Hi Jonathan, I'm Joshua Bende Falanga from Democratic republic of Congo, Subsaharan Africa. You're welcome.
I'm also one of Fedora Linux Users' and non official ambassador. Nice to have you here. On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 14:07 Jonathan Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, and thank you for the welcome ticket > <https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Welcome-to-Fedora/issue/285>! My name is > Jonathan Bowman, and I am a software engineer who writes SQL by day, but am > also a Linux and Python hobbyist. > > Interests that draw me in: web development, Podman and Buildah (and > containers in general), system configuration using Bash, Python, and/or > Ansible, and blogging <https://dev.to/bowmanjd>. While I use Fedora on my > personal laptop, I also have been using Fedora on Windows Subsystem for > Linux at work, for years. You can read about getting that to work > < > https://dev.to/bowmanjd/install-fedora-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-4b26 > > > . > > I would love to give back to the community, and I am quite flexible with > how I can be involved. Packaging feels comfortable to me, as does > documentation, and anything involving Python. For instance, if there are > orphaned packages that could do with some care, I would love to hear what > next steps would be involved. I could also suggest some packages that could > be considered for inclusion, but I think it would be good for me to learn > more about the process first. > > Parts of Fedora I use and care about the most: > > - sway/wlroots/wayland > - Python and Python tools/packages > - Neovim and Vim > - Podman, Buildah, Docker > - Anything that makes the command-line experience blissful, such as > ripgrep. bat, and the like > > I have been using Linux and open source software for decades. I started > using Redhat 5.2 in 1999, and for a few years used Debian, then Archlinux. > I tried Fedora some years ago and haven't looked back since. I tend to use > Alpine or a RHEL derivative in containers. > > I am comfortable communicating, submitting PRs, answering (and asking) > questions in forums, etc. Email and Matrix and Discord are communication > tools with which I am confident, but I am flexible (IRC is fine, for > instance). > > My first language is English, and my Spanish and Arabic are probably not > proficient enough to be useful to anyone. > > I can and do use Gimp and Inkscape when necessary, but design is certainly > not my first language :( I am much more comfortable writing and reading > computer languages or English. > > People that work with me generally affirm that I am a thoughtful engineer, > and also a good communicator, conversationalist, and can even make people > laugh at times. > > I feel like 2-4 hours a week (or less) on average is feasible in terms of > time commitment from me. > > Thank you for your hospitality! > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > fedora-join mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ fedora-join mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
