Hi Joost and Juan, Thank you both for the warm welcome and for the wealth of information. It is an honor to receive guidance from such experienced members of the community. Joost: I have followed the GPG best practices you shared. I have generated my key using RSA 4096 and uploaded it to keys.openpgp.org. I have also ensured that both my legacy email (the one created in 2012) and my current Proton address are associated with the UID. Fingerprint: 752B F855 78D3 6980 3AD8 0865 C17D 513B 4C41 87F2 Expiry: 2028-05-10 Juan: Thank you for the reality check on the NM process. I understand that becoming a DD is a marathon, not a sprint. Since I am only 13, I have the advantage of time! I will be reaching out to the Urdu (ur_PK) translation coordinators immediately to see where I can begin contributing. I am also diving into the Debian FAQ and the documentation links you provided to better understand the project's structure. I’m looking forward to earning my place in the project one contribution at a time. Best regards, Muhammad Bin Rizwan (Aion)
On Mon, May 11, 2026, 11:05 AM Joost van Baal-Ilić <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Muhammad, > > It's great you're expressing your interest in Debian and Free Software! > > Apart from what others have told you here: One thing you could do when > starting > exploring your way into contributing more to Debian and Free Sofware is > creating an OpenPGP key. (I assume you don't have such a keypair yet?) > You'd > need such a key if you at one point would like to register at > https://nm.debian.org/ . > > You can read about that at https://book.sequoia-pgp.org/ and at > https://help.riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices > . > > Bye, > > Joost > > > Le Mon, May 11, 2026 at 01:15:16AM +0500, Muhammad Rizwan a écrit : > > Hello Debian Community, > > My name is Muhammad Bin Rizwan, known as Aion. I am 13 years old, based > in > > Pakistan, and a dedicated FOSS advocate. I am writing to formally declare > > my intent to eventually join the New Member (NM) process. > > I have been using Linux exclusively for 9 months and maintain a > penta-boot > > setup using bootctl (systemd-boot). My machine is a Celeron N4500 with > 8GB > > RAM and a 1TB HDD. I do not use this machine for gaming; it is dedicated > > entirely to development, documentation, and art. While the hardware is > > resource-constrained, it has taught me deep system optimization. > > I am fully committed to the Debian Social Contract. While my focus is on > > Debian, I believe in supporting the wider FOSS ecosystem. > > How I can contribute: > > Documentation: I am a writer; I can translate complex technical behaviors > > into clear documentation. > > Stress Testing: I specialize in finding performance edge-cases on budget > > hardware. > > Identity Ready: I have my NADRA Juvenile Card ready for verification. > > Transparency: I am happy to provide photos of my hardware and setup to > > verify my current constraints. As a student, I am also interested in any > > community hardware donation programs that support active contributors, as > > my current bottleneck is the mechanical HDD during compilation. > > I am ready to assist the Documentation and QA teams. > > FOSS for Life, > > Muhammad Bin Rizwan (Aion) >
