Thanks for the message! I'll probably reach out to some more specific mailing lists
soon to get the ball rolling.
-------- Original Message --------
On 23 May 2022, 14:53, Steve Cossette wrote:
> Buffer overflow error occured on hello.c at line 1.
>
> Kidding kidding -- Welcome to the Fedora Community, looking forward to
> see what you can do!
>
> On Mon, May 23 2022 at 01:35:59 PM +0000, Seth <sethmb(a)protonmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hey there!
>>
>> I'm excited to get to know the Fedora developer community a bit
>> better and would like to quickly say that I don't really have much
>> experience with this kind of communication structure (mailing lists
>> etc), but am going to do my best to integrate with it properly. If
>> I'm sending messages to the wrong place or spamming something, please
>> just let me know. To be safe, I'm going to be sending this message to
>> my ticket (#253 on Fedora Welcome) and to the fedora join mailing
>> list.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm Seth. I'm 16 and I'm doing my GCSEs in the UK currently.
>> I have always had an interest for computing, and first got into Linux
>> (as my desktop daily driver) a year or two ago. I've only been using
>> Fedora on my primary desktop for a few months, but have been
>> absolutely blown away by it and feel that I am in the right position
>> to dedicate a bit of my time to helping a FOSS project. Because the
>> Fedora community has been so welcoming to me, I thought this would be
>> a great place for me to start. Besides from my interest in computing,
>> I enjoy nature, going on walks and camping with friends. And if you
>> can't find me, I'm probably off on my Steam Deck somewhere.
>>
>> I have made a few basic contributions to FOSS projects before, but
>> nothing that major. I have performed some database migrations on
>> Veloren (the open-source Rust voxel game) as well as various other
>> miscellaneous projects, including a few things I've worked on myself.
>> You can have a look at my GitHub here: <
https://github.com/iSaluki>
>> if you'd like a bit more detail on what I've done. Admittedly, most
>> of the "cooler" stuff I have done isn't open-source (I've made
a few
>> games and websites etc). I would like to change that with some
>> contributions to Fedora. In the FOSS community, I see myself as
>> trying to find a mentor/sponsor and then trying to integrate into the
>> project a bit, finding a niche where I feel like I can make a
>> contribution to Fedora, whilst also challenging myself. I'd love to
>> say where I plan to take this in future, but I'm just not sure yet.
>>
>> I'm usually fairly articulate and would be more than happy to assist
>> Fedora in areas other than programming, whether that is article
>> writing or just technical support, I'd be excited to get involved.
>> Fedora Workstation is my main desktop OS, I do not dual boot.
>>
>> In terms of non-software development I feel like I could contribute a
>> bit in the video/podcasting and marketing areas, although probably
>> not any of the other options listed.
>>
>> For my experience I'm just going to do a bullet point style list for
>> the sake of readability.
>>
>> # Programming Languages
>>
>> Python (and GDScript) - Most experienced, I've made a few bits and
>> bobs with it.
>>
>> C++ - Enough experience to do the basics, still just a beginner.
>>
>> Rust - Basically no experience, but a definite interest in learning
>> more about it.
>>
>> HTML - Yes, I can make a 2005 grade website.
>>
>> Other languages - I've dabbled with other languages before, such as
>> C#, but don't feel they're noteworthy.
>>
>> I'm open to trying and learning new languages if it would be more
>> productive.
>>
>> # Development Tools
>>
>> Command Line: I am comfortable with the Linux command line and GNU
>> tools.
>>
>> Version Control: Comfortable with git
>>
>> Packaging: No experience but interested
>>
>> Frameworks: I've used more than I can count, definitely comfortable
>> with the concept but I'm not going to attempt to list them here
>> unless there are specific ones you're interested in.
>>
>> Infrastructure/Sysadmin: I've used Linode and DigitalOcean before as
>> well as hyperscalers (briefly) and have decent experience with
>> managing infrastructure and system administration. I do quite a bit
>> of work on my home network, which runs Linux.
>>
>> # Communication Platforms
>>
>> I have barely used mailing lists before, so please excuse any errors
>> I make.
>>
>> For my preferred communications platform, I tend to use Discord, but
>> can use whatever really.
>>
>> I've moderated and administrated lots of forums and online
>> communities in my time, I have a lot of experience in the area and
>> would be up for giving the Fedora project a hand if that would be
>> useful.
>>
>> For my time commitment, I'd go with 2-6 hours per week. I can't
>> guarantee this, but think it's a safe bet to say I'll be able to
>> spend somewhere in this time range working on Fedora each week. Stuff
>> such as moderating and replying to emails can probably be counted
>> separately though as I find myself doing that in my spare time
>> without much in the way of energy drain.
>>
>> I hope that's enough info for you and that this message gets to
>> everyone properly. I look forward to finding out what comes next, and
>> am here if you have any questions or anything that you'd like me to
>> answer.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,- Seth
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