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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id g2sm1020246qaf.12.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3cpNHZ4sL2z2CG48 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:30:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:30:34 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Contributing to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20130930083034.7d5bf2ff@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:30:37 -0000 On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:16:54 +0530 karan garg articulated: > Hi all, > > I am an open source enthusiast and new to freeBSD community. I am an > RHCE and have a reasonable knowledge of linux administration, > database, Bash Scripting, and C/C++. > > I want to contribute to the community. I have gone through the FreeBSD > handbook, and list of various projects under the community. However, > I was unable to determine a suitable project for me to get started. > So, I would really appreciate if you could help me find a project > that would require my field of knowledge. > > Also, I wish to apply for GSOC-2014 and have checked the ideas page > but found the similar problems as above. > > Also, if you could give me a link of resources and handbook for me to > go through before starting to contribute. Well, if you really want a suggestion, you could try updating the "linux_base-f10-10_7" port that was released by Fedora on November 25, 2008 to something newer, say the Fedora 19, released July 2, 2013. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. 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