I have hosted a meetup on OpenBSD a month ago - just a general introduction into the system, plus pledge / unveil, plus dynamic kernel relinking, etc, etc. About thirty people has attended. And you know, the audience welcomes that type of simple stuff and asks for continuation. I know there are russian speaking developers in the community. Please reach out to me directly if you're interested in giving a talk on anything around OpenBSD or just discussing. Venue and audience are on me.
Ilya On 2020-05-14 18:03, Austin Hook wrote: > Bravo, Aisha, > > I myself was wondering why "advocacy" no longer shows up on the lists of > OpenBSD mailing lists. It was a nice place to discuss ideas that are not > just confined to technical software matters. I see that is still works > however. Next thing is to ask the devs if they would consider putting it > back. > > Austin > > > On Thu, 14 May 2020, Aisha Tammy wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I was wondering why this list is a bit dead (?!) and hoping to gain >> some ideas for maybe reviving it. >> >> I totally understand that most people at openbsd are devs and would >> like to focus more on coding than advocacy so I was wondering if people >> like me who are not that techy (mostly small ports) can help with >> this part. >> >> I am open to constructive criticism, so please forgive me if I seem >> out of touch. I have been subscribed for close to a month and didn't >> notice a lot of things happening around here :( so I was hoping >> to spice things up a tiny bit. >> >> Most of the ways in which I have tried previously is my creating >> whole bunch of small openbsd github projects and sharing them on reddit >> and twitter. But like this is barely scratching the surface of social >> media. I feel like there is a lot more that could be done :) >> >> Some of the basic things which I feel like are low hanging fruits >> >> (1) Showcasing tutorials on setting up small projects. >> >> One of the things that people get a good feeling from (me included) >> is when we manage to get some service running, no matter how small >> or insignificant it is. Like getting my znc setup, I was riding on >> that high for like 2 weeks (I know this sounds a bit dumb cuz I am >> a noob, but it was pretty nice to feel like I accomplished something). >> >> So it might be nice to show how to set up small services. >> I mean things like setting up a blog (using worpress or similar), >> or a wiki, or a hugo/jekyll website. >> >> There are a lot of really nice blog posts by a lot of cool people >> which show work arounds (for quirks) for these things in OpenBSD. >> >> It might be nice to have some kind of highlights page at openbsd >> which shows these nice links. (I know undeadly.org exists but is >> not pointed to by openbsd.org, would be nice if that could be done >> if nothng else is possible) >> >> I feel like while OpenBSD has really awesome benefits, the communication >> of these with the community could do with some work. >> >> (2) Having a bit more of a social presence >> >> Doesn't need to be facebook/twitter. I know undeadly.org has some really nice >> articles with highlight for nice things happening in the tech/ports lists >> but unfortunately undeadly is not that well known >> >> While I am by no means a social media expert I still feel the lack of >> presence of OpenBSD in general media articles and published stories. >> >> I am open to some idea about how to try and increase this part. >> Some ways I can think of: >> A) Getting in contact with news letter publishers and letting them >> know of nice developments that have happened. I don't think that >> linux news letters would be averse to having openbsd information >> sent on them. >> I am sure a lot of them would love if we send them information >> and do some of the work of finding articles for them, which ties >> into my previous part of having a highlights page >> B) Having an official blog >> I feel like this is a pretty important thing, especially in nowadays, >> where most things are spread online. Having an official blog will make >> things very easy for a lot of people to get interested. I am sure that >> there are quite a lot of people willing to chip in for this part if it >> was announced that there is going to be such an endeavor. >> C) (A controversial point) Trying to make things look a bit more >> stylistic (please don't kill me T.T ) >> While I agree that clarity is the most important part a small amount >> of color in the official documentation is not the worst thing in >> the world. I am open to this part being thrown out. >> >> (3) Showcasing a page for people to get involved in various parts of >> the project >> >> Currently the pipeline to get involved seems like >> try out obsd -> find something you find is not working or you don't like -> >> find person working on it -> contact them -> bug report/patch to change >> (have I missed something?) >> This seems to be a tried and true pipeline which has worked so far. >> It might also be good to have a page of open quests/projects in openbsd >> where new people can contribute without having to delve too deep into >> system code. This was inspired by my recent forays into string algorithms >> on OpenBSD (nothing wrong with them, just that I was looking around and >> trying to see what could be changed/improved). >> >> Having devs post TODOs and help needed/appreciated into a web page allows for >> interested parties to get a better look at ongoing projects. >> >> Currently I haven't figured out anyway to see what current new projects >> are being developed in OpenBSD. I feel like showcasing ongoing projects >> is just as important as showing completed ones in the highlights. >> >> (While watching presentations are conferences is definitely one way to see >> ongoing projects it is nowhere near and optimal approach) >> >> ---- >> >> These three were my main points in sending this email. >> Sorry that it got a bit long in the process. >> >> Any things that I might be wrong about, I assure you I mean nothing harmful >> so do let me know what I have missed and erred on. >> I am only started using OpenBSD for a short while for less than 7-8 months >> but I feel like in those 7-8 months a lot of the things that I have learned >> could >> have benefited from the above points to make the transition simpler :) >> >> These are my personal thoughts so take them with handful of salt. >> >> Hope you all are staying safe, >> Aisha >>
