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Date:      Mon, 23 May 2016 18:16:24 -0400
From:      "Isaac (.ike) Levy" <ike@blackskyresearch.net>
To:        Kefeh Collins <kefehcollins@gmail.com>
Cc:        Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>, hiren panchasara <hiren@strugglingcoder.info>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: contributing to open source
Message-ID:  <2F06E9C5-B8DF-495F-B650-1433438E0B6D@blackskyresearch.net>
In-Reply-To: <20160522222937.GG41763@strugglingcoder.info>
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Hi Kefeh, All,

One more recommendation as you explore,

> On May 22, 2016, at 6:29 PM, hiren panchasara =
<hiren@strugglingcoder.info> wrote:
> On 05/22/16 at 05:31P, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 May 2016, Kefeh Collins wrote:
>>=20
>>> hello
>>> i am a second year computer science student, program in c and c++ =
and am
>>> interested in contributing in operating system (kernel) directed =
projects
>>> please i need guidance
>>=20
>> A couple of thoughts:
>>=20
>> (1) There's an "ideas list" at https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage and
>> links to some other things as well, if you are just wanting potential
>> topics to work on
>>=20
>> (2) You might try to join an IRC channel or two to get a sense for =
what is
>> going on and get to know some other developers.  #bsdcode or #bsddev =
on
>> EFnet come to mind, but see also https://wiki.freebsd.org/IrcChannels
>=20
> Good points, Ben. I'd add:
>=20
> (3) Look at https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ and see if you can find
> anything you'd like to work on. If you do, propose a patch or ask a
> question there without hesitation.
>=20
> (4) If you are interested/willing, you can setup a machine (or a VM)
> running FreeBSD. (Not directly related to programming but this can =
give
> you a good idea of how FreeBSD works.)
>=20
> Thank you for your interest in FreeBSD!
>=20
> Cheers,
> Hiren

(5) Try to find and attend a *BSD or other UNIX User Group in your area! =
 The FreeBSD site has a ton of listings, worldwide:

https://www.freebsd.org/usergroups.html

Best,
.ike





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