Tomorrow, Wednesday 14 at 14:00 UTC (11:00 arg / 16:00 cest), we will give
a nice welcome to gsoc participants.
We’ll review lime-packages and lime-app, go over some background about
community networks, and then look at the contributing and testing
documentation.
This is the link for the video conference
https://meet.exo.cat/LibreMesh
Saludos
Ing. Javier Alejandro Jorge
On Fri, 9 May 2025 at 11:13, Javier Jorge <javierbrk@???> wrote:
> We are really happy to share that two of our proposed projects have been
> accepted for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025!
>
> GSoC is a global program organized by Google that helps bring new
> contributors into the world of free and open source software. This year,
> Google granted funding for five projects under the Freifunk umbrella, and
> two of them will directly contribute to the growth and sustainability of
> the LibreMesh ecosystem. Special thanks for Andi and Bluse-Blue Freifunk
> gsoc Org Admins.
>
> In March, we published a set of ideas that align with key challenges for
> libremesh, and began working closely with interested applicants. We’re
> proud of the constructive discussions that took place on our communication
> channels, and even more proud of the dedication and enthusiasm shown by the
> applicants.
>
> We had lots of applications so we went through a careful review process,
> several strong proposals were left out due to the limited number of slots
> which makes me very sad, but I hope we can push them forward next year.
>
> This year selected projects are:
>
> *Adding Wi-Fi support to QEMU simulation for LibreMesh*
> student: Victor Spehar
> Mentor: Javier
> This project will enhance LibreMesh’s ability to simulate mesh networks
> using QEMU, by introducing support for Wi-Fi interfaces.
>
> *Simplifying LibreMesh*
> student: Agustín del Valle
> Mentors: Ilario and Javier
> This project aims to take libremesh a bit closer to openwrt and improve
> maintainability.
>
> We’re truly happy to have these two bright contributors joining our
> community and taking on such important challenges.
>
> Again special thanks go to the Freifunk organization for supporting
> LibreMesh within GSoC once again. Also special thanks to all the people who
> took the time to apply and those who contacted us privately but couldn't
> make it this year.
>
> To those not selected: please don’t be discouraged. We hope you are able
> to continue contributing to LibreMesh or related projects. There's always
> work to be done to support mesh communities worldwide and every
> contribution is welcome. Also we hope to see you in the next gsoc.
>
> We might start with the onboarding on Wednesday 14:00 UTC (11:00 arg /
> 16:00 cest) so stay tuned and if possible join us and share your
> experience.
>
> Saludos
> Javier Jorge on behalf of the LibreMesh mentorship team (ilario, cri)
>
