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> References: <CAN9z%2BMqbhXy7zDR%2BT2svxUGgStuEkFbaL-yJcyiFbWo86V3U5g@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1605221729360.26829@multics.mit.edu> <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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