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A short intro:




In what ways do you make a contribution to KDE?
I lead KDE Turkey group, which is quite active by means of local events and KDE promotion. Besides, I work with the [Uludag project] to make people's life easier while they are running Pardus, the Linux distribution [Tubitak/UEKAE] works on. My main job is to build a QA model, leverage desktop ease of use and increase user experience, which are my doctorate subjects.

When did you first hear of KDE?
It was KDE 0.1, however I can't remember the exact time � but having a look at [former KDE pages], it seems around 1997. I remember the first time I saw KDE and said �It'll surely beat fvwm with its integrated software�. Ok, I don't claim that this is a big vision, but many UNIX/Linux users out there were using twm, fvwm and WindowMaker after all and had hardly any idea about having a consistent windowing interface.

How and when did you get involved in KDE?
I got my first KDE installation when it reached version 0.3. After doing some translation for KDE in 1998, I took over the Turkish translation team work and I have been the lead of this group for 7 years now. It was the time when Linux was referred as �multithreaded, multiplatform, ..� etc. Sounds funny now.

Are you being paid to work on KDE?
Nope. I do my job in my free time.

How much time do you usually spend on KDE?
One or two hours a day, excluding weekends. Maybe more if I feel I'm comfortable with my studies.

Do you have any specific goals for KDE 4?
To reach a 100% Turkish support, including thesaurus, help pages, syntax checking and specific issues like Turkish holiday calendars, etc. KDE Turkish group is also working hard to solve Turkish specific locale issues.

What motivates/keeps you motivated to work on KDE?
The reality that majority of Turkish people use KDE! :-)

Which application in KDE do you think definitely needs some usability work?
I think kicker has too much extras and preferences. Apart from that, kcontrol needs a rework like in Pardus Linux (URL: http://gorkemcetin.com/uludag/)


What is your favourite widget style?
Lipstick. However, from time to time I install styles and themes I find in kde-look.org. Sometimes artists do very good jobs and create fantastic widgets

Which text editor do you use? Why?
I use kate, but not very often. My preferred office application is OpenOffice.org, mainly 2.0 beta branch.

Which distribution do you use? Why?
I've been using Red Hat (now Red Hat Enterprise Linux) for quite a long time, since I feel safe and more confident with it. The problems I encounter has solutions in Google almost all the time. However, it's like a mottley collection now � many packages including KDE, GNOME, glibc and OpenOffice.org are compiled again.

What is KDE's killer app? Why?
I didn't observe any killer application in KDE. All the applications complement each other by means of functionality, feature, look and feel.

What does your desktop look like? (please put in a URL to a screenshot)
It's here. The background changes every 10 minutes with the help of �slide show�.

What type is your laptop/desktop? What is it named?
I have two computers at home, one is AMD 2000 512 MB of RAM and 60 GB disk, the other is AMD 2800 1024 GB RAM and 80 GB disk. They are connected to 128 Kbps cable, a slow but stable network.

If you were a KDE app, which one would you be? Why?
I'd be �Run command� application. It's simple, smart, short and effectively does the job.

If we were to start a TV campaign could you think of a nice slogan for KDE?
Stop using pirated software, jump into KDE!

Are you coming to akademy 2005 this year?

Personal questions


First things first. Married, partner or up for adoption?

I'm married with Filiz Cetin for two years now.

If someone visits your country, which spot is a must-see?
Almost everyone but Linus have visited Turkey. I wonder why he misses such a beautiful country. I'm just back from vacation in Simena (URL: http://www.allaboutturkey.com/kekova.htm), Fethiye (URL: http://www.fethiye.net/fethiye_p4.html) and Dalyan (URL: http://www.dalyan.net/). Go there and you'll live until 110.

Which book is on your bedside table?
Human Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece at the moment.

How would you describe yourself?
A Linux lover gurme

You're stuck on a train for 6 hours and are bored out of your skull. What do you do to amuse yourself?
I don't ever, since I always carry a book with me.

What is your favourite t-shirt?
I got an Opera t-shirt with Che's photo at the back when I first translated Opera browser to Turkish in 2000. I wear it everywhere, thanks [Opera]!

What is your favourite place in the world?
Apart from the crazy traffic, I can say that [Istanbul] can be described as �the city of contrasts�. Old monuments, palaces, mosques, dancing boats etc. It's a great, cosmopolitan city where turks, greeks, armenians and jews live together. I cannot think of any other city to live.

What's your favourite web site at the moment?
It's [OpenOffice.org Turkey] since we have buried a lot of time and effort. This site has quickly become the fundamental OpenOffice.org resource in Turkey. There's a plan to distribute 1000 OpenOffice.org CD's with a tutorial book to various public bodies, in coordination with [Linux Users Association].