Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 16:42:59 -0400 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: sorressean <tyler@tysdomain.com> Cc: Kefeh Collins <kefehcollins@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: contributing to open source Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOspJCj7Z9e2LWpc6f2H2X1%2BPEO3t4UQ3Z47G9WgDGmang@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1944f9ca-14fa-9839-11bc-b7597337866f@tysdomain.com> References: <CAN9z%2BMqbhXy7zDR%2BT2svxUGgStuEkFbaL-yJcyiFbWo86V3U5g@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOvEDHxib_op6YvaoGz_xxjzcKa-DKPt1_41Gwp07OOyMA@mail.gmail.com> <1944f9ca-14fa-9839-11bc-b7597337866f@tysdomain.com>
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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 <tyler@tysdomain.com> 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 > > <kefehcollins@gmail.com> 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----- >
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