Hi, Overwhelming to see such concern from team. I am a student, about to finish my masters. I always wonder how to get started, even by going through "get started" column of open source or linux communities' website. I have keen interest in working on systems programming, I dont have much experience, but having good programming and logical skill, a helping hand would add a lot to my knowledge and my contribution to community. I am always ready to learn new things. Reply would be awaited.:) Thanks and Regards!
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Mathieu Bridon <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Steven, > > On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 22:48 -0700, Steven Susbauer wrote: > > On 3/11/13 10:34 PM, Ankur Sinha wrote: > > > The list has been too quiet of late. Yet, I've been getting > subscription > > > notifications telling me that new people are in-fact subscribing to the > > > list. The logical conclusion here is that new people are joining the > > > list, but *not* using it. I'm not sure why that would be. Are new > comers > > > shy, or are they scared of being flamed, or is there another reason? > > > > Shy mostly, > > No need to be, we don't bite. :) > > > > In the unlikely case that you have no questions and are well on your > way > > > to contributing to Fedora, I'll request you to at least send the list > an > > > e-mail introducing yourself. That'll tell us who you are, what you do, > > > what you want to work on, and we can help you and introduce you to more > > > folks that we know. > > > > I'm a System Administrator on the US West Coast (Portland). We are > > primarily a Windows shop, but I've been somewhat successful in bringing > > more Linux systems into what we do. I've been using Linux since > > 2003-ish, started with Red Hat 9 and have used most distributions for at > > least a short while. Primarily servers but I've used it long term on the > > desktop (/laptop) as well. > > > > Right now I am involved in Freemedia. It was an easy group to join and > > get my foot in the door. I am interested in getting involved in Infra, > > but haven't really made the jump into introducing myself there. Mostly > > because I don't know where to start. > > That's why we're here, don't hesitate to ask any question you have. > > > My reasons for wanting to get into > > Infra are the overall interest in contributing to the magic side of > > things people only see when broken, but I have a selfish motivation of > > wanting to learn more about Linux system administration in a production > > environment, and also things like puppet which I haven't gotten around > > to playing with on my own, myself. I'd also like to learn Python, I > > haven't had the proper motivation of projects to do so on my own. > > Just to be clear: these are all very valid motivations. > > Most of contribute for selfish reasons, in addition to the general > desire to make the world a better place. > > If you want to learn Python, I'd recommend you read the book "Dive into > Python". That's how I learned a few years ago. :) > > And then, when you have a decent grasp on the syntax (enough to be able > to read code and documentation), go have a look at the easy fixes for > Fedora: > http://fedoraproject.org/easyfix/ > > Most of the applications developed by the Infra team are there, and have > many low-hanging fruits you could pick. > > That should provide a nice way for you to pass the second foot through > the door. ;) > > And if you need help, just ask! > > > -- > Mathieu > > _______________________________________________ > fedora-join mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-join >
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