Helen Faulkner

Πόσο καιρό χρησιμοποιείτε το Debian;

Since about 2000. I'm not exactly sure - it seems like a long time ago. My housemate foisted Debian on me for his own amusement, and it grew from there...

Είστε προγραμματιστής του Debian;

Yes.

Σε ποιούς τομείς του Debian εμπλέκεστε;

I'm packaging several useful and/or funny KDE panel applets as well as a little thing I wrote myself (kdoomsday) and labplot (a great scientific plotter). I may take on a couple of others soon. I'm active on the Debian Women mailing list. I'm interested in seeing Debian become a community that is more varied and more accessible to groups that are currently under-represented.

Τι σας έκανε να ενδιαφερθείτε να δουλέψετε με το Debian;

Mainly I'm really interested in how it all works. I enjoy learning how to package things, how the system is put together, etc. And I like volunteer work.

Έχετε οποιεσδήποτε συμβουλές για γυναίκες που ενδιαφέρονται να εμπλακούν περισσότερο με το Debian;

Just do it. It's not as scary as you might think. Get into the Debian Women mailing list and ask people, read the information on the website, join us on IRC. There are a lot of friendly and helpful people about.

Συμμετέχετε με άλλες γυναίκες σε κάποιες ομάδες τεχνολογίας; Σε ποιες;

Nope.

Πείτε λίγα παραπάνω για σας...

I'm a physicist with an interest in technology and programming. When I'm not being those things I'm into music, sailing, dogs and whatever takes my interest at the time. I've done volunteer stuff in all of those areas and others. In my experience you get back more than you put in, if you are prepared to take time to help other people out in a way that you enjoy.

I like the ideals of the free/open-source software movement, not to mention the excellent software you get to use! I would like to see more women involved in that world, and Debian specifically, because I know women have a lot to contribute.