We at Fre{i}e Software GmbH now have a confirmed budget for working on Debian based tablets with the special goal to use them for educational purposes (i.e. in schools).
Those Debian Edu tablets shall be powered by the Lomiri Operating Environment (that same operating environment that is powering Ubuntu Touch).
That said, we are hiring developers (full time, part time) [*] [**]:
- Lomiri developers (C/C++, Qt5 and Qt6, QML)
- Debian maintainers
Global tasks will be:
- Transition Lomiri from Qt5 to Qt6
- Consolidate the Lomiri Shell on various reference devices (mainline Linux only)
- Integrate Lomiri Shell with cloud services such as Nextcloud and OpenCloud
- XDG Desktop Portal support for Lomiri, integrate better with non-Lomiri Wayland apps
- Bring more Lomiri-specific (Ubuntu Touch) apps to Debian
- ... (more to come) ...
The budget will cover work for the +/- next 1.5-2 yrs. Development achievements shall culminate in the release of Debian 14.
If you are interested in joining our team, please get in touch with me via known communication channels.
light+love,
Mike (aka sunweaver at debian.org)
[fsgmbh] https://freiesoftware.gmbh
[*] We can employ applicants who are located in Germany, Austria or Poland (for other regions within the EU, please ask).
[**] Alternatively, if you are self-employed, we are happy to onboard you as a freelancer.