On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Tracy Logan wrote: > Hiya, everyone! I'm a long-time part-time Linux user, now 100% > MS/Apple-free, and enjoying the heck out of Ubuntu. I'm also a programmer > (ColdFusion, Java, PHP, bash, some Python, C/C++, etc.), and I'd like to > start contributing back to the Ubuntu community. However, I have a > particular horror of making an ass of myself in public (hopefully I'm not > doing so now; seems like this list could use a few fresh topics!); as a > result, it's taken months for me to even send this request for hand-holding. > What I'm hoping to do is to dive into some of the bite-size or paper cuts > bugs -- but every time I have a little spare time, I end up spending it all > getting up to speed, and never quite getting to doing any actual coding (or > even much analysis). It seems to me that there are probably a lot of us in > this position, needing first-time hand-holding that feels just too much to > burden "real" maintainers with -- and of course, I'd also be happy to pass > along what I learn. > So is anyone game for some real spoon feeding, barely above the "now press > the 'a' key, and hit Enter" level? :*) > Suggestions on better places to look for this are welcome as well -- thanks, > and apologies, as needed!
Hi Tracy, No need for apologies. All of us started from humble beginnings ;) The ubuntu-beginners team is a great starting point. If you're having questions, just drop a line in their irc channel, and i'm sure someone would be happy to help: that's what they're there for anyway. Maybe paultag will have some more insight. I know that he was (is?) very involved on that team. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/ Gilbert _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
