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Ahmed Sghaier

  • Full Name : Ahmed Sghaier
  • Nickname : Neo31
  • Email : AHMED at SGHAIER dot com
  • Personal web site : http://ahmed.sghaier.com/

  • IRC : Neo31 at irc.freenode.net (available on ##Neo31 and #Ubuntu-TN )
  • Launchpad profile : https://launchpad.net/~neo31

  • VoIP : Neo31 at ekiga dot net

About Me

My name is Ahmed Sghaier, also known as Neo31. I am a Tunisian technology enthousiast who followed a Master's degree in Network Security and Services as well as a Software Engineering degree. And currently seeking a good Ph.D opportunity.

I have heard about a Tunisian community in fall 2008 and I started following the community since then.
My first contribution was in Software Freedom Day 2009 where I had my first contact with the awesome Tunisian members. And since my journey with Ubuntu-TN have started and I learned a lot about Ubuntu, FOSS and the community.
I have been approved as a FreedomFighter member of Ubuntu-TN community in 2010 and joined the management comity board in 2011.

I also got inspired along with Anis El-Acheche in 2009 to start the first FOSS club in our university.

Personal Linux Experience

I have first tried GNU/Linux in 2002 (Knoppix, Live Suse, Fedora Core and Mandrake 8), than it has become my primary operating system since fall 2005 as Mandriva and Fedora 7 came out.

At the same time, I have experienced with my first Ubuntu distribution and I have become interested in the distribution as I became more involved with Ubuntu-TN community in the beginning of 2009.

As my knowledge about GNU, FOSS and Linux have grown, I have tested many Linux distributions along with some BSD and UNIX distributions.
But currently, I am still loyal to Fedora and Ubuntu as my main PC distributions.

Contributions

TODO : summary of contributions

Events : Conferences, workshops, install parties and others

TODO : description of this section, how it is presented and a summary of important notes

2013

  • Ubuntu Global Jam 13.03 (three days)

    - Opening of the event and presenting Ubuntu Global Jam and the different activities to new members

    - Packaging Trainer

    - Packaging contributor

  • Ubuntu and free software day at Science Palace of Monastir 13.05 - Conferences day and install party of Ubuntu and FLOSS

    - Ubuntu and FLOSS conference

    - Discussion with the public about Ubuntu and FLOSS, answering questions and encouraging the public to convert to Ubuntu and FLOSS

    - Helping the main organisers of the event, taking pictures...

    - Translation workshop assistant and contributor

2012

  • Ubuntu Global Jam 12.03 (three days)

    - Co-coordination and organisation of the event

    - Ubuntu and FLOSS conference

    - Packaging co-trainer

    - Workshop assistant

    - Contributor in other workshops

    - Taking pictures...

  • TIME Private University of Tunis - Ubuntu conferences day and install party

    - Ubuntu and FLOSS economic models conference

    - Install party Students assistance

  • Richard Mathew Stallman conference at Science Palace of Monastir

    - Organising and preparing for the event

  • TEDx Sousse 12.03 - Enterprenership, social networks and technologies : Ubuntu-TN conference

    - Simple participation, taking photos..

  • IRL National Ubuntu-TN meeting at Hackerspace Tunis - National meeting to discuss community progress and main issues

    - Organising the meeting

  • Opening event and install party for ISIMUX club - Linux and free software club at the Higher Insistute for Computer Science and Mathematics of Monastir

    - Supporting club founders during preparation for the opening event and for an Ubuntu-TN event day

    - Assisting club founders with a short conference

    - Discussing Ubuntu and FLOSS with students

    - Supporting students during install party

  • Software Freedom Day 2012 in cooperation with Science Palace of Monastir - National FLOSS community conference

    - Ubuntu and FLOSS conference

2011

  • Ubuntu Global Jam 11.09 (three days, more than 30 members) - The first UGJ for Ubuntu-TN, introducing five contribution activities to the local team (Training and contribution activites : translation, testing and upgrade, bug triagging, packaging, documentation)

    - Coordinator and organiser of the first UGJ in Tunisia

    - Speaker, Trainer and coordinator for the bug triagging and packaging workshops

    - Sticker design

    - Sponsoring

  • Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technologies of Sousse - ...

  • Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technologies of Sousse - ...

  • Opening event of FreeMind FLOSS club at the Higher Institute for Computer Science and Communication Techniques of Hammam Sousse - Opening event for a local club at the Institute introducing Ubuntu conferences and install party

    - Founding local FLOSS club

    - Coordinating and organising opening club event

    - Install party trainer

    - Taking pictures...

  • Software Freedom Day 11.09 - National FLOSS community conference

    - Ubuntu-TN community conference : speaking of Ubuntu-TN community experience

    - Organization on Ubuntu-TN part

    - Sponsoring a bus to bring community members and audience from Sousse to Sfax

    - Talking to public at Ubuntu-TN workshop stand, taking pictures...

  • National Engineering School of Gabes (Two days) - Opening event of the FLOSS club at the engineering school, in this event we followed an intensive conference and training days

    - Ubuntu and FLOSS conference

    - Install party and Virtualization workshop

  • IRL National Ubuntu-TN meeting - Urgent national meeting to recreate a new management commitee

    - Coordinating meeting organization

    - Restructuring Ubuntu-TN

    - Supporting new management commitee members

2010

  • SIB 2010 Yearly national computer expo of Tunis (four days) - Participation in the national yearly computer expo of Tunis with a stand for FLOSS communities and clubs

    - Preparation of FLOSS stand at the expo

    - Assisting new Ubuntu-TN members

    - Introducing and converting the public to Ubuntu and FLOSS

    - Distribution of CDs

  • Open Source, leader of new technologies - Organized by JCI Kalaa Kébira & JCI El Mourouj at Science City of Tunis.

    - Ubuntu conference : presenting Ubuntu and FLOSS

    - Ubuntu workshop : Practical introduction to Ubuntu and distribution of CDs

  • Higher Institute for Computer Science of Mahdia - Ubuntu conferences day and install party for students

    - NetBeans and Java development under Ubuntu, conference

    - Install party, student assistance

  • Higher Institute for Computer Science and Mathematics of Monastir - Ubuntu conferences day and install party for students

    - Virtualization technologies conference

    - Install party, students assistance

  • Software Freedom Day 2010 Sfax & National Engineering School of Sfax Migration (two days) - Ubuntu community, IEEE student branch and FLOSS companies

    - Participation in SFD, taking photos, blogging and writing report

    - Supporting Engineering School technicians, writing deployment scripts of Ubuntu

  • Private Polytechnic School of Sousse - Ubuntu conferences day and install party for students

    - Coordinator of the organization and preparation of the event

    - Install party, students assistance

  • Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technologies of Sousse - Ubuntu conferences day and install party for students

    - Writing report, taking pictures

    - Install party, students assistance

  • IRL National Ubuntu-TN meeting at Tunis - Introducing a new type of event for Ubuntu-TN members

    - Participation in meeting preparation

    - Participation in the meeting, discussing Ubuntu-TN issues, finding solutions and action plans

2009

  • Software Freedom Day 2009 / Cité des Sciences de Tunis - Participation in the yearly national Software Freedom Day where FLOSS communities and clubs meet to present conferences and workshops to the public.

    - Ubuntu and KDE introduction Workshop : The goal of this workshop was to demonstrate practical advantages of Ubuntu and FOSS operating systems to the public and to help new users convert to Ubuntu.

    - Taking photos, distribution of CDs and staying at Ubuntu-TN Stand

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