Akashdeep Dhar

📍 Pune, MH https://gridhead.net/

Day Two Part I - FOSDEM 2024

Sleeping in on FOSDEM 2024’s second day gave me much-needed respite after the Fedora & CentOS Contributor dinner from the previous night. I joined colleagues at ULB Solbosch, handled Distributions Devroom tasks with the organizers, attended presentations, and helped with the audience's questions.

Day One Part II - FOSDEM 2024

During the first day at FOSDEM 2024, Michal Konecny and I made donations and collected swags while interacting with our friends in free and open source software. After wrapping up the dinner of Fedora Project and CentOS Project folks, we looked forward to seeing what the second day had in store.

Day One Part I - FOSDEM 2024

On the first day of FOSDEM 2024, we headed to the event with the Foreman team and CERN collective where we set up the CentOS Project and Fedora Project booths while mingling with friends of other communities, collecting some interesting swags and promoting distributions across multiple booths.

Experiences @ CentOS Connect 2024

Fixing the thermostat did help me with a relatively better sleep. After an early breakfast with my teammates, Tomas Hrcka, Fabian Arrotin and I headed to the CentOS Connect 2024 event where I caught up with community members, attended insightful talks, debugged projects and delivered presentations.

Experiences @ CHAOSScon EU 2024

Despite the restless night, I was excited about CHAOSScon EU 2024. After breakfast with teammates, Tomas Hrcka and I went to the event. We attended talks and workshops while connecting with open-source community members. In the evening, we joined the CentOS Project’s 20th-anniversary celebrations.

Arriving At FOSDEM 2024

Leaving Kolkata, India in the morning, Saheli Das Mukherjee, Sumantro Mukherjee and I set off for Brussels, Belgium to attend CHAOSScon EU24, CentOS Connect 2024, and FOSDEM 2024. With one layover in Dubai, UAE, an odd immigration encounter and a train ride, we were able to make it to our hotels.

Departing From GNOME Asia 2023

Bidding heartfelt farewell to Jens, Justin and Amita on the day of departure from Nepal, I travelled with Sumantro, Saheli and Nikita on an Indigo flight bound for New Delhi from Kathmandu before boarding another Indigo flight going from New Delhi to Pune, culminating the GNOME Asia 2023 adventures.

Day Three - GNOME Asia 2023

Although light on the scheduled agenda, the third day of GNOME Asia 2023 began with a guided group tour to explore the rich cultural heritage of Bhaktapur and the surrounding areas with the participants and concluded with a successful visit to the Pashupatinath Temple to witness the evening Aarti.

Day Two - GNOME Asia 2023

The second day of GNOME Asia 2023 consisted of a set of intriguing presentations on technical and community-related topics. We also covered some ground on the Community Operations 2.0 discussions for Fedora Council and made a failed attempt to visit the Pashupatinath Temple for the evening Aarti.

Day One - GNOME Asia 2023

Dealing with a sore throat since the previous night, I joined the Fedora Project ambassadors team to participate in the first day of GNOME Asia 2023. I attended a bunch of interesting talks throughout a parallel track schedule and helped organize the greatly welcomed Fedora Linux 39 Release Party.