Comments on: People of openSUSE: Katarina Machalkova http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/ The latest stuff happening in the openSUSE universe Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dow http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2357 Dow Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:29:37 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2357 Katarina, Your thoughts on women in the computer world follow along mine and many others who see that there aren't enough women in the field. Anything we can do to involve women at an early age in creating or guiding software and computer usage would be very helpful. Combat and competition games typically attract males at a young age. Maybe with more games focused on interaction between people in positive ways rather than violent methods will bring more females into the world of computers. We need massive online games focused on stuff girls like to do. Maybe a worldwide clothing design game for baby clothes or a giant cooking competition. Maybe not a competition but a collaboration like Second Life areas focused on adolescent female interests. Don't ask me what that would be, ask someone who has done the research. However, I think we need strong smart women from an early age involved more in open source from writing and designing to using software. I really liked that movie scene from Kill Bill too. Who wouldn't! Dow Katarina,
Your thoughts on women in the computer world follow along mine and many others who see that there aren’t enough women in the field. Anything we can do to involve women at an early age in creating or guiding software and computer usage would be very helpful. Combat and competition games typically attract males at a young age. Maybe with more games focused on interaction between people in positive ways rather than violent methods will bring more females into the world of computers. We need massive online games focused on stuff girls like to do. Maybe a worldwide clothing design game for baby clothes or a giant cooking competition. Maybe not a competition but a collaboration like Second Life areas focused on adolescent female interests. Don’t ask me what that would be, ask someone who has done the research. However, I think we need strong smart women from an early age involved more in open source from writing and designing to using software. I really liked that movie scene from Kill Bill too. Who wouldn’t!
Dow

]]> By: Richard http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2351 Richard Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:59:47 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2351 I think krita is leap years behind what is available on mac and windows. I think krita is leap years behind what is available on mac and windows.

]]> By: Kevin Dupuy http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2345 Kevin Dupuy Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:50:48 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2345 The little plush animals are really cute :-) (I don't think I've every said that in the context of openSUSE...) The little plush animals are really cute :-)
(I don’t think I’ve every said that in the context of openSUSE…)

]]> By: Madalin http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2343 Madalin Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:27:07 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2343 quote: "Which application or feature should be invented as soon as possible? * … thinking …. * Well, maybe some professional graphic editor, comparable to Photoshop & co. It is the thing that still makes too many people stay away from openSUSE (and Linux in general) and choose Windows or Mac OS X instead." a think that krita is becomeing everyday more and more better for image editing. i use it for some time and it serves me well. quote: “Which application or feature should be invented as soon as possible?

* … thinking …. *
Well, maybe some professional graphic editor, comparable to Photoshop & co. It is the thing that still makes too many people stay away from openSUSE (and Linux in general) and choose Windows or Mac OS X instead.”

a think that krita is becomeing everyday more and more better for image editing. i use it for some time and it serves me well.

]]> By: Bubli http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2337 Bubli Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:52:38 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2337 Oh, I did not really say that, did I? It was only true in my particular case (while being at QA, I did not participate on openSUSE project very much). On the contrary, I think QA people are invaluable part of the community and their testing and bug reporting is of great value to developers. Yeah, we do test (or at least, we should) our software before releasing it, but none of us is able to cover every possible combination of inputs and scenarios. Personally, I would not have enough courage and patience to install new software on my machine every day, so I'm glad someone else does that for me ;-) Oh, I did not really say that, did I? It was only true in my particular case (while being at QA, I did not participate on openSUSE project very much).

On the contrary, I think QA people are invaluable part of the community and their testing and bug reporting is of great value to developers. Yeah, we do test (or at least, we should) our software before releasing it, but none of us is able to cover every possible combination of inputs and scenarios. Personally, I would not have enough courage and patience to install new software on my machine every day, so I’m glad someone else does that for me ;-)

]]> By: toim http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2333 toim Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:54:21 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2333 would u share ur plush animal to me? kidding :P would u share ur plush animal to me?
kidding :P

]]> By: Richard http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2331 Richard Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:28:10 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2331 Iw ould love for yast to have some sort of restore feature in it. For example when updating with it on a dial up connection, if it is a big file and the download errors out, it has to start from scratch again. Very frustrating when it is a large file. Iw ould love for yast to have some sort of restore feature in it. For example when updating with it on a dial up connection, if it is a big file and the download errors out, it has to start from scratch again. Very frustrating when it is a large file.

]]> By: Beineri http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2317 Beineri Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:33:01 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2317 Why do you think that QA/testing people are not part of openSUSE community!? Why do you think that QA/testing people are not part of openSUSE community!?

]]> By: Anonymous http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2316 Anonymous Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:09:36 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2316 Thanks a lot for yast2-ncurses! Thanks a lot for yast2-ncurses!

]]> By: AlbertoP http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2311 AlbertoP Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:40:58 +0000 http://news.opensuse.org/2008/01/18/people-of-opensuse-katarina-machalkova/#comment-2311 Great interview! You do a great job :-) Great interview!

You do a great job :-)

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