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| ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Launchpad ID''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|alkisg]] || || '''IRC''': || '''alkisg''' on ''irc.freenode.net'' || |
||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Launchpad ID''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|alkisg]] ||<rowspan=5> {{attachment:alkisg.jpg}} || || '''IRC''': || '''alkisg''' on ''irc.libera.chat'' || |
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| || '''Home page''': || http://users.sch.gr/alkisg/ (in Greek)|| I am a computer engineer, appointed since 2000 as a secondary school teacher in Ioannina, Greece. I've been teaching a broad range of subjects, from educational software and simple office applications to system administration, networking and programming. I got an MSc in Informatics in 2004 and some Pedagogic studies before and after that. I've been a speaker in a lot of conferences and attented many informatics or education-related courses and seminars. I'm the developer of some Greek educational applications and the co-author of a secondary school educational activities package. Lately I've been focused to spreading FLOSS to Greek schools. |
|| '''Home page''': || http://alkisg.mysch.gr (in Greek)|| I am a [[http://www.ceid.upatras.gr/|computer engineer]], [[http://www.cs.uoi.gr/|MSc]], [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/|PhD]], appointed since 2000 as an I.T. teacher in Ioannina, Greece. I've been developing open source software for more than 3 decades. Since 2009 I'm the lead developer in a [[http://ts.sch.gr/ellak|Greek school tech support team]] that supports 1000+ schools using Ubuntu/LTSP, and since 2012 I'm in charge of the [[https://blogs.sch.gr/plinetio/|public I.T. office]] that supports the secondary schools of Ioannina. |
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| == Interest in Open Source == Unfortunately I've "wasted" more than fifteen years in being involved with proprietary frameworks; from making TSR programs in assembly back in the DOS days to creating educational apps with Delphi, Visual C++ and WinAPI. Also, in the first years I've been using proprietary software in my classrooms almost exclusively; with little reason other than the "I'm using this program because all teachers are using this program". As time passed I got sick of having to pay for programs that I wouldn't use except for teaching them; and having my students resort to piracy because they couldn't affort them. Fortunately, I was given the chance to completely switch to open source by a ministry pilot program: I got selected to be among the first teachers to try out LTSP in our labs. The first months were hard, but interesting; now, two years later, me and my students are much more productive using 100% free software than we were before switching to FLOSS.<<BR>> So I'm currently interested in finding the best methods to setup, administer and of course use Ubuntu in school classrooms (both with and without LTSP), and improving it however I can. |
== Contributions == I'm the lead developer of: * [[https://ltsp.org|LTSP]]: Linux netbooting solution * [[https://epoptes.org|Epoptes]]: computer lab management and monitoring tool * [[https://ts.sch.gr/wiki/linux/ltsp/|sch-scripts]]: Greek LTSP server administration software * [[https://alkisg.mysch.gr|GLOSSA]]: IDE and interpreter for a Greek programming language for high schools * [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/algorithmics/|Algorithmics]]: high schools programming activities * [[https://github.com/photodentro|Preschool activities]]: HTML5 preschool activities |
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| == Giving back to the community == * I've opened sourced all of my [[http://users.sch.gr/alkisg/|educational]] [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/activityspace/|software]] and [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/algorithmics/|activities packages]]. * I've set up and been maintaining a [[http://users.sch.gr/alkisg/tosteki|forum]] where Greek teachers exchange concerns and ideas. * I'm the main author of 2 Ubuntu/LTSP installation manuals that specifically target Greek schools. Also, I've developed a [[https://launchpad.net/sch-scripts|set of scripts]] that automate the installation. * I'm the owner of the [[https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr|Linux Greek teachers launchpad team]], an administrator in the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-el|Ubuntu Greek Translators team]], and a member of the [[http://l10n.gnome.org/teams/el|Gnome Greek Translation team]]. * I hang around in #ltsp, #edubuntu and #ubuntu-gr irc channels, helping as much as I can, e.g.:<<BR>> ~-$ grep alkisg .purple/logs/irc/alkisg@``irc.freenode.net/#ltsp.chat/* | wc -l<<BR>> 17960-~ ;) * I've been submiting bug reports, some patches, and generally helping out with bug squashing. * I've been writing some Ubuntu community wiki pages, mainly under [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP|UbuntuLTSP]]. |
Other open source related contributions: * I'm a [[https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=alkisg%40gmail.com|Debian maintainer]] * I've set up and been maintaining the [[https://alkisg.mysch.gr/steki|"Steki" forum]] where Greek IT teachers exchange concerns and ideas, with more than 10 million page hits since 2001 * I've converted about 5 Gb of Windows-based Greek education software so that they run under Linux, packaged them in .debs and put them in [[http://ts.sch.gr/repo-pages/pi-logismiko|repositories]] so that now installing all the necessary packages for e.g. a high school is as simple as ~-apt-get install gymnasio-~ * I've been helping in [[https://ts.sch.gr/wiki/linux/support/|IRC channels]], in forums, writing [[https://ts.sch.gr/wiki/linux/ltsp/|wiki pages]], manuals, submitting bug reports and patches and generally helping out wherever I can |
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| == Plans == As much as my current experience permits, I'd like to shift my focus a little towards upstream development. * I'd like to help in developing a Greek Ubuntu Edu Remix, with which a school lab installation would be almost completely automated, resulting in more teachers using FLOSS and being happy about it. ;) * I'd like to develop a libpam-sshfs, with which clients would authenticate to the server by ssh, and their home dirs would be mounted with sshfs. This would be a really easy alternative to using LDAP/NFS. * I'd like to develop a plugin-based users-manager, with which the teacher would be able to select a student or the members of a class, and call a plugin for them: send or collect files, set/reset some gnome or firefox settings (e.g. add a panel applet or a firefox bookmark) etc. * I'd like to develop a program that projects the teacher screen or a specific window to all students, using multicasting so that even video could be broadcasted on 100mbps networks. |
My [[https://github.com/alkisg|github]] and [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|launchpad]] pages have more details on those. |
About Me
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alkisg on irc.libera.chat |
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<alkisg AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com> |
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2006-05-23 |
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http://alkisg.mysch.gr (in Greek) |
I am a computer engineer, MSc, PhD, appointed since 2000 as an I.T. teacher in Ioannina, Greece. I've been developing open source software for more than 3 decades. Since 2009 I'm the lead developer in a Greek school tech support team that supports 1000+ schools using Ubuntu/LTSP, and since 2012 I'm in charge of the public I.T. office that supports the secondary schools of Ioannina.
Contributions
I'm the lead developer of:
LTSP: Linux netbooting solution
Epoptes: computer lab management and monitoring tool
sch-scripts: Greek LTSP server administration software
GLOSSA: IDE and interpreter for a Greek programming language for high schools
Algorithmics: high schools programming activities
Preschool activities: HTML5 preschool activities
Other open source related contributions:
I'm a Debian maintainer
I've set up and been maintaining the "Steki" forum where Greek IT teachers exchange concerns and ideas, with more than 10 million page hits since 2001
I've converted about 5 Gb of Windows-based Greek education software so that they run under Linux, packaged them in .debs and put them in repositories so that now installing all the necessary packages for e.g. a high school is as simple as apt-get install gymnasio
I've been helping in IRC channels, in forums, writing wiki pages, manuals, submitting bug reports and patches and generally helping out wherever I can
My github and launchpad pages have more details on those.
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