Re: Intoduction

[Ezra Buehler]

On 10 Jul 2025, at 14:58, Okash Khawaja <okash.khaw...@gmail.com> wrote:  On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM Ezra Buehler <e...@easyb.ch> wrote: On 10 Jul 2025, at 12:55, Samiksha Palav <samiksha.pala...@gmail.com> wrote:  Hi everyone, I’m Samiksha (a.k.a. Shdwcodr), an undergrad BCA student from India with a relentless drive to get deep into the Linux kernel. I've recently begun my journey contributing to the kernel, focusing on staging drivers, learning the kernel development workflow, and understanding the culture of patch submission and review. Over the past few days, I’ve: - Set up a local kernel build and testing workflow. - Sent out my first real patch (not a dummy), with more lined up. - Subscribed to key mailing lists and joined IRC channels to stay in the loop. - Started tracking patch feedback and diving into `scripts/checkpatch.pl`, git send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow. My short-term goal is to get multiple patches accepted into staging by early 2025, and long-term I’m aiming for the **LFX Kernel Mentorship Program in 2026**.  I’ll be lurking, learning, and asking questions when stuck. Thanks in advance to everyone who shares knowledge and guidance — it means a lot to newcomers like me. Looking forward to learning from you all and giving back as I grow. Cheers,   Samiksha (Shdwcodr)   [GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one]   Here some unsolicited piece of advice: Try writing e-mails without the help of “AI”. Please there is no need for this. Not everyone is native English speaker. I am aware of that, not a native speaker myself. But, for obvious reasons I could not resist and apologize for that. Of course it is a good idea to use spell checkers and such. Anyway, he might as well get used to “harsh” feedback like that ;-)

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