SummerOfCode2010Ideas
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 ask your questions.
Google's Summer of Code IRC channel ist #gsoc in Freenode.
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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:
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:
Improving KSM (KDE Session Manager) functionality
Description:
Requirements: KDE(ksm, kdm) and C++.
Mentors: Gökçen Eraslan, Ozan Çağlayan
Resources:
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)
