About me

Namaste!

My name is Ish Sookun. I am a passionate blogger and an open source software advocate who lives on the beautiful island of Mauritius. I work as a Systems Architect for La Sentinelle Ltd.

I am a member of the openSUSE Project since 2010 and spoiler alert, this blog will contain a lot of openSUSE mentions. I was part of the project's Election Committee from 2018 to 2024. I joined the Membership Committee in 2024.

In 2025, I was elected Board Member of the openSUSE Project.

I manage the mirror for openSUSE in Mauritius. I also manage three other Linux distributions' mirrors: AlmaLinux, Linux Mint and Ubuntu.

I hang out during the three days of the Developers Conference organised annually by the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community (MSCC). I frequently speak at the monthly meetups by the MSCC.

I am a co-organiser of the Cloud Native Chapter of Mauritius.

I volunteer in the technical committee of the Mauritius Internet Exchange Point (MIXP).

The blog entries on SysAdmin Journal represent my opinion and not that of my employer, neither any group to which I am a member of, unless I specify otherwise.

Some of the images I use are available from the Internet. I do not own them. I provide due credit to the owner if I’m aware of the source. You are free to contact me to provide proper credit or ask for removal of an image.

You can reach me through ish.sookun@opensuse.org.