From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 22:17:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7974F106567B for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:17:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 116C88FC14 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:17:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from crab.unsane.co.uk (crab.unsane.co.uk [10.0.0.111]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m5RMGogx079692 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:16:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <48656697.8050203@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:15:51 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chance Hoggan References: <511377.64944.qm@web706.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <511377.64944.qm@web706.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:17:06 -0000 Chance Hoggan wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have any programming projects needing done that is suitable for a novice? > > When I say novice I have been using freebsd for around 3 years and developing for around 4. I want to understand the freebsd operating system better and I am looking for some guidance that would give me a place to start understanding how the system works. I mean more in the system code. > > Even if you do not have any projects if you could give me some tasks that would equally be great. > > Regards, > Chance > Hi, I believe http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/ is a good place to start. Also try asking on the -current or -hackers mailing lists. I've noticed that if you find something that seems interesting and start work on it then ask specific questions you are more likely to get useful replies than if you ask more general questions. That said i'm not a developer so don't feel you need to pay too much attention to my suggestions as they are purely based on observation not instruction/experience :) Vince > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"