Jarrod et al, I'm glad you brought this up because I feel very much as you do in this. Having only done introductory courses in C and worked (with the help of this group) on PHP, a person doesn't really feel all that qualified to get involved. Aaron's idea of submitting code to an open-source project would be a dream come true!
I have struggled for the last year to make my sound card work. I even went so far as to try to purchase a driver from OSS but even they were at a loss. Wouldn't be cool to write your own driver?! I have to check into Saturday with the wife but, perhaps I could drop off some books regardless. I found a link that is the C Language Guide which will give you an idea about libraries, functions, statements etc. for "C" There some things that are quite clear and others which time some time to wrap head around... http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/webmonkeys/book/c_guide/index.html I wonder if people have ideas about projects which would suit newbies (not nessisarily for production) but to hone skills? Shane > Hey Shane, Kevin, John, Jacob, and anyone else lurking, > > Thanks for getting involved in this discussion. > > I am leaning towards C myself. It appears to be the root of all that I wish > to learn and as such stands to reason that it would be the best place to > start. > > > I see myself doing this for the love of it. Yes, you may now pass judgement > on me as a sick individual. I really would like to contribute back to > Linux. > Aaron is a good role model in this way. He has fixed a bunch of stuff and > is > active with the KDE Group. I can only aspire to such greatness... > > Any more thoughts? BTW, thanks Shane for the kind offer, I will have to > pick > your brain. Why don't you come to the BBQ and we can talk about it face to > face? > > Sincerely, > > Jarrod > >
