Hello @perfectsense22 ! Welcome to Fedora!
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These links are a good read to begin with. They tell you what the Free/Open Source community is about, and then they'll introduce you to Fedora: what Fedora is all about, and what we do, and of course, how we do it:
Next, when you're ready, could you please introduce yourself (preferably on the list) so that the community can get to know you? (Interests, skills, anything you wish to say about yourself really).
Finally, could you let us know how you learned about the Fedora project? Was it from a colleague, or social media, for example?
If you have any questions at all, please ask! We'll use this ticket to keep in touch! :)
In addition, could you provide some information to understand your requirements better? (You can write them in the introduction, or answer here if you feel more comfortable).
For example:
your experience with Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) communities/ecosystems:
your background/skills, for example:
your experience in communication platforms:
how much time are you looking to/are you able to spend on volunteering (approximate hours per week)?
Remember that this is not a job interview at all. This is just an icebreaker to help all your new friends get to know you quicker. The better we know you, the better we can support you in identifying Fedora activities that promise to be relevant for you.
Please write how much/whatever you wish. :).
Hi Everybody! (Dr Nick voice)
FOSS Experience: None! I am new to this world and ever since I started using linux a few years ago, my eyes have been opened to how many apps there are that are open source and much better than the ones we pay for! This is the first time I am trying to participate and I would love to help out wherever I can.
Background / Skills: A few years ago I moved jobs and had to learn Linux and Command Line with no previous experience and so I decided to give Ubuntu a spin on my personal laptop. It helped a lot and got me hooked on linux and a few months ago I decided to try Fedora. I have fallen in love with this OS and I want to help find ways to make it better. Contributing to the Fedora project will help me meet new, fascinating people (I love meeting new people) and get me out of my comfort zone to learn something new and hopefully contribute.
I have been working as an IT Sysadmin / Production Support / Helpdesk person for my entire career and I am looking to begin learning how to develop other skills in order to stay curious about the world of IT. I have recently been learning as much as I can about AI and how it works in the background, I am getting better at bash scripting with the assistance of those same LLMs and I just enjoy tinkering and figuring things out if I can. I've also been dipping my toes into MongoDB as well as python. I have also been learning about cloud technologies in the past year or so and every time I think I know something, there are 10 new things to learn! Zoinks.
Non-computer related, I love writing and sports. Baseball and soccer / football are my absolute favourites but I will watch any sports. My old coworkers used to joke that I would have emails open on one screen and guaranteed to have a random player's baseball-reference page up on another. I love the statistical analysis aspect of baseball and I am trying to figure out how to connect it all with the new tools I am learning. Maybe we will have a baseball-fedora spin at some point, somehow! I am also currently enjoying Blue Sky Social.
In terms of committment, I am looking to start with 2-5 hours a week and build from there. I'm hoping I can use an hour or two after I logoff work each day to help out where I can and learn more about Fedora wherever I can.
Metadata Update from @theprogram: - Issue untagged with: C: Introduction requested - Issue tagged with: S: Introduced myself
Hi Dr PerfectSense! (everybody voice)
What a great introduction! Skilled in IT and social! Welcome aboard again.
Do let us know if we can help you connect with any areas of Fedora you are interested in or guide you to any channels you might like to look at.
Cheers, Mat
Metadata Update from @theprogram: - Issue tagged with: C: Progress check 1
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