Hello @opensourceforever144 ! Welcome to Fedora!
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Finally, could you let us know how you learned about the Fedora project? Was it from a colleague, or social media, for example?
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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. :).
Metadata Update from @hhlp: - Issue tagged with: I: Security, I: Software development
Hi Fedora Team,
My name is JB, and I’m a high school student new to contributing to the Fedora community. I’ve been involved security competitions for the past 3 years, which helped me develop practical skills in system administration, cybersecurity, and Linux. I’ve specific worked with Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and a bit of Debian through various challenges, where I’ve learned how to troubleshoot systems, manage configurations, and maintain security.
Although Fedora isn’t my main OS at the moment, I have immersed myself in how it works through exploring the os and generally enjoy how open-sourced products like Fedora give us the opportunities to test new ideas such as cutting edge features. I’m really excited to contribute to Fedora and to recive a more hands-on experience in open-source development starting with documentation and bug testing and hopefully moving on to larger tasks such as security and software development for the OS.
I’m passionate to expanding my skills and being part of this incredible community.
Operating System Experience: Primarily use Ubuntu and Linux Mint, with some experience in Debian and Fedora Comfortable with basic command-line tasks but still practicing and understanding certain commands. Have a general idea about git and version control (still learning) Experience in security competitions, focusing on system security and troubleshooting Interested in documentation and big testing and improving the user experience as a start to contributing Hoping to move on to security and software development as my skills progress.
Communication Experience: Mailing List: In Users and Development Mailing lists. Preffered Chatting Software: Use Matrix for communication. Leading/moderation experience: lead teams as team captian in competitions.
Availability: As someone who is still a student, I am able to contribute 2-3 hours a week based on the workload that I have.
Im exited to contribute to tickets and start my open-sourced journey with Fedora.
Thanks: JB FAS: opensourceforever144 Matrix: @opensourceforever144:matrix.org
As for How I learned about Fedora, It was through the security competitions that I first heard about this idea of open-sourced software. It was after understanding and gaining experience with open-sourced software that I searched up some projects to contribute eventually finding fedora and the sig group.
Welcome @opensourceforever144 , great to get to know you.
An easy way of getting started with the testing process is to help test out package updates in the updates-testing repos:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing
I also find discussing issues on the Ask Fedora category on https://discussion.fedoraproject.org or on the #fedora support channel on https://chat.fedoraproject.org a great way of learning so much about how things work. That's sort of where I've built up my knowledge over the years.
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