Hello Fedora Docs Project!
My name is Tom Deering, and I am a senior in Computer Engineering at Iowa
State University. In two years I will have my masters degree in the Software
Systems field of CprE. I have always been infatuated with Linux and open
source software; however, about two months ago I made the permanent switch
to Fedora 12 and fell in love! I am seeking a way to give back to the great
project that has given so much to me.
I also enjoy programming; I have extensive C and Java experience. While I
feel I would be a natural fit for an OS developer position as well, I feel
that documentation is potentially where I can do the most good, at least
initially. In my opinion, documentation and user-friendliness is what it is
going to take to increase the popularity of any Linux distribution. Since
this is my first step as a contributor to an open source project,
documentation may also be an easier transition than diving into coding right
away.
I have always been an excellent writer. I have had three English classes
while at ISU, including a technical writing class. I have had to write many
lab reports, instruction sets, technical documents, etc. I feel that I could
bring these strengths to the Docs Project.
Since I do not know where I may be needed, I would appreciate feedback from
interested groups. Meanwhile I have joined the docs and docs-commits mailing
lists so I can begin learning your task flow. My GPG fingerprint is below.
Please let me know if there are any other steps I need to take to join the
community. I look forward to working with all of you!
[root@tom-pc Downloads]# gpg --fingerprint 64455EA2
pub 4096R/F0B5BB51 2010-04-05 Tom Deering (Fedora Contributor) <
tomdeering7(a)gmail.com>
Key fingerprint = 0877 EB2A 853B FBCF 16EC 0175 D4C9 9608 F0B5
BB51
sub 4096R/64455EA2 2010-04-05
Regards,
Tom Deering
Senior, Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
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