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Re: [Wlug] Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Ira Krakow

Ken, > I miss the problem solving and the camaraderie of > the work place. 1) Find a problem you want to solve, that doesn't have a good solution yet, perhaps hasn't been solved, or has been tackled by a Linux project and you are curious about. Be open to learning more. 2) Check out www.sourceforge.net, which is the repository for open source projects, and search for the projects you might like to contribute. Join their mailing list, look at the pending tasks, and lurk a while to find out how the project is organized. 3) Match your interests and talents with the pending projects and try something that you tackle easily. Confirming or finding a bug (the projects usually have publicly available bug lists) is a good way to start. Maybe you are good at documentation - usually there are many areas where you can contribute - it's also a great way to learn. 4) Once you are confident enough, download the source code and start fixing bugs and suggesting enhancements. Best of luck. Many Linux-based projects need people with your talents. Ira

Feb. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Bill Smith

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:29:50 -0500 Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > I am interested in getting involved in Linux Open Source development. > > I am a seventy year old retiree. I started programming on the AN/FSQ7 > at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in 1957. (If you read "Computing in the > Middle Ages" by Severo Ornstein, I was there.) I finished by > professional work life as a Senior Software Engineer at CISCO Systems > in 2003. First, the Bad News: the number of people who shudder at the term "shuffle the deck" is greatly diminishing. Looking at the way some software is developed these days, that may be a Bad Thing. ;) > I miss the problem solving and the camaraderie of the work place. I > wonder whether I can contribute to the development of Linux. How do I > start? The best thing I could suggest is to find a project that interests you, join the development mailing list (if it has one), and ask how you can help. (This will likely be answered in advance by reading that project's TODO list.) There are lots of drivers that need to be written or debugged. Finding something to work on shouldn't be too hard. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Microsoft Windows doesn't HAVE security holes... It IS a security hole. * TAG! v3.1a *

Feb. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Gary Hanley

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Ken Jones wrote: > I am interested in getting involved in Linux Open Source development. > How do I start? This advice from someone who has NOT done any development for Linux but would love to someday after I retire (or are out of work for an extended period of time)... 1: Install Linux on your PC (or whatever compatible hardware you have). 2: Go to this directory: /usr/src/linux/Documentation and read some (or most) of the text files here, notably: * BUG-HUNTING * CodingStyle * SubmittingPatches 3: Become familiar with this site: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ 4: Have fun! :-) -- Gary

Feb. 13, 2005

Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Ken Jones

I am interested in getting involved in Linux Open Source development. I am a seventy year old retiree. I started programming on the AN/FSQ7 at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in 1957. (If you read "Computing in the Middle Ages" by Severo Ornstein, I was there.) I finished by professional work life as a Senior Software Engineer at CISCO Systems in 2003. I miss the problem solving and the camaraderie of the work place. I wonder whether I can contribute to the development of Linux. How do I start? Ken Jones

Feb. 12, 2005

Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DVD's

by Tom Misilo

I was wondering if anybody knew how I could convert a .ppt Power Point File into a Movie file (such as .avi .mpg or such) so that it could be put onto a DVD or VCD Thanks, Tom Misilo -- Tom Misilo Saint Bernard's High School '06

Feb. 12, 2005

Meeting POSTPONED

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, My sincere apologies for the late notice, but I just got home and the conditions are deteriorating quickly. The WLUG meeting is postponed until next week Thursday, Feb 17th. Please stay home this evening. Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 10, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 10:20 am, Robert Schwein wrote: > Andy > > For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? > > Thanks > > Bob HI Bob, The "usual place" is on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA*, in a room called the Access Grid room. This room is located on the first floor of Morgan Hall. You can find more detailed directions on the WLUG home page at http://www.wlug.org, click on "WLUG Meetings" near the top of the page, and then scroll down to the bottom and click the "Directions" link. I am conscious of the fact that the weather may be inclement. Use your own good judgement - if the weather outside is frightful (but the air is so delightful), don't do anything foolish. Any potential cancellation email would have to be sent out by 4 PM at the latest, so please check your email boxes on Thursday. Later, Andy *I need to say USA since there is a Worcester, England, and once upon a time someone thought we were in the UK since I didn't explicitly say USA. Ahhh, the wonders of a world wide medium. :-) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 10, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Charles R. Anderson

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 01:26:00PM -0800, Ira Krakow wrote: > --- Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll be going to Linux World on Wednesday and > > probably on Thursday > > since WPI was nice enough to plan academic advising > > day on thursday :) > > I'll be going all 3 days. BTW, if you plan on going > Wednesday, the Boston Linux User Group, at: > > http://www.blu.org/ > > is scheduling a LinuxWorld "bull session" at MIT from > 7pm to 9pm. Might be worth it to exchange ideas. > It's a short walk from the Hynes. I'll be at LWCE and FUDCon1 too.

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Gary Hanley

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Clint Moyer wrote: > Actually, 4 to 8 inches, Chicken Little. If you believe any of it you probably have not lived in the Northeast very long. Snow forecasts around here are usually inaccurate. Too many $VARIABLES at play to predict reliably. Best bet is to prepare for the high-end of the forecast and hope for the low-end. -- Gary

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Ira Krakow

I'll be going all 3 days. BTW, if you plan on going Wednesday, the Boston Linux User Group, at: http://www.blu.org/ is scheduling a LinuxWorld "bull session" at MIT from 7pm to 9pm. Might be worth it to exchange ideas. It's a short walk from the Hynes. Ira --- Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'll be going to Linux World on Wednesday and > probably on Thursday > since WPI was nice enough to plan academic advising > day on thursday :) > > Chuck > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:18:26 -0500, Keller, Tim > <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I wonder how many people are going to show > considering NOAA is talking about > > 20 inches of snow for the area. > > > > > > > > Also, other than myself, who else intends to > attend the Linux World Expo in > > Boston next week? > > > > > > > > Later, > > > > Tim. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org > [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > > Behalf Of Robert Schwein > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:21 AM > > To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux > Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM > > > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? > > > > Thanks > > > > Bob > > > > Andy Stewart wrote: HI Everybody, This is a > reminder about the upcoming > > WLUG meeting which will be held on Thursday, Feb. > 10th at 7:00 PM in the > > usual place. Our guest speaker will be Scott > Venier, a long time WLUG > > member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software > configuration management > > system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at > supporting development of > > software systems of almost any size, from fairly > small (under 10,000 source > > lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It > is both a revision > > control system and a build system. Vesta provides > full automatic dependency > > detection and guarantees exact repeatability of > any build. See ya there! > > Andy ________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________Wlug > mailing > > > listWlug@mail.wlug.orghttp://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > -- > Chuck Haines > chaines(a)gmail.com > ------------------------------------------- > Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity > TKE-ZM Web Coordinator > ECE Systems Administrator > ------------------------------------------- > AIM: CyberGrex > YIM: CyberGrex_27 > ICQ: 3707881 > ------------------------------------------- > GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD > CCB5 4BD7 0989 > GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 9, 2005