Say "Hello" thread

I’m Sudhanshu Tiwari, a student of Master of Computer Applications in Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India. I have been a user of the GNOME Desktop Environment since quite a while and lately, a GNOME contributor in many projects. I’m currently learning Vala, GTK and libadwaita and using them to build GNOME apps.

As part of my GSoC project I’m working on adding support for the latest GIR attributes to the Vala compiler and GI-Docgen formatting support to Valadoc under the mentorship of Lorenz Wildberg. I have prior experience building web development projects with JavaScript and this will help me in modernizing the appearance of Valadoc.org. This will be a good start for my journey as a GNOME contributor and I look forward to having a fun and learning experience giving back to the community! Hello everyone :slight_smile:

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Hello everyone!

My name is Tamnjong Larry Tabeh. I am an Outreachy intern with the GNOME community, contributing to the GNOME design team on the project “Conducting a Series of Short User Research Exercises” with mentors @allanday and @Aryan .

Using a mix of research methods, our goal is to gather valuable insights to improve the GNOME user experience. I’m excited to be a part of this project and look forward to making a meaningful impact, as well as forming connections with everyone.

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Hello!

I’m Udo. I am an Outreachy Intern working on the GNOME project to conduct a series of short user research exercises alongside Tamnjong Larry.

As an early-career UX Designer, I have a deep appreciation for GNOME’s commitment to user-friendliness and inclusivity in FOSS, and for the duration of this internship we will be working with the GNOME design team and employing a mix of user research methods to meet research needs of the GNOME project.

Our mentors are @allanday and @Aryan, and I am thrilled to be here.

Cheers!

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Hi, I’m Nils Philippsen and have been around for a good while :older_adult:. I’ve been using GIMP and GNOME since their infancy and occasionally contributed the odd patch here and there. During the day I work for Red Hat in the Community Platform Engineering Team, we develop and run the infrastructure for the Fedora and CentOS projects.

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I’m Aryan, 20 years old. Been using computers since 2007 and Linux since 2017.

I’ve been dualbooting and sometimes not using entirely all this time but last week I ditched Windows entirely and switched to Linux Mint Cinnamon.

I’m a college student who writes software. I’m kind of new to working with such a large group of volunteers but I’m glad to be here. I’m currently working on localisation of GNOME to my native language.

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Bonjour à tous!

Je suis François, j’ai seize ans et j’habite en France. Si quelqu’un est francophone :speaking_head: :fr: , il peut se signaler. (janvier 2024).

J’ai découvert les ordinateurs (windows) à 13 ans. 3 ans plus tard, je suis un utilisateur de Linux passionné!
À l’origine, je me suis intéressé à Linux pour les environnement de bureau, et j’ai découvert Ubuntu via Distrosea.com . Puis, mon pc est devenu trop lent pour Windows… vous connaissez la suite.

Au début, le minimalisme de GNOME / GNOME Circle m’a effrayé… je me suis donc tourné vers KDE Plasma / KDE Gear.
Récemment (décembre 2024) je me suis à nouveau intéressé à GNOME, et ça a été le coup de :footprints::heart:.
Donc, j’utilise Fedora 41 Workstation (GNOME Shell 47.2)

Je m’intéresse de près à GNOME Shell, et à Phosh. Je pense que les logiciels devraient êtres construit pour le + petit écran (mobile) en pensant aux plus grands (desktop) et non l’inverse.

J’espère travailler/contribuer à GNOME!

Hello, I’m Aaditya Singh, a 22-year-old from Nepal—the land of Mt. Everest and Gautam Buddha. My Linux journey began in school when I installed Ubuntu, inspired by my seniors’ tales of “hacking.” Although I didn’t find the tools they mentioned, it sparked my curiosity.

Today, I’m a backend developer using Linux daily and an active advocate for open-source literacy. Leading the local team for GNOME Asia Summit 2023 fueled my love for community building. Since then, I’ve organized events, educated over 500 students on Linux and GNOME, and embraced the mission of spreading open-source knowledge in Nepal.

I also enjoy teaching people about building open-source communities through conference talks. Need help building a community? I’d love to share what’s worked (and what hasn’t) from my experience. Let’s connect and grow together!

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