Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:21:08 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> To: obiwac <obiwac@freebsd.org> Cc: Ananay Sharma <ananaysharma299@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeking guidance on starting FreeBSD contribution Message-ID: <20250915202108.d152be4b7facc0e41be66fc4@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <CAN8-kNURQ7jw1LD2z4cDLKQwD1jSLRnrJdgJOeor%2B2zJ35XyXA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJDhU-v0LqC5naU-KwPK4mpgOSmAgkdyHBBKZ4Qe4_6f4YdKBA@mail.gmail.com> <CAN8-kNURQ7jw1LD2z4cDLKQwD1jSLRnrJdgJOeor%2B2zJ35XyXA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi. Have you read this? https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/ On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:21:47 +0200 obiwac <obiwac@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi! > > > However, I don’t use FreeBSD regularly and I’m not sure where to start or how its components work in practice. I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to begin learning about FreeBSD development or how to get involved with small contributions. > > I think definitely the #1 thing you should do is actually use FreeBSD > regularly. Once you do you'll quickly figure out how things work > especially if you try to drill down and try to understand things that > you don't understand or seem weird to you. > > In terms of contributions, you might come up with some small stuff you > wanna do while doing #1, but otherwise if you hang around FreeBSD > spaces long enough I'm sure you'll stumble across something you wanna > work on. > > There's also the ideas list although these count as a bit more than > "small" contributions: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas > > But yeah overall my only advice is to actually use (as your daily > driver if you can) and spend time with FreeBSD. > > On Mon, 15 Sept 2025 at 01:11, Ananay Sharma <ananaysharma299@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I’m Ananay Sharma, a 2nd-year undergraduate student in Computer Science. For the past few months, I have been learning how computer systems work and studying Operating Systems through the UCB OS lectures. I found FreeBSD fascinating and would really love to contribute to it in the future. > > > > However, I don’t use FreeBSD regularly and I’m not sure where to start or how its components work in practice. I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to begin learning about FreeBSD development or how to get involved with small contributions. > > > > Thank you very much for your time. > > > > Best regards, > > Ananay Sharma -- Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
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