Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 00:11:43 -0600 From: "John Nielsen" <hackers@jnielsen.net> To: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: I Volunteer Message-ID: <002301c21758$2f2a2fd0$0900a8c0@max> References: <F96Qu3Ri7mQRuqyoaQl0002bfb0@hotmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:35 PM Subject: I Volunteer > I don't know who might have use of my services (or what my services might be > for that matter), but I hereby offer them up. I'm a student at the > University of Washington and I'll be applying to the Computer Science major > in February. I'd like to get involved with the OS that is serving me so > well. I'll do what I can to help with whatever. Just let me know if anyone > needs a minion. I could use the experience. Probably the best thing you can do for the project is to show some initiative. The problem reports database (accessible over the web at http://www.freebsd.org/prstats/index.html) can always use a good looking-over. Some reports are outdated and just need to be closed; some have a working patch included but have fallen through the cracks; and depending on your interests and level of coding ability, some could be relatively easy to fix. Do some work, make some noise, and express your interests and then whoever wants you as a minion will be more likely to find you. Whether or not coding is your forte, you can support the project in other ways as well. FreeBSD has great documentation, but it can always be improved or added to. I tend to proofread everything I read, so I've sent in a couple "bug" reports about manpage typos. I've been pleasantly surprised at both the promptness with which they were addressed and the gratitude expressed for my filing the reports. Evangelism and peer support are other great things you can do. Educate people at your school about FreeBSD and suggest ways that using FreeBSD might improve a lab/program/service. Answer questions on the -questions mailing list and/or the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc newsgroup. FreeBSD is a great platform with an even greater user/developer community, so letting people know about it is always a good thing. Just a few ideas from my own experience... :) JN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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