Hi Aaron, Welcome to the community!
I see you have your "welcome to Fedora" ticket already: https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Welcome-to-Fedora/issue/356 I hope the info there is useful, but please do let us know if anything is unclear and if we can help in any way at all. On Thu, May 30, 2024 20:27:10 GMT, Aaron Linder wrote: > Hello, > My name is Aaron Linder, I am a recent MSc graduate from Winston-Salem State > University. My interest in computers starts very young my father had a > computer at home in the early 1980's (a self assembled apple II + ), at any > rate. Our original computers had a much less toxic environment, while I do > have a windows (Becuase Corsair iCUE will not allow linux native) and a M2 > apple machine, which I have installed Fedora on. > > At any rate I first installed linux without a GUI headless in the year 2000 > but I didn't know how to use linux very well. It was many years later I began > using it, using different distros, such as Ubuntu, and Xubuntu becuase my > machines were too slow to run windows. > > I first heard of Fedora from a gaming lady friend in black desert she used it > for school work in meteorology research. My first experience with Fedora > specifically was Asahi Linux remix and how it can plug into my Apple M2 ARM > system. > > my SWE proficiencies are in: > > Java, Python, PhP, Coldfusion, and Rust. I need more contribution on projects > outside of python. This is why linux is a developer friendly environment and > I am really impressed with this distribution and I read recently, that Fedora > wants to be the paramount ML Linux distribution. So I spent 2 years of my > life in the evening studying AI/ML from NC-state have two certifications in > AI and ML as a data scientist and AI associate from NC State. > > I haven't worked off of mailing lists that much outside of github, I am on > matrix, or telegram, and my volunteering hours depends on the project. I have > worked about 14 projects for a startup called Omdena AI, which does > grassroots AI projects, and it's mostly in python but the skill level of the > other developers isn't great enough to facilitate too indepth of projects (I > am a chapter leader at Omdena AI), so I try to choose projects of medium > difficulty. > > Fedora's teams are much more advanced from what I can see and I am interested > in working with some new technologies. > > I am also working as engineering sales for a Punjabi based studio called > Sifars, however I am not a contributor at that corporation so I feel as I > need to keep contributing on software myself, so this is a good outlet for > that. > > Fedora seems really exiting as it's US based company, Ubuntu is mostly > centered in the UK which is too far away for collaboration at times. This is > a more NA based collaboration center for SW, and depending on how deep a > project is, It is possible for me to sit there and code for 15 hours a day > but I typically take breaks and stuff and it's not good for my health to work > that many hours. > > Anyways you guys have a nice week and looking foward to examining some > projects to contribute towards! > > If you would like to see some of my previous ML projects, it's here @ > https://aaronclinderportfolio.blogspot.com > -- > _______________________________________________ > fedora-join mailing list -- fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to fedora-join-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London
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