F/LOSS-ing
Let's start with the opening act!
A volunteer!
- Who loves Operating System and hardware
- Advocates open source softwares
- And volunteers at ILUG-D
@miphilomath
History of open Source!
Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC)
Spacewar
PDP-10
Unix is born
Homebrew Computer Club and Apple
Microsoft and its Open Letter
Era of GNU (RMS)
Emacs, Editor or OS?
GNU Project
History of open Source!
Linux Being coded
Meanwhile...
Internet and other technologies
GIT is developed 2005
Most beloved weekend project
ILUG-D meetup 2019
Open Source!
Mystery unveiled.
Open source is a term denoting that a product includes permission to use its source code, design documents, or content.
It's more than that, though the views might be subjective here.
Open Source is a way of living and teaches us how to grow with others (community)
Each project has a community of,
Users, developers and contributors in open source and they all form a family.
Each community have their guidelines and set of rules to be followed.
Different channels are used to communicate.
Conflicting Ideologies
OSS vs FOSS vs F/LOSS
Sleepy?
Don't worry interesting part is yet to come!
Why contribute?
You don't get paid to contribute!
So why is industry is shifting towards Open Source?
- Sense of Belonging
- Sense of achievement
- Learning for free from the best
- Building a good personality and community
- Giving back to the community
Ways to contribute!
Documentation
Translation
Development
Community Engagement
Advocacy
Testing
But we need weapons in our arsenal, what that would be?
Soft Skills that kills!
Technical Skills hurts!
But its
Non-technical skills
- Communication Skills
- Perserverance and Never Quit Attitude
- Writing Skills
- Writing Mails
- Listening Skills and Patience
Technical skills
- Linux? No!
- GIT!
- Programming Language
Tips that may help!
- Don't be afraid to ask questions
- Indulge in community
- Help others
Long Journey ahead!
- I am still en route
- Mostly advocate and translate
- Started with #dgplug
Thank you!
