SummerOfCode2010Ideas
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| + | ==== Encrypted Home Directory ==== | ||
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| + | '''Description:''' Analysis of different filesystem encryption methods for Linux, decision of the best one for supporting encrypted home | ||
| + | directories in Pardus and integrating it into Pardus 2009/Corporate2. | ||
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| + | '''Requirements:''' Familiarity with Linux internals, mount/unmount mechanisms, pluggable authentication module (PAM) and basic cryptology knowledge. | ||
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| + | '''Mentors:''' Fatih Aşıcı, Renan Çakırerk | ||
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| + | '''Resources:''' | ||
| + | * http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7568/1.html | ||
| + | * http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/ecryptfs-faq.html | ||
| + | * http://commandline.org.uk/linux/encrypt-for-xmas | ||
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Onur Küçük (zaburt{{at}}gmail.com - LinkID: zaburt)<br> | Onur Küçük (zaburt{{at}}gmail.com - LinkID: zaburt)<br> | ||
Renan Çakırerk (renan.cakirerk{{at}}gmail.com - LinkID: rcakirerk)<br> | Renan Çakırerk (renan.cakirerk{{at}}gmail.com - LinkID: rcakirerk)<br> | ||
| + | Fatih Aşıcı (fatih.asici{{at}}gmail.com - LinkID: fatih_asici)<br> | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 12 March 2010
This page is an open list for ideas related to Pardus for the 2010 edition of Google Summer of Code.
Timeline:
March 18 - 29: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
March 29: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC Student application period opens. [at Google]
April 9: Student application deadline
Mailing list and IRC:
You can ask more detailed questions about projects to our GSoC list: [1]
We're also on IRC: #pardus-devel in Freenode network. Just drop in and feel free to ask your questions.
Google's Summer of Code IRC channel is #gsoc in Freenode.
Contents |
Project Ideas
Improving Accessibility Support in Pardus
Description: Improved Accessibility Support for easing the use of Pardus by disabled people. This project aims to integrate common accessibility tools (e.g. Orca, Fire Vox, Linux Screen Reader, KTTSD/KTTSmgr, etc.) into the KDE desktop environment used in Pardus.
Requirements: Experience with Qt/GTK toolkits. PiSi Packaging knowledge is a plus.
Mentors: Gökmen Göksel, Gökçen Eraslan
Resources:
- http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd
- http://live.gnome.org/Orca
- http://en.pardus-wiki.org/Making_Pisi_Packages
Backup Tool for KDE4 Settings
Description: A Graphical User Interface in which users can simply backup and restore KDE applications' configuration files. This will help users who accidentally lose or corrupt their configuration files which cause several native KDE technologies and applications to fail like a disappearing panel or loss of accounts informations in KMail/Kopete, etc.
Requirements: Knowledge and experience with KDE, Python or C++ and Qt.
Mentors: Gökçen Eraslan, Gökmen Göksel
Resources:
- http://api.kde.org
- http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials#Managing_Configuration_Data_With_KConfig
- http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/index.html
WUBI-like Microsoft Windows installer for Pardus
Description: A simple Microsoft Windows installer which will install a choosen Pardus release on a virtual disk image file and add the corresponding bootloader entry which will allow users to use/preview/test Pardus without modifying their partition table.
Requirements: Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Technologies (API, Registry, etc.) and experience with one of the modern Graphical User Interface API's.
Mentors: Onur Küçük, Ozan Çağlayan, Gökmen Göksel
Resources:
Encrypted Home Directory
Description: Analysis of different filesystem encryption methods for Linux, decision of the best one for supporting encrypted home directories in Pardus and integrating it into Pardus 2009/Corporate2.
Requirements: Familiarity with Linux internals, mount/unmount mechanisms, pluggable authentication module (PAM) and basic cryptology knowledge.
Mentors: Fatih Aşıcı, Renan Çakırerk
Resources:
- http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7568/1.html
- http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/ecryptfs-faq.html
- http://commandline.org.uk/linux/encrypt-for-xmas
Mentors
Gökmen Göksel (gokmeng
gmail.com - LinkID: gokmen)
Gökçen Eraslan (gokcen.eraslangmail.com - LinkID: gkcn)
Ozan Çağlayan (ozancaggmail.com - LinkID: ozancaglayan)
Onur Küçük (zaburtgmail.com - LinkID: zaburt)
Renan Çakırerk (renan.cakirerkgmail.com - LinkID: rcakirerk)
Fatih Aşıcı (fatih.asicigmail.com - LinkID: fatih_asici)
