From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sun May 22 20:43:00 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665C9B4566E for ; Sun, 22 May 2016 20:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x230.google.com (mail-vk0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 148BE10C4 for ; Sun, 22 May 2016 20:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x230.google.com with SMTP id f66so201033659vkh.2 for ; Sun, 22 May 2016 13:43:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=Zi/5BLzAAu8+NJkEl253lpgO9Py9jK74J7WZ/FMM+/U=; b=zjoAwUgtO7FDLrNajw8INLnSP9ezHPdjZY54ymPiyxfrm8uVOkpTBIr6O1mM+uHHEr OTLMwxZw44m+Bgh3ACJO3EctRMWA84/ZsMLruzpiMgOqizlwuPXKXO3BfHZxozsXj4If CjPKfpnkUozH2lwmy1kjkg6I3PZnfQ7ylPu+8w5SXcblBmORT8EMCrQ8V1mUfCYl72+F WR1QUw+HQ56fxbOpzHh20Vaxfx1pA8MfcRyqaUTyGgHRbpo1mejfxPBULCbu7edyA5AU /Sh1VIq8HdrpdNRfczwgQVTw4CSSxbi/ZfUftj99D1NmMh34M/vO2iz3joWkx2M6e5ez VQsg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=Zi/5BLzAAu8+NJkEl253lpgO9Py9jK74J7WZ/FMM+/U=; b=Nc1IVjV1Hcj+cVD4ev40BdXMv/l5S0CydHCkArknT5lUGwxyWNeY+4XyjCMal6+dpQ oCnOB3GgFNcKo39rK2hDsXvuqIL1Jbl6e9kOGyd/1TFHIO3ucyxboLzxMIKI4mC4Zbwl zH+fW+ytl0CUm6JhfcTkBfhtAOeGnHblNE//dL7VfRlrXm5Nx3lbwkfKY+sY3KmHbkE2 b+O3Ss5TkfQ+CJNTC/x10qZ36bGBNGwfVBqc39LDjYhRoCCed6qEZ+Ia/JLglkrzvnjI t54SOrnMmA3n2b6n6Vz5VNUDsfhhvvg9Lb44Fgf4arrkOciphNxKJalEsPnXUOxfJRsy U6NA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLuHsKo0y1eDUkbHjehvjOajLOpQi+ttmasoZcyQJnnwf+tUGKej6FP2+cKCVMph+i0P2PiSOO3zCNnxA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.176.2.151 with SMTP id 23mr1612294uah.106.1463949779191; Sun, 22 May 2016 13:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.103.21.135 with HTTP; Sun, 22 May 2016 13:42:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1944f9ca-14fa-9839-11bc-b7597337866f@tysdomain.com> References: <1944f9ca-14fa-9839-11bc-b7597337866f@tysdomain.com> Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 16:42:59 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: contributing to open source From: Joe Nosay To: sorressean Cc: Kefeh Collins , FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 20:43:00 -0000 Had you replied to the gentleman before I did, the conversation would not have been printed. Yes, start with one computer; and, if you have a certain idea in mind, research what would be best and go from there. My mother is Brazilian and her native language is portuguese. Don't play that with me again, understand. I took everything into consideration. With that aside, please enjoy your stay with us. On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Pleas disregard everything that was previously mentioned in the email > below mine. I don't like to top post, but I also don't like to quote > such garbage. > firstly, to the writing better: english is not everyone's first > language. Also see [1]. > Secondly, you do not need to get 90 different systems to contribute to > development. If you have unsupported hardware, you could begin by > working on drivers for that hardware. Otherwise, check out the FreeBSD > wiki page at [2] for a todo. > [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law > [2]: https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage > On 5/22/2016 1:54 PM, Joe Nosay wrote: > > You need to clarify that which you are asking. In the skill set > > that you have, what do you create naturally? Now, think about > > applying that knowledge of C and C++ to an application that you > > find beneficial to others and yourself. The first thing for you to > > do is to install the system on a variety of computers. You need > > some of different architectures. Why? Because every CPU is not > > designed to do the same job; nor are they going to perform the > > same way. Grab yourself an UltraSPARC station, a PowerMac G4, a > > PowerMac G5, a Raspberry pi, and two standard AMD64 laptops - they > > will be for both 32 bit and 64 bit compiling. You will need to take > > notes on paper because the system is simple and complex at the same > > time. The kernel has to match the hardware; and, you will need to > > learn a few more languages. You have forth, lua, haskell, pascal, > > python, and java as a start. You will need to learn to map the > > devices before you think of using them. Believe me, it makes > > sense. You are going to have to correct a lot of software errors. > > And, you will have to deal with people on a personal basis. This > > means you need to write more legibly. > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Kefeh Collins > > wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > >> thanks in advance > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To > >> unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To > > unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > - -- > Take care, > Ty > Twitter: @sorressean > Web: https://tysdomain.com > Pubkey: https://tysdomain.com/files/pubkey.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXQf93AAoJEAdP60+BYxejCuMH/j35STynOYCiZ0zXKQpYtKDv > No4Q4BJEffy1m/+WZEXtx1lYodh+5x3k5yMX9OZb1f1lmBoosekCaG5I+llX+SMU > h/7cseAerswGMap+NzmFJdDVBfN+x/70+zp5i2jqjMrbvrDgrEUYwNY8JbzA5q1L > N32Y+EC3ey+Mg9O03K/qqTIbDGkBZsCK6Dimvnx8iKYZsbHl4FiYHbM1u61mlauC > MM+cHETuZ4TiOCYAJ4d0KuF83YfcMhbMr6FFXZNHMtHN7mIx4aVJdK4CLLJHd/d/ > +U5LwMUN1e55cVqEWw4sUB8QsKIhnF3Ia4yZgucH6K0J80E2RMqLnuftnr1IiK4= > =+n/7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >