Are any of us involved in a freshmeat project?
I am interested in contributing to the LINUX effort. When I go to <http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/> and am overwhelmed by the choices and by the lingo. Are any us WLUG folks involved in any of these? I know our tastes and skills may not match. I may not be able to directly contribute, but it would feel good to get an insight into the workings and the process. Ken Jones
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I am interested in contributing to the LINUX effort. When I go to <http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/> and am overwhelmed by the choices and by the lingo. Are any us WLUG folks involved in any of these? I know our tastes and skills may not match. I may not be able to directly contribute, but it would feel good to get an insight into the workings and the process.
Ken Jones _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
HI Ken, Freshmeat and Sourceforge are places which host projects. They provide disk space for project files, mailing lists, and a project web page. As you've noted, there are innumerable projects of myriad varieties. A few years ago, I participated by writing a users' guide for a project called Gimp-Print (now being renamed to Gutenprint). I liked using the software but noted that it lacked documentation for the user. I also knew the project lead since we were employed by the same company. I wrote the users' guide and contributed it to the project using the GNU Free Documentation License. At that time, my proverbial itch was thus scratched. I still like and use the software frequently, but alas I have not had time to properly update the manual. What suits your fancy? Is there some program which you'd like to write and contribute to the community? It need not be anything grandiose - often simpler is better. Part of the Unix philosophy is to do one thing, and to do it *very* well. Or, perhaps there is a piece of software you like to use which needs help with the documentation. Writing good bug reports also helps a project. Yet another way to contribute to Linux is to teach others about Linux. I teach an adult education class twice yearly. I know of one other WLUG member who also does this. Depending on your time, talents, and interest, there are many ways to contribute. What do you think you would *like* to do? Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCxYG4Hl0iXDssISsRAqmyAJ0WZ/4JaF0T4WZkFrfwWnXm4bHBjwCfdh26 GXBAg1b1rYE8okey8BqFH8s= =tMZm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
In the Linux community, there are tons of way to help out. It all depends on your expertise and your interests. If you are interested in web based projects, you might want to check out any of the PHP projects. Although they are not usually directly related to *nix, they use the same licensing and run on the common LAMP setup. One way to improve the *nix community is to write documentation. As I am a big fan of FreeBSD I occasionally write tutorials on install and setup of common applications, packages, etc. Bob Breznak On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Andy Stewart wrote:
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Ken Jones wrote:
I am interested in contributing to the LINUX effort. When I go to <http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/> and am overwhelmed by the choices and by the lingo. Are any us WLUG folks involved in any of these? I know our tastes and skills may not match. I may not be able to directly contribute, but it would feel good to get an insight into the workings and the process.
Ken Jones _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
HI Ken,
Freshmeat and Sourceforge are places which host projects. They provide disk space for project files, mailing lists, and a project web page. As you've noted, there are innumerable projects of myriad varieties.
A few years ago, I participated by writing a users' guide for a project called Gimp-Print (now being renamed to Gutenprint). I liked using the software but noted that it lacked documentation for the user. I also knew the project lead since we were employed by the same company. I wrote the users' guide and contributed it to the project using the GNU Free Documentation License. At that time, my proverbial itch was thus scratched. I still like and use the software frequently, but alas I have not had time to properly update the manual.
What suits your fancy? Is there some program which you'd like to write and contribute to the community? It need not be anything grandiose - often simpler is better. Part of the Unix philosophy is to do one thing, and to do it *very* well. Or, perhaps there is a piece of software you like to use which needs help with the documentation. Writing good bug reports also helps a project.
Yet another way to contribute to Linux is to teach others about Linux. I teach an adult education class twice yearly. I know of one other WLUG member who also does this.
Depending on your time, talents, and interest, there are many ways to contribute. What do you think you would *like* to do?
Later,
Andy
- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
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Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:47:36 -0400 From: Andy Stewart <andystewart@comcast.net> Freshmeat and Sourceforge are places which host projects. They provide disk space for project files, mailing lists, and a project web page. As you've noted, there are innumerable projects of myriad varieties. Freshmeat just provides listing services (unless things have changed recently). Sourceforge provides hosting. A few years ago, I participated by writing a users' guide for a project called Gimp-Print (now being renamed to Gutenprint). I liked using the software but noted that it lacked documentation for the user. I also knew the project lead since we were employed by the same company. I wrote the users' guide and contributed it to the project using the GNU Free Documentation License. At that time, my proverbial itch was thus scratched. I still like and use the software frequently, but alas I have not had time to properly update the manual. You would be more than welcome to return if you like :-) -- Robert Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu> Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf@uunet.uu.net Project lead for Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton
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Robert L Krawitz