Re: gnome-soc-list Digest, Vol 71, Issue 3

[Shivam Mishra <shm msra gmail com>]

Hi Christophe,

I did go through the ideas page before but didn't know about students
page. But now I have read both of them and really wish to apply for
GSoC 2015 under Gnome. Please guide me on how to start.

I have tried fixing a bug in Nautilus as I was interested in doing a
project on Nautilus, I also talked to Carlos Soriano regarding that
but he is no more taking applicants. Other than that, I have thought
of 2 ideas on my own:
1. Improving User Interface of Empathy, with everything getting a
newer and better look in gnome, empathy seems like the left one. I am
thinking of completely new UI designs like a tree with messages on its
big leaves or a curtain which drops down to show messages and then
goes up.
2. Adding variety to gnome lock screen. Currently gnome lock screen is
like a curtain which goes up and then the user can type his/her
password and enter. This could be improved by adding more
possibilities like a wall of bricks or blades which can move apart and
let user type the password, furthermore these bricks or blades could
be used for notifications or widgets.

Eventually I would like to implement all of these in Gnome but as for
now I am not sure if they qualify for gsoc or not and I don't even
know whom should I discuss them with or how should I proceed. Apart
from them, I also like the idea of "Implementing additional event
sources for GNOME Shell's Time & Date drop-down" mentioned on Ideas
Page.

Please tell me on how should I begin.

Thanks,
Shivam Mishra

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> Hi,
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> I am Shivam Mishra, an IT student from India Institute of Information
> Technology, Allahabad, India. I have been using Linux and open source
> tools for more than 3 years now. I mostly use Fedora OS with Gnome
> being my preferred desktop environment. Previously I have worked on
> some open source projects like HPX by Stellar Group for fractal
> generation and solving N queen problem for higher values of N using a
> cluster of computers, echoprint & chromaprint for music fingerprinting
> and cryopid for saving and resuming state of a running process.
>
> I am really interested in contributing to the development of open
> source projects and would like to participate in GSoC 2015 with a
> project in Gnome.
>
> Please guide me for the same.
>
> Thanks,
> Shivam Mishra
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:13:14 +0100
> From: Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau gmail com>
> To: Shivam Mishra <shm msra gmail com>
> Cc: gnome-soc-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Regarding GSoC 2015
> Message-ID: <20150310091314 GG7679 edamame cdg redhat com>
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> Hi Shivam,
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 01:03:59PM +0530, Shivam Mishra wrote:
> > I am Shivam Mishra, an IT student from India Institute of Information
> > Technology, Allahabad, India. I have been using Linux and open source
> > tools for more than 3 years now. I mostly use Fedora OS with Gnome
> > being my preferred desktop environment. Previously I have worked on
> > some open source projects like HPX by Stellar Group for fractal
> > generation and solving N queen problem for higher values of N using a
> > cluster of computers, echoprint & chromaprint for music fingerprinting
> > and cryopid for saving and resuming state of a running process.
> >
> > I am really interested in contributing to the development of open
> > source projects and would like to participate in GSoC 2015 with a
> > project in Gnome.
> >
> > Please guide me for the same.
>
> Thanks for you interest in GNOME, have you read
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/SummerOfCode/Students
> and
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/SummerOfCode/2015/Ideas
>
> ?
>
> Don't hesitate if you have any questions about these pages, or the
> program in general!
>
> Christophe
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