Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:27:01 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Aneesh Dandime <aneesh.for.open.source@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Contributing Message-ID: <20160305162701.GC35640@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <CAH6h6ozXyAOoPuxZZWev0YzdLM80TuDm%2BAgCeTpJxjbsAVOeVQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAH6h6ozXyAOoPuxZZWev0YzdLM80TuDm%2BAgCeTpJxjbsAVOeVQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi! > I want to start contributing to freebsd, but i don't know how to get > started. Cool. The best way to start is the questions@ mailing list: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/ Try to ask and answer questions there, sometimes it's quite challenging 8-) What is your main interest ? Which programming language, which application area ? Are you into C programming or what would be of interest to you ? > Is there a 'easy-hacks' or 'bugs' list that I can begin with? There's a page with ideas: https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage and there's the Google Summer of Code ideas page: https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas And if you want to start bug-squashing, dig into https://bugs.freebsd.org/ and search for interesting bugs to reproduce, and propose patches. > I have downloaded freebsd-10.2-Release-amd64-bootonly. One topic that is always hot is testing and integrating new wireless and other device drivers. https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/ > I am currently studying Operating system concepts from this book called > 'Operating system concepts' by Silberschatz. I want to contribute to open > source while learning from that book. I recommend reading the general handbook for the concepts: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Then, if you really want to do operation-system coding, look at the Developers handbook. https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook If you want to have start in the application area, look at the ports tree, and it's handbook: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 4 years to go !
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