Re: [ossig] FOSS Meet

[Kenneth Wong <kenneth.wong@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:12:13 -0800 (PST), Poh Yang Ming <pohyg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Hong Yee,
> 
> I wrote to RMS yesterday. In his reply there is no
> need  for this list because it is easy.

Sort of. You just need to have the initiative to search for
information for yourself, rather than having it given to you. A very
useful skill to have in life, not just for FOSS development.
 
> But that doesn't explain why lower adoption of linux
> on client machine locally.

That's a totally different matter. Usage of Linux on a client machine
is a matter of end-user skills, which the IOSN just released training
materials on (blatant plug). What you are asking for is developer
information, which is a totally different skill. It's much easier to
learn to use the system for email and word processing. It is much
harder to learn how to modify code and meaningfully contribute back to
the codebase.

All I would suggest for your needs is to pick something you want to
work on (preferably small, rather than something like OpenOffice.org
or the Linux kernel) and figure out what you need to learn to be
productive. If you need to learn bash scripting, a google search will
give you a ton of tutorials. If you need to learn subversion/CVS, once
again google will find most of the stuff you need.

If you can't do this by yourself and can't learn how to do it,
programming is probably the wrong profession from you. With its fast
pace of change, if you rely on someone to teach you the concepts,
you'll be outdated by the time you learn it. Only someone who can
self-learn can stay on the cutting-edge of technology.

If you can learn independently, you wouldn't get flamed quite as often :)

Ken


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