Hello there,

I don't think I've formally introduced myself, so I'll do that now.

I am currently in a computer science/engineering course in Ottawa Ontario Canada.  

After this semester I'm supposed to know C and C++ pretty solidly.  I have some Java knowledge and a few others.  I currently have another 1.5 years before I graduate.

I started going to college because I LOVE open sourced software.  I wanted to be able to help Linux take off here in Canada.  I see myself as sort of an evangelist of sorts.  I install Fedora/Cinnamon on as many computers as I can and have built a web site to help people with Fedora installs.  I know Fedora uses Gnome 3 as default, but most people I know that have tried Gnome 3 hates "Linux" because of it... so I try to explain about the freedom of choice and blah blah, then show them Cinnamon and they ALL like it.  So I just go straight to Cinnamon now.

I like Fedora because of the cutting edge and community.  I like Red Hat/CentOS because I converted a business over to Linux when I was an IT guy for an umbrella company.  I saved them a ton of money on OS licenses for windows.  I just followed some online walk-throughs and saw how much fun and how much more control I had over everything.  I loved it.  That was when I really wanted to contribute to Linux.  I had no experience with Linux before that, but it was free for me to use and tinker with and learn.  It was also more solid than the crashy windows servers I was trying to maintain.

So now I'm in school.  I want to contribute in a few ways.  I want to continue my evangelizing, I want to contribute code in places that I see need help and I want to somehow make Canada more aware of Linux.  I'm not sure exactly how any of these things are going to happen and I don't have any idea how I'm going to be able to make money from any of this... or even if I'll have time if I need to work for a private company so I can afford to live.

I have kind of put all my eggs in this one basket.  I moved to Ottawa.  I have no family here.  I am hoping all this works out.

:)

-Cory



On 09/09/2014 11:35 PM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
Hello!

Are any newcomers here on the list still waiting to introduce
themselves? Please take this opportunity to come forward and tell us a
little about yourself, how you'd like to contribute to Fedora and how we
can help you quickly get started!

Please take this opportunity to introduce yourself and ask *any*
questions you have. We'll be more than happy to help you become a part
of the Fedora community!

There's a lot of work going on in Fedora with Fedora 21 coming up really
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a lot of events, and of course, a lot of development. It's a great time
to join in and get started!

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