imachavel
January 5th, 2012, 05:25 PM
but I am a total programming newb, I mean I know what
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is. That is about it. I've build a few pc's, tower, psu, mobo, processor in socket, heatsink, ram, cd rom drive, hard disk drive, some raid installs, understand the concept of onboard devices or installed devices in expansion slots such as pcie. probably about the same as most people here I'm not going to claim I'm an expert. worked with windows, mac once or twice, ubuntu, linux mint, a few other distros. I know some things for example windows would use files like .net framework, open gl, direct x, system 32. I know 'terms' like interrupt request. I know what a .iso is. A flash drive. Anyway I'll stop here just wanted to get very very basic for a moment.
I figure someone who has almost no programming experience might not know how to contribute to the linux kernel, and I barely know the terminal commands but know things such as sudo su and sudo apt-get install and ifconfig etc.
What could I do besides installing linux and enjoying it's use as a free server freely distributable operating system, to contribute to the kernel. I love things such as android phones, which I hear the OS were formed from the linux kernel at one point. I even hear that at one point mac os (way before hfs) was written from a linux model. I know Linus Tourvald attended MIT? Is that correct? in 1969? What could I do to improve this OS, bug testing? Reverse engineering windows apps to work with linux drivers? Anything? I'd love to help, and know that people to contribute to the linux kernel work for free. I am currently downloading a windows 8 beta(32 bit version) and will install in virtual box.
Otherwise I know very little about programming, I know there is java, c++, .php, apache web apps, html, ports, root files, bash command shell. etc. etc. ext file system. Umm, what could I do today, if I wanted to begin on a path contributing to the team. I'll be honest, some linux apps I hate, for example thunderbird and evolution, I like outlook better, I know they both use pop(incoming) and smtp(outgoing) but don't particularly like thunderbird or evolution as open source apps. But I respect open source apps. I use open source or open trial apps even, I use microsoft security essentials and malware bytes(not developed of course by a linux team). I respect open source, and if I thought there was a way to make open source work better, I'd love to contribute. Anything anyone wants to hit me up with, go ahead. I'd rather do this all day then work at best buy on the geek squad. I love building pc's, starting with the mobo and working up, but hate dealing with corporate restrictions. I've had my qualms with windows viruses, bugs, bsod, reactivation problems, drivers, etc. I don't want to reinvent the wheel but anyway just shoot me a pm or reply here. I'll work on anything even if it's something tiny especially if it will help me improve my knowledge of working operating functioning operating systems and all their network and program/application usability abilities. make sense? ;)
also don't make me lead you to believe I know a thing about flash. I know that flash is always Java right? But then Java is not always flash. html5 makes the use of flash moot right? Otherwise, smart phone devices would not be able to use flash would they?
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is. That is about it. I've build a few pc's, tower, psu, mobo, processor in socket, heatsink, ram, cd rom drive, hard disk drive, some raid installs, understand the concept of onboard devices or installed devices in expansion slots such as pcie. probably about the same as most people here I'm not going to claim I'm an expert. worked with windows, mac once or twice, ubuntu, linux mint, a few other distros. I know some things for example windows would use files like .net framework, open gl, direct x, system 32. I know 'terms' like interrupt request. I know what a .iso is. A flash drive. Anyway I'll stop here just wanted to get very very basic for a moment.
I figure someone who has almost no programming experience might not know how to contribute to the linux kernel, and I barely know the terminal commands but know things such as sudo su and sudo apt-get install and ifconfig etc.
What could I do besides installing linux and enjoying it's use as a free server freely distributable operating system, to contribute to the kernel. I love things such as android phones, which I hear the OS were formed from the linux kernel at one point. I even hear that at one point mac os (way before hfs) was written from a linux model. I know Linus Tourvald attended MIT? Is that correct? in 1969? What could I do to improve this OS, bug testing? Reverse engineering windows apps to work with linux drivers? Anything? I'd love to help, and know that people to contribute to the linux kernel work for free. I am currently downloading a windows 8 beta(32 bit version) and will install in virtual box.
Otherwise I know very little about programming, I know there is java, c++, .php, apache web apps, html, ports, root files, bash command shell. etc. etc. ext file system. Umm, what could I do today, if I wanted to begin on a path contributing to the team. I'll be honest, some linux apps I hate, for example thunderbird and evolution, I like outlook better, I know they both use pop(incoming) and smtp(outgoing) but don't particularly like thunderbird or evolution as open source apps. But I respect open source apps. I use open source or open trial apps even, I use microsoft security essentials and malware bytes(not developed of course by a linux team). I respect open source, and if I thought there was a way to make open source work better, I'd love to contribute. Anything anyone wants to hit me up with, go ahead. I'd rather do this all day then work at best buy on the geek squad. I love building pc's, starting with the mobo and working up, but hate dealing with corporate restrictions. I've had my qualms with windows viruses, bugs, bsod, reactivation problems, drivers, etc. I don't want to reinvent the wheel but anyway just shoot me a pm or reply here. I'll work on anything even if it's something tiny especially if it will help me improve my knowledge of working operating functioning operating systems and all their network and program/application usability abilities. make sense? ;)
also don't make me lead you to believe I know a thing about flash. I know that flash is always Java right? But then Java is not always flash. html5 makes the use of flash moot right? Otherwise, smart phone devices would not be able to use flash would they?