Hey Shane et al, I felt the need to start something like this. What a coincidence my Toughbook is proving difficult in the sound department too. Yes, being able to write my own drivers would be too cool. I am pretty technically savvy with computers both in front and under the hood but this aspect is beyond my reach... presently.
On the note of drivers, my personal belief is to get the kind of hardware that is best supported. Better even if the vendor is Linux-friendly. In the case of my laptop I have no choice unfortunately. My desktop is another matter, everything but my Quickcam is well supported under Linux. But I digress. Yes, submitting/contributing/collaborating on an OSS project would be a dream. Hell I use the stuff so I would love to give back to the community. As such I am not so concerned about developing Windows apps specifically, it would be nice if what I do develop were cross-platform but I won't shed any tears if it isn't. For the immediate future I think if I can get anything of my own to run in Linux I will be very happy. It's all part of the process IMO. Thanks for the link and do get back to me about the BBQ. Aaron appears to have echoed my sentiment. I can work through a book. So let the book recommendations start. As I write this I realize that working through a book may mean I am not up on the latest developments in whichever language I may be working on. I am quite happy to do research on the web also for concurrent resources. I am quite adaptable that way as are most of you I suspect. Jarrod ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) informal discussion on programming > 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 > > > > > >
