C’est avec une grande tristesse que nous apprenons que notre cher ami Hatem S’hel nous a quitté jeudi dernier (17/06/2010) suite à un long combat avec la maladie. Hatem est un des membres fondateurs de notre LoCo et un fervent défenseur des logiciels libres en Tunisie.

A mon nom et au nom de tous les membres de notre communauté nous adressons nous sincères condoléances à toute sa famille.

Plus d’infos à propos de Hatem : Son Blog et son interview.

It is with great sadness that we learned that our dear friend Hatem S’hel died last Thursday (06/17/2010) after a long battle with illness. Hatem be a founding member of our LoCo and a strong supporter of free software in Tunisia.

On my behalf and on behalf of all members of our community we extend our sincere condolences to his family.

More about Hatem : His Blog and an his interview.

RIP Hatem… is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

Ubuntu Warty WARTHOG (4.10)

The first version of the Ubuntu distribution. For the history it was during a discussion between Robert Collins and Mark Shuttleworth that Mark has launched the name that will be adopted and adapted to any future versions of Ubuntu. Thus each version will have a code name composed of an adjective and an animal name.

Ubuntu Hoary HEDGEHOG (5.04)

Ubuntu Breezy BADGER (5.10)

March 2006 – The first time I heard about Ubuntu: One of my students brings me a bag with two original CDs, an installation CD and a live CD, and he tells me he got the CD free and they are sent home by mail at no charge.  I take the live CD, I  go  home, but I can not find an equivalent to my very useful “Drakecenter” to configure the settings for my PC. I give up and I return to my sweet Mandriva.

Ubuntu Dapper DRAKE (6.06)

Many first time for this version. The first version with a long-term support.  The first version that lags behind the initial schedule of release (a release every six months). The first version that takes the name of a bird :p All the following versions will follow in alphabetical order.

November 2006 – The first time I install Ubuntu: I am in training in France, I was given a PC and allowed  to install my own OS. I take my Mandriva DVD and begin the installation, but can not complete the installation … the system does not detect the SATA disk of the PC. A colleague hands me a CD written on “Ubuntu 6.06″ and asks me to test it.  I install the system and presto, SATA disk detected and I find myself with my new GNOME desktop, all in brown and orange icons while. My colleague tells me that tomorrow will bring me the CD of the new version just released a few days ago and tells me that the new version brings a huge number of improvements.

Ubuntu Edgy EFT (6.10)

November 2006 (continued): My colleague brought me back the CD, and presto new installation within 24 hours. During the installation my colleague introduced me to a spirit of this new distribution, its history, its advantages over others, etc.  The installation is complete, the hard work starts: how to configure my machine and how to install my applications without my famous “Drakecenter”?  With an internet connection available, my first (good) reaction was to ask my best friend (at that time – I mentioned google) to help me and obviously I found the website of the Francophone community. There a very big surprise…  the documentation  is freely available,  forum registration is possible and it is free… (I say it was a surprise because at that time subscribing into the official forum of Mandriva was not free) long life to the free spirit, I am fascinated by this community and I joined it directly. Since that time I have not left my Ubuntu.

Ubuntu Feisty FAWN (7.04)

April 2007 – Community: I’m getting my bearings in this new distribution after years spent with Mandrake and Mandriva, and my “Drakecenter” (yes I repeat: p) don’t miss me more.  Thanks to the forum and the documentation of the Francophone community all my questions (or almost) are answered. I discovered the concept of community and of course my first question was is are there a Tunisian community? Yes there is one, and it is two months old, but with no apparent activity (for now).

Ubuntu Gutsy GIBBON (7.10)

October 2007 – The community (bis): More and more e-mails circulating on the mailing list of our community and IRC meetings are held from time to time.  Few days after the release of Ubuntu 7.10, ubuntu-tn  community participates in the biggest FOSS event in Tunisia “Software Freedom Day – SFD”. Our community is within the landscape of FOSS communities in Tunisia and became one of the main actors.

Ubuntu Hardy HERON (8.04)

The second version with a long term support, as the first LTS version the code name uses a name of a bird. For me it is the version that has the most beautiful wallpaper by default but not only that.

April 2008 – Purpose, approval of the community: Our community turns on more and more and we set a common goal: become an approved local community.  The goal was reached July 22, 2008.

Ubuntu Intrepid IBEX (8.10)

Ubuntu Jaunty JACKALOPE (9.04)

The Jackalope, an imaginary animal, had to find it

Ubuntu Karmic KOALA (9.10)

Ubuntu in the clouds.

and the story history will continue with:

Ubuntu Lucid LYNX (10.04)

Ubuntu Maverick MEERKAT (10.10)

The Meerkat light and social.

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To review and use older versions of Ubuntu: The Ubuntu Museum

A free adaptation of the article “A Look At All Ubuntu Mascots (Code Names)“.

Ubuntu, the family album is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

What’s a nerd ?

nerd meme… is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

At night I connect to #ubuntu-tn IRC channel to get the Drupal and NetBeans presentations from RachedTN, who unfortunately was not able to attend to to ISIMa event after a last time change at work. Well I got the presentations that I tried to prepare a little before going to sleep.

Awake early the morning, I went with Goldenscorp to join nizarus on the way to Mahdia where we met Mr Imed Hamouda, Dr. Tech. Adjunct Professor at Tempare University of Technology, who came from Finland to give a conference about Open Source. In fact, it was a good opportunity for him to see a part of the Tunisian Free and Open Source community in action.

Received by ISIMa staff, Mr Salaheddine, we joined the other ubuntu-tn members (tarekDJ, Akira and his friend) who was already there and we had a little talk with ISIMa’s director Mr Hammadi Ben Naceur. After, LPI Maghreb joined us few minutes later, we started with ubuntu and free software introduction presented by nizarus in front of more than a 100 students and few professors and staff from ISIMa and LPI Maghreb.

The presentation was very interesting introducing the software freedom philosophy. How easy, reliable, stable and secure to use ubuntu. I think it was very useful to the present students, they learned about a different operating system.

The next conference was about certifications, presented by LPI Maghreb who introduced it very well as they talked about it’s importance, the different available certifications, how to prepare for it, how to pass the exam as they talked also about the importance of certifications for enterprises and business not only for students and professionals.

With the impressive interaction between the presenters and the present people asking and answering questions, TarekDJ took a little reward from LPI Maghreb for his great effort designing the event’s poster before we took a little break.

In that few minutes I connect my laptop to the data show to check everything is fine and I played a little with my lamp installation before I started the Drupal conference.
I introduced the new concept of web CMS and how easy it is now to make a website comparing to how people did it few years ago, presenting the basics of free software and web CMS I showed them some examples of what Drupal can do based real web sites developed using Drupal. When we talk about Drupal we have also to talk about web servers and implementing their websites, so I also talked about LAMP and how they can install it and use it on their computers.

Finally the last conference was about NetBeans IDE that varied from the basics to some advanced talk. I showed them how to install it on their systems as I talked about it’s portability and availability on other operating systems. The interaction was quiet good with both of Drupal and NetBeans conferences.

Losing a lot of energy presenting and following all the conferences, everybody got hungry so we had to go for lunch in ISET’s restaurant where we had an interesting talk.

The last thing we have to do now is to make the first step of practice. It’s the install party where nizarus had to show them how to install ubuntu in practice assisting few students who wanted to install ubuntu on their laptops and distributing ubuntu install CDs to some other students who wanted to install or try it on their computers.

In the end of the install party, the famous GNU showed up, so we had a nice time taking pictures with him before we say good bye to Akira and TarekDJ.

After having some coffee in Al-Mashmoom, we went back home with nizarus who took me and GoldenScorp to Monastir before going back to Sayada, then I left GoldenScorp to take the Metro back to Sousse.
The event was really good for me, for ubuntu-tn and for ISIMa as I have seen some of ISIMa’s students connecting to our IRC channel and subscribing to ubuntu-tn forums. I just hope the impact of the day is beyond this and it ends with future ubuntu users and even contributors, who knows

Report by Ahmed alias Neo31.

Photo album : http://ubuntu.nizarus.org/v/isima1004/

Linux & Certification Day @ ISI Mahdia is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

Meerkats (1).

Aujourd’hui Mark Shuttleworth nous annonce le nom de code de la future version de ubuntu et ça sera “Maverick Meerkat“. Cette version sortira le 28 Octobre 2010 (2). Pour Mark, ce mammifère africain est léger, rapide et social “Meerkats are, of course, light, fast and social” et c’est tous ce qui caractérisera cette nouvelle version de ubuntu qui sera donc plus légère, plus rapide et orientée vers les réseaux sociaux.

(1) Source Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat.

(2) et si elle sortira le 10 Octobre 2010 ?? un triple 10, un “hat trick” ou mieux LA réponse à LA grande question en binaire uniquement (merci davandg)

Maverick Meerkat is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

Plus de photos dans l’album : http://ubuntu.nizarus.org/v/mygnu/.

A suivre…

A few months ago I spoke about the project move your Tux / GNU who consists in making a world tour for a Tux and a GNU. Today, and after a long flight, the GNU arrived home at Monastir in Tunisia and it gets ready to make its Tunisia tour. If you are interested to relay it you can register in the project forum.

More photos here : http://ubuntu.nizarus.org/v/mygnu/.

To be continued…

En fin... je respire de l'air frais...

Coucou c'est moi...

Move Your GNU en Tunisie is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

I ♥ Free Software is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

L’après midi c’était autour des tables rondes animées par les différents intervenants dans la journée. Notre LoCo, représentée par votre serviteur et Abdelmonam Kouka, a assurée l’animation de l’une de ces tables rondes. J’ai présenté au publique présent un bref aperçu de la distribution ubuntu et une présentation de la communauté ubuntu en Tunisie (historique, nos différentes activités, comment nous rejoindre, etc…). Ensuite Abdelmonam a présenté la distribution sabily dérivée de ubuntu.

L’album photo de la journée : http://ubuntu.nizarus.org/v/ost/

Open Source for Tunisia 2009 (suite) is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

Le 16 décembre prochain se déroulera à Sousse la première rencontre “OPEN SOURCE FOR TUNISIA”. Cette première rencontre a pour but de promouvoir l’utilisation des logiciels libres en Tunisie auprès des enseignants et étudiants en TIC, des entreprises privées et des administrations publiques. De même cette journée marquera la naissance du groupe “OPEN SOURCE FOR TUNISIA” dont l’action sera essentiellement ciblé vers l’organisation d’ateliers pour la vulgarisation de l’utilisation des logiciels Open Source et la promotion des technologies venant du monde du libre.

À la question “Quels sont les objectifs de ce Groupe ?”, M. Ramzi Youssef, initiateur de ce groupe, répond :

Le groupe ‘Open Source for Tunisia’ a pour objectifs la promotion et la vulgarisation de la culture Open Source en Tunisie en créant un espace virtuel de rencontre et d’échange d’idées et d’expériences dans le domaine du libre.
Le séminaire du 16 Décembre prochain est une occasion de rencontre entre trois mondes différents :
1- Les étudiants, universitaires et associations d’une part.
2- Les sociétés et entreprises qui vont présenter leurs solutions basées sur les technologies du libre.
3- Les sociétés commerciales et industrielles, à qui on va essayer de présenter ce que le libre peut leur offrir en remplacement aux solutions propriétaires.

Au programme de cette rencontre il y aura quelques conférences et des tables rondes pour présenter et discuter du libre en Tunisie.

Pour plus d’informations : http://opensourcefortunisia.org

L’affiche de la journée (png) : http://ubuntu.nizarus.org/v/ost/Ost-affiche.png.html

La première journée OPEN SOURCE FOR TUNISIA is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!

Karmic Koala CD.

Karmic Koala Tunisian LoCo pack is a post from: Pourquoi pas !!