#format wiki #language en == About Me == || '''Launchpad ID''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|alkisg]] || {{attachment:alkisg.jpg}} || || '''IRC''': || '''alkisg''' on ''irc.libera.chat'' || || '''Email''': || <> || || '''Ubuntu Member''': || 2006-05-23 || || '''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. == 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 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 My [[https://github.com/alkisg|github]] and [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|launchpad]] pages have more details on those. ---- CategoryHomepage