From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sun May 22 21:36:31 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 E3429B46B9E for ; Sun, 22 May 2016 21:36:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu [18.9.25.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9111019A5 for ; Sun, 22 May 2016 21:36:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) X-AuditID: 1209190c-12fff7000000490a-7e-57422529d48e Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 1E.A5.18698.92522475; Sun, 22 May 2016 17:31:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id u4MLVLhp022076; Sun, 22 May 2016 17:31:21 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id u4MLVHkZ013451 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 22 May 2016 17:31:20 -0400 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id u4MLVGgS005806; Sun, 22 May 2016 17:31:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 17:31:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Kefeh Collins cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: contributing to open source In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrDIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrqup6hRucHyCjsX2zf8YLWa+usPk wOQx49N8Fo+ds+6yBzBFcdmkpOZklqUW6dslcGWcefSQvaCHtWLN2rWMDYytLF2MnBwSAiYS i689ZOti5OIQEmhjkphx4hgzhLORUWLpka/sEM4hJonO9l5WkBYhgQZGiU+747sYOThYBLQl nsz0BgmzCahIzHyzkQ3EFhHQkngx/xqYzSwgL3Fh8yFGEFtYQEPi5pUVTCA2p0CgxLSfZ8Gu 4BVwlLi16CoLxPgAiX0b5zOD2KICOhKr90+BqhGUODnzCQvETC2J5dO3sUxgFJiFJDULSWoB I9MqRtmU3Crd3MTMnOLUZN3i5MS8vNQiXUO93MwSvdSU0k2MoIDklOTZwXjmjdchRgEORiUe Xg4Wp3Ah1sSy4srcQ4ySHExKoryp3fbhQnxJ+SmVGYnFGfFFpTmpxYcYJTiYlUR4Gd45hgvx piRWVqUW5cOkpDlYlMR5C/efDhMSSE8sSc1OTS1ILYLJynBwKEnw+qkA7REsSk1PrUjLzClB SDNxcIIM5wEavg2khre4IDG3ODMdIn+KUZdjwY/ba5mEWPLy81KlxHkbQYoEQIoySvPg5oAT yW4m1VeM4kBvCfO+UAaq4gEmIbhJr4CWMAEteSjtALKkJBEhJdXAqBl6tVq1NaEqXOra9Zrn wT29+Vc59Dv8JllenT2n7N+tz9x2Zu8qQs6dWPZmi7aC8b7VCh0qOUeWcVQ02bZvW8fe8fOq g1LdqoNrFmfNuaNk/NVu3pxd3BsDD25f28lX+qZ7UluQ8Asjh4jOOY6dD2yfue4Vef+R75/g SZ52bw47Oa1317X2K7EUZyQaajEXFScCAM0GLOX/AgAA 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 21:36:32 -0000 On Sun, 22 May 2016, 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 A couple of thoughts: (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 (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 -Ben