Hi,
Overwhelming to see such concern from team. I am a student, about to finish my masters. I always wonder how to get started, even by going through "get started" column of open source or linux communities' website.
I have keen interest in working on systems programming, I dont have much experience, but having good programming and logical skill, a helping hand would add a lot to my knowledge and my contribution to community.
I am always ready to learn new things.
Reply would be awaited.:)
Thanks and Regards!


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
Hi Steven,

On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 22:48 -0700, Steven Susbauer wrote:
> On 3/11/13 10:34 PM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > The list has been too quiet of late. Yet, I've been getting subscription
> > notifications telling me that new people are in-fact subscribing to the
> > list. The logical conclusion here is that new people are joining the
> > list, but *not* using it. I'm not sure why that would be. Are new comers
> > shy, or are they scared of being flamed, or is there another reason?
>
> Shy mostly,

No need to be, we don't bite. :)

> > In the unlikely case that you have no questions and are well on your way
> > to contributing to Fedora, I'll request you to at least send the list an
> > e-mail introducing yourself. That'll tell us who you are, what you do,
> > what you want to work on, and we can help you and introduce you to more
> > folks that we know.
>
> I'm a System Administrator on the US West Coast (Portland). We are
> primarily a Windows shop, but I've been somewhat successful in bringing
> more Linux systems into what we do. I've been using Linux since
> 2003-ish, started with Red Hat 9 and have used most distributions for at
> least a short while. Primarily servers but I've used it long term on the
> desktop (/laptop) as well.
>
> Right now I am involved in Freemedia. It was an easy group to join and
> get my foot in the door. I am interested in getting involved in Infra,
> but haven't really made the jump into introducing myself there. Mostly
> because I don't know where to start.

That's why we're here, don't hesitate to ask any question you have.

> My reasons for wanting to get into
> Infra are the overall interest in contributing to the magic side of
> things people only see when broken, but I have a selfish motivation of
> wanting to learn more about Linux system administration in a production
> environment, and also things like puppet which I haven't gotten around
> to playing with on my own, myself. I'd also like to learn Python, I
> haven't had the proper motivation of projects to do so on my own.

Just to be clear: these are all very valid motivations.

Most of contribute for selfish reasons, in addition to the general
desire to make the world a better place.

If you want to learn Python, I'd recommend you read the book "Dive into
Python". That's how I learned a few years ago. :)

And then, when you have a decent grasp on the syntax (enough to be able
to read code and documentation), go have a look at the easy fixes for
Fedora:
    http://fedoraproject.org/easyfix/

Most of the applications developed by the Infra team are there, and have
many low-hanging fruits you could pick.

That should provide a nice way for you to pass the second foot through
the door. ;)

And if you need help, just ask!


--
Mathieu

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