Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
Regarding documentation, at least on the wiki, you can get started right now. Just log in and edit where you see fit. If you wanted to do something more formal, such as [Ubuntu Manual][1], that's a bit of a more involved process, but really anyone can branch their code, make changes, and issue a merge request. Bazaar is a little bit different than git and Launchpad is certainly different than Github, so the workflow's a bit different. This should be well described, but let us know if you have problems. Regarding bug triage, the [wiki has tons of documentation][2] on that subject. Join the [Bug Squad on Launchpad][3] as well as their mailing list. Their IRC channel (#ubuntu-bugs) is helpful, too. There's also a subset of the team called [Bug Control][4] that has access to change everything, such as every priority and status. I would read the wiki as if you were trying to create an application for the Bug Control team and start making some changes. You can send them to the mailing list or IRC (or here; there's more than a couple of us here that are on the team, including Bug Master General Himself, Brian Murray) for review and feedback. Once you've contributed some meaningful things and given that you are committed to making further contributions, we can work on making you an [Ubuntu Member][5], too! [1]: http://ubuntu-manual.org/ [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs [3]: https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad [4]: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol [5]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: So, I've been looking and I think I'd like to help with bug triaging. I think that would be a great way for me to learn a little bit more about Ubuntu development while still making a contribution. I'll take a look to see if I can write any tutorials or documentation as well. On 04/08/2015 07:05 PM, Ryein Goddard wrote: welcome.. lots of documentation and tutorials could be written I am sure. Also if you know python lots of stuff use that as well. Thanks for anything you do contribute. I'm over in Salem. On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com wrote: There's lots of information on the wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com) including places to contribute. Each flavor has its own branches, too, if you get interested in a particular one. I would suggest since you're new to Linux, it would be good to play around some more before you start diving headlong into development. Again, let us know if you need further help, whether it be on contributing or simply about support. Walter On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: No, I'm completely new to the Linux software. Thanks! I am really interested in development but I'm not quite sure that I'm ready to jump right into the programming so I think I will take a look at the other areas that could use help while I'm learning more about programming. I remember seeing something about that on the Ubuntu forums so I'll go take a look at that again. I have noticed that there are various flavors of Ubuntu but I haven't really taken the time to research them and see what their differences are. I just downloaded the standard Ubuntu flavor but I'll do some research on the others and see if any of them suit me better. Thank you for all your help! I'll get on that IRC channel once I get the chance. Billy On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com wrote: Wow, cool, you're really new! Have you used Linux at all before? If not, welcome to the wonderful world of open source software!!! Most people tend to think of development when it comes to contributing to open source software. Several of us here have done some sort of development or another and could walk you through the process. However, if you just want to get your foot in the door and get a feel for the community, and how things are done (a good precusor to development) there's plenty of other things that need to be done: graphics, documentation, communication, marketing, testing, bug triage, leadership, etc. If you want help stepping through these things, don't hesitate to ask! If you are interested solely in development, you should certainly take a look at the Ubuntu SDK which is intended for mobile devices but given our goal of convergence, is also applicable to the Ubuntu desktop. It's really easy to start building apps with it. You also may notice mentions of things like Lubuntu (the team I mainly contribute to) and Kubuntu (Scarlett's main team). There are different flavors of Ubuntu where major components of the desktop are essentially replaced. You might look into trying them, too. They're still Ubuntu, but different takes on it if you will. Any other questions, problems, concerns? Feel free to come join us on IRC at #ubuntu-us-or on Freenode! On
Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
So, I've been looking and I think I'd like to help with bug triaging. I think that would be a great way for me to learn a little bit more about Ubuntu development while still making a contribution. I'll take a look to see if I can write any tutorials or documentation as well. On 04/08/2015 07:05 PM, Ryein Goddard wrote: welcome.. lots of documentation and tutorials could be written I am sure. Also if you know python lots of stuff use that as well. Thanks for anything you do contribute. I'm over in Salem. On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com mailto:w...@ubuntu.com wrote: There's lots of information on the wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com http://wiki.ubuntu.com) including places to contribute. Each flavor has its own branches, too, if you get interested in a particular one. I would suggest since you're new to Linux, it would be good to play around some more before you start diving headlong into development. Again, let us know if you need further help, whether it be on contributing or simply about support. Walter On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com mailto:billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: No, I'm completely new to the Linux software. Thanks! I am really interested in development but I'm not quite sure that I'm ready to jump right into the programming so I think I will take a look at the other areas that could use help while I'm learning more about programming. I remember seeing something about that on the Ubuntu forums so I'll go take a look at that again. I have noticed that there are various flavors of Ubuntu but I haven't really taken the time to research them and see what their differences are. I just downloaded the standard Ubuntu flavor but I'll do some research on the others and see if any of them suit me better. Thank you for all your help! I'll get on that IRC channel once I get the chance. Billy On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com mailto:w...@ubuntu.com wrote: Wow, cool, you're really new! Have you used Linux at all before? If not, welcome to the wonderful world of open source software!!! Most people tend to think of development when it comes to contributing to open source software. Several of us here have done some sort of development or another and could walk you through the process. However, if you just want to get your foot in the door and get a feel for the community, and how things are done (a good precusor to development) there's plenty of other things that need to be done: graphics, documentation, communication, marketing, testing, bug triage, leadership, etc. If you want help stepping through these things, don't hesitate to ask! If you are interested solely in development, you should certainly take a look at the Ubuntu SDK which is intended for mobile devices but given our goal of convergence, is also applicable to the Ubuntu desktop. It's really easy to start building apps with it. You also may notice mentions of things like Lubuntu (the team I mainly contribute to) and Kubuntu (Scarlett's main team). There are different flavors of Ubuntu where major components of the desktop are essentially replaced. You might look into trying them, too. They're still Ubuntu, but different takes on it if you will. Any other questions, problems, concerns? Feel free to come join us on IRC at #ubuntu-us-or on Freenode! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com mailto:billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using Ubuntu for maybe a week now, version 14.10. I haven't yet made any contributions because I'm still deciding on where I'd like to get involved. App development has caught my eye, as well as web apps and core development but I'm still relatively new to it all so I've been researching it all before I jump into one specific part of it all. i am familiar with GitHub though and I'm confident using the command line. I don't typically get out of Bend unless I have a reason to (I think the LoCo events would be sufficient reason though.) So I shouldn't have any problems getting over the mountains. I've done the drive plenty of times. Thanks! On 04/08/2015 02:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Wow, exciting stuff! How long you been using Ubuntu? What version are you using? Have you made any contributions to Ubuntu and/or open source at present? Lastly, since most of us are in the valley, you get out of Bend much? p.s. have fun in Mexico!
Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
No, I'm completely new to the Linux software. Thanks! I am really interested in development but I'm not quite sure that I'm ready to jump right into the programming so I think I will take a look at the other areas that could use help while I'm learning more about programming. I remember seeing something about that on the Ubuntu forums so I'll go take a look at that again. I have noticed that there are various flavors of Ubuntu but I haven't really taken the time to research them and see what their differences are. I just downloaded the standard Ubuntu flavor but I'll do some research on the others and see if any of them suit me better. Thank you for all your help! I'll get on that IRC channel once I get the chance. Billy On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com wrote: Wow, cool, you're really new! Have you used Linux at all before? If not, welcome to the wonderful world of open source software!!! Most people tend to think of development when it comes to contributing to open source software. Several of us here have done some sort of development or another and could walk you through the process. However, if you just want to get your foot in the door and get a feel for the community, and how things are done (a good precusor to development) there's plenty of other things that need to be done: graphics, documentation, communication, marketing, testing, bug triage, leadership, etc. If you want help stepping through these things, don't hesitate to ask! If you are interested solely in development, you should certainly take a look at the Ubuntu SDK which is intended for mobile devices but given our goal of convergence, is also applicable to the Ubuntu desktop. It's really easy to start building apps with it. You also may notice mentions of things like Lubuntu (the team I mainly contribute to) and Kubuntu (Scarlett's main team). There are different flavors of Ubuntu where major components of the desktop are essentially replaced. You might look into trying them, too. They're still Ubuntu, but different takes on it if you will. Any other questions, problems, concerns? Feel free to come join us on IRC at #ubuntu-us-or on Freenode! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using Ubuntu for maybe a week now, version 14.10. I haven't yet made any contributions because I'm still deciding on where I'd like to get involved. App development has caught my eye, as well as web apps and core development but I'm still relatively new to it all so I've been researching it all before I jump into one specific part of it all. i am familiar with GitHub though and I'm confident using the command line. I don't typically get out of Bend unless I have a reason to (I think the LoCo events would be sufficient reason though.) So I shouldn't have any problems getting over the mountains. I've done the drive plenty of times. Thanks! On 04/08/2015 02:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Wow, exciting stuff! How long you been using Ubuntu? What version are you using? Have you made any contributions to Ubuntu and/or open source at present? Lastly, since most of us are in the valley, you get out of Bend much? p.s. have fun in Mexico! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Scarlett Clark sgcl...@kubuntu.org wrote: On 04/08/2015 11:20 AM, Billy Brawner wrote: Hi everyone! I'm new to the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo group, so I'm writing now to introduce myself. My name's Billy, I'm 20 years old. I graduated from Bend Senior High school about 2 years ago and I plan on studying for a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science at the OSU Cascades campus in Bend. I currently live in Mexico but this year in July I'll be moving back to Bend so that I can begin studying. When I'm not sitting in front of my computer screen, I enjoy working out, and in Bend I'll go back to my old job of being a Personal Trainer. Right now I'm studying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. I got started with Ubuntu because I saw that a lot of Web Development jobs for Python requested that applicants be comfortable using it and I fell in love with the concept of open source software so I decided that I wanted to contribute. I'm still not sure exactly where I'll fit in but I'm working on that so I'm sure I'll figure it out sooner or later. Anyways, I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you to improve Ubuntu! Thank you for accepting me to the group! Billy Welcome! lots to do, easy to find a place of comfort to contribute :) Scarlett -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
There's lots of information on the wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com) including places to contribute. Each flavor has its own branches, too, if you get interested in a particular one. I would suggest since you're new to Linux, it would be good to play around some more before you start diving headlong into development. Again, let us know if you need further help, whether it be on contributing or simply about support. Walter On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: No, I'm completely new to the Linux software. Thanks! I am really interested in development but I'm not quite sure that I'm ready to jump right into the programming so I think I will take a look at the other areas that could use help while I'm learning more about programming. I remember seeing something about that on the Ubuntu forums so I'll go take a look at that again. I have noticed that there are various flavors of Ubuntu but I haven't really taken the time to research them and see what their differences are. I just downloaded the standard Ubuntu flavor but I'll do some research on the others and see if any of them suit me better. Thank you for all your help! I'll get on that IRC channel once I get the chance. Billy On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com wrote: Wow, cool, you're really new! Have you used Linux at all before? If not, welcome to the wonderful world of open source software!!! Most people tend to think of development when it comes to contributing to open source software. Several of us here have done some sort of development or another and could walk you through the process. However, if you just want to get your foot in the door and get a feel for the community, and how things are done (a good precusor to development) there's plenty of other things that need to be done: graphics, documentation, communication, marketing, testing, bug triage, leadership, etc. If you want help stepping through these things, don't hesitate to ask! If you are interested solely in development, you should certainly take a look at the Ubuntu SDK which is intended for mobile devices but given our goal of convergence, is also applicable to the Ubuntu desktop. It's really easy to start building apps with it. You also may notice mentions of things like Lubuntu (the team I mainly contribute to) and Kubuntu (Scarlett's main team). There are different flavors of Ubuntu where major components of the desktop are essentially replaced. You might look into trying them, too. They're still Ubuntu, but different takes on it if you will. Any other questions, problems, concerns? Feel free to come join us on IRC at #ubuntu-us-or on Freenode! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using Ubuntu for maybe a week now, version 14.10. I haven't yet made any contributions because I'm still deciding on where I'd like to get involved. App development has caught my eye, as well as web apps and core development but I'm still relatively new to it all so I've been researching it all before I jump into one specific part of it all. i am familiar with GitHub though and I'm confident using the command line. I don't typically get out of Bend unless I have a reason to (I think the LoCo events would be sufficient reason though.) So I shouldn't have any problems getting over the mountains. I've done the drive plenty of times. Thanks! On 04/08/2015 02:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Wow, exciting stuff! How long you been using Ubuntu? What version are you using? Have you made any contributions to Ubuntu and/or open source at present? Lastly, since most of us are in the valley, you get out of Bend much? p.s. have fun in Mexico! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Scarlett Clark sgcl...@kubuntu.org wrote: On 04/08/2015 11:20 AM, Billy Brawner wrote: Hi everyone! I'm new to the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo group, so I'm writing now to introduce myself. My name's Billy, I'm 20 years old. I graduated from Bend Senior High school about 2 years ago and I plan on studying for a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science at the OSU Cascades campus in Bend. I currently live in Mexico but this year in July I'll be moving back to Bend so that I can begin studying. When I'm not sitting in front of my computer screen, I enjoy working out, and in Bend I'll go back to my old job of being a Personal Trainer. Right now I'm studying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. I got started with Ubuntu because I saw that a lot of Web Development jobs for Python requested that applicants be comfortable using it and I fell in love with the concept of open source software so I decided that I wanted to contribute. I'm still not sure exactly where I'll fit in but I'm working on that so I'm sure I'll figure it out sooner or later. Anyways, I look forward to getting
Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
On 04/08/2015 11:20 AM, Billy Brawner wrote: Hi everyone! I'm new to the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo group, so I'm writing now to introduce myself. My name's Billy, I'm 20 years old. I graduated from Bend Senior High school about 2 years ago and I plan on studying for a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science at the OSU Cascades campus in Bend. I currently live in Mexico but this year in July I'll be moving back to Bend so that I can begin studying. When I'm not sitting in front of my computer screen, I enjoy working out, and in Bend I'll go back to my old job of being a Personal Trainer. Right now I'm studying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. I got started with Ubuntu because I saw that a lot of Web Development jobs for Python requested that applicants be comfortable using it and I fell in love with the concept of open source software so I decided that I wanted to contribute. I'm still not sure exactly where I'll fit in but I'm working on that so I'm sure I'll figure it out sooner or later. Anyways, I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you to improve Ubuntu! Thank you for accepting me to the group! Billy Welcome! lots to do, easy to find a place of comfort to contribute :) Scarlett -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or
Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
I've been using Ubuntu for maybe a week now, version 14.10. I haven't yet made any contributions because I'm still deciding on where I'd like to get involved. App development has caught my eye, as well as web apps and core development but I'm still relatively new to it all so I've been researching it all before I jump into one specific part of it all. i am familiar with GitHub though and I'm confident using the command line. I don't typically get out of Bend unless I have a reason to (I think the LoCo events would be sufficient reason though.) So I shouldn't have any problems getting over the mountains. I've done the drive plenty of times. Thanks! On 04/08/2015 02:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Wow, exciting stuff! How long you been using Ubuntu? What version are you using? Have you made any contributions to Ubuntu and/or open source at present? Lastly, since most of us are in the valley, you get out of Bend much? p.s. have fun in Mexico! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Scarlett Clark sgcl...@kubuntu.org wrote: On 04/08/2015 11:20 AM, Billy Brawner wrote: Hi everyone! I'm new to the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo group, so I'm writing now to introduce myself. My name's Billy, I'm 20 years old. I graduated from Bend Senior High school about 2 years ago and I plan on studying for a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science at the OSU Cascades campus in Bend. I currently live in Mexico but this year in July I'll be moving back to Bend so that I can begin studying. When I'm not sitting in front of my computer screen, I enjoy working out, and in Bend I'll go back to my old job of being a Personal Trainer. Right now I'm studying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. I got started with Ubuntu because I saw that a lot of Web Development jobs for Python requested that applicants be comfortable using it and I fell in love with the concept of open source software so I decided that I wanted to contribute. I'm still not sure exactly where I'll fit in but I'm working on that so I'm sure I'll figure it out sooner or later. Anyways, I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you to improve Ubuntu! Thank you for accepting me to the group! Billy Welcome! lots to do, easy to find a place of comfort to contribute :) Scarlett -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or
Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New Guy
Wow, cool, you're really new! Have you used Linux at all before? If not, welcome to the wonderful world of open source software!!! Most people tend to think of development when it comes to contributing to open source software. Several of us here have done some sort of development or another and could walk you through the process. However, if you just want to get your foot in the door and get a feel for the community, and how things are done (a good precusor to development) there's plenty of other things that need to be done: graphics, documentation, communication, marketing, testing, bug triage, leadership, etc. If you want help stepping through these things, don't hesitate to ask! If you are interested solely in development, you should certainly take a look at the Ubuntu SDK which is intended for mobile devices but given our goal of convergence, is also applicable to the Ubuntu desktop. It's really easy to start building apps with it. You also may notice mentions of things like Lubuntu (the team I mainly contribute to) and Kubuntu (Scarlett's main team). There are different flavors of Ubuntu where major components of the desktop are essentially replaced. You might look into trying them, too. They're still Ubuntu, but different takes on it if you will. Any other questions, problems, concerns? Feel free to come join us on IRC at #ubuntu-us-or on Freenode! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Billy Brawner billybraw...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using Ubuntu for maybe a week now, version 14.10. I haven't yet made any contributions because I'm still deciding on where I'd like to get involved. App development has caught my eye, as well as web apps and core development but I'm still relatively new to it all so I've been researching it all before I jump into one specific part of it all. i am familiar with GitHub though and I'm confident using the command line. I don't typically get out of Bend unless I have a reason to (I think the LoCo events would be sufficient reason though.) So I shouldn't have any problems getting over the mountains. I've done the drive plenty of times. Thanks! On 04/08/2015 02:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Wow, exciting stuff! How long you been using Ubuntu? What version are you using? Have you made any contributions to Ubuntu and/or open source at present? Lastly, since most of us are in the valley, you get out of Bend much? p.s. have fun in Mexico! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Scarlett Clark sgcl...@kubuntu.org wrote: On 04/08/2015 11:20 AM, Billy Brawner wrote: Hi everyone! I'm new to the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo group, so I'm writing now to introduce myself. My name's Billy, I'm 20 years old. I graduated from Bend Senior High school about 2 years ago and I plan on studying for a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science at the OSU Cascades campus in Bend. I currently live in Mexico but this year in July I'll be moving back to Bend so that I can begin studying. When I'm not sitting in front of my computer screen, I enjoy working out, and in Bend I'll go back to my old job of being a Personal Trainer. Right now I'm studying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. I got started with Ubuntu because I saw that a lot of Web Development jobs for Python requested that applicants be comfortable using it and I fell in love with the concept of open source software so I decided that I wanted to contribute. I'm still not sure exactly where I'll fit in but I'm working on that so I'm sure I'll figure it out sooner or later. Anyways, I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you to improve Ubuntu! Thank you for accepting me to the group! Billy Welcome! lots to do, easy to find a place of comfort to contribute :) Scarlett -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or -- @wxl | http://polka.bike Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader Eugene Unix GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or