A Rapid Session in Ubuntu 11.04 Release Party @ BUPT

1. Making Contributions to Open Source
A Rapid Session For Ubuntu 11.04 Release Party
Caspar Zhang
Linux@BYR, Red Hat
May 16, 2011

2. Agenda
Make Contribution to Open Souce
Intro
How
Patch Contributor
More. . .
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3. Intro - A Question from Interview
How did you make a contribution to Open Souce
Society/Products/Projects?
Feedback: No idea,
Poor practice,
Reporting Bugs,
Submitting Patches, . . .
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4. How to Make a Contribution?
1. Use Open Source Softwares;
2. i18n/l10n for: Softwares, Websites, e.g. ubuntu.com;
3. Reporting bugs:
Simply say “it doesn’t work” in Bugzilla
Detailed env/OS information
Traceback/Debug information
Test with another version/another env
Code review and diff s
4. Patch Contributor
5. Developer/Maintainer
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5. To Be a Patch Contributor
IRC/Mailling list/BBS(?)
Projects around (e.g. openfetion :D)
Interested in Kernel? Help to test with LTP! http://ltp.sf.net
Don’t be afraid to argue with others in IRC/Mailling list
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6. More. . .
Linus debating with others with a glibc bug;
Linus said “No Magic” to a kernel contributor;
LTP: A good way to get familar with Linux Kernel
Something about Red Hat & Fedora, Enterprise Linux &
Desktop Linux (e.g. Ubuntu!)
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