while and try to triage. Especially those related to fpc, lazarus, ffmpeg and my own packages.

Translations


As my native language is Dutch I am helping with the translations (via Dutch-debian).

Elbrus (last edited 2013-02-06 21:29:16 by ip5454df82)