#OpenPrinting News August: #OpportunityOpenSource in IIT Mandi, India, #DebConf 2023 in Kochi, India, #Ubuntu #UbuntuSummit 2023 in Riga, #GSoC 2023, #CUPS #Snap switchover postponed, #UbuntuCoreDesktop first https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-August-2023/

I have also announced the #OpportunityOpenSource live streams via #UbuntuOnAir on #Ubuntu Discourse: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/opportunity-open-source-in-the-iit-mandi-india-live-september-8-9-2023/

For the #OpportunityOpenSource in Mandi in India I have published the schedules today:

https://events.canonical.com/event/35/timetable/?layout=room#all.detailed

We have #OpenPrinting (with Michael Sweet, author of CUPS) and #Zephyr (with Jonas Remmert and Benjamin Cabé from Zephyr) tracks, immutable distros blendOs (Rudra Saraswat) and #Ubuntu Core Desktop (me), workshops for Snap (me) and Zephyr (Jonas Remmert), GSoC panel, work-at- #Canonical panel, ...

Do you want to attend the #OpportunityOpenSource but you are not able to stop by in India?

No problem, you can attend remotely, via #UbuntuOnAir! Simply go to

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/opportunity-open-source-in-the-iit-mandi-india-live-september-8-9-2023/

And you can ask questions and participate in the discussion by writing comments on YouTube or Twitch. We read them and answer live on the conference.

For the #OpportunityOpenSource I will bring some A/V equipment:
- 2 digital photo cameras with clean HDMI output and with zoom lenses (Canon PowerShot G5x II, Olympus OM-D E-M5 III + panasonic 12-60 mm), usable as webcam
- 2 HDMI->USB capture adapters
- 1 1080p external webcam with conference microphone built in
- 2 kits of 2 wireless clip-on microphones
- Full-size tripod
- Table tripod
- Several USB and HDMI adapters

As there are not many proposals submitted yet, I have extended the Call for Proposals of the #OpportunityOpenSource

Now you all have still until August 21 for your submission!

https://events.canonical.com/e/mandi2023

#OpenPrinting News July: #GUADEC #GUADEC2023 in Riga, #OpportunityOpenSource in IIT Mandi, India, #Ubuntu #UbuntuSummit 2023 in Riga, #GSoC 2023, Ubuntu 23.10 and Core Desktop with CUPS #Snap, versioned Printer Applications https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-July-2023/

For the #OpportunityOpenSource we are looking for volunteers and equipment:

For live streaming we need in each of the 2 rooms:
- A good webcam or a video or photo camera which streams with Linux
- At least 2 microphones, wireless, clip-on, hand-held, conference mics for Q&A ...
- One modern, well-equipped laptop for streaming and projection.

Generally we need Wi-Fi access points, network cables, switches, video cables and adapters, power strips, printer/scanner multi-function device.

Some News for the #OpportunityOpenSource in the IIT Mandi in India:

Our Call for Proposals is now extended to August 14, 2023!

There is also a thread on #Ubuntu Discourse about the event: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/opportunity-open-source/

We will probably have some talks about Zephyr.

We will have Rudra Saraswat @ruds telling us about #UbuntuUnity and #blendos

We will have some people from Canonical there and could perhaps do a panel+Q&A about applying and working at Canonical.

And I will give a talk about #Snap,

#OpportunityOpenSource on Sep 8-10, 2023 in the IIT Mandi in the north of India, not far from Delhi!

Experience the great opportunity of contributing to free software, code, design, documentation, ... Getting #GSoC (Google Summer of Code) contributor, learn about how we work in different projects: #OpenPrinting, #Zephyr, ...

Join the #OpenPrinting Roadmap Sprint and discuss the future of printing and scanning with us!

Call for Proposals is open (until July 31)!

https://events.canonical.com/e/mandi2023