From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor_Boskovits?= Subject: Re: [outreachy] am I in the right track to contribute Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:12:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20181009181740.1f88bbf2@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a773650577e3cb7d" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAIyF-0006Lo-IF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:12:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAIyB-0004Lc-6G for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:12:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Laura Lazzati Cc: Guix-devel , ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de --000000000000a773650577e3cb7d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Laura, Laura Lazzati ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 201= 8. okt. 10., Sze 18:41): > On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:17 PM Bj=C3=B6rn H=C3=B6fling > wrote: > > > > Hi Laura, > > > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:08:44 -0300 > > Laura Lazzati wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > > > I don't know if is it OK to be telling you what I am/ I've been doing > > > these days, I kind of like doing so to have feedback, and also to let > > > you know > > > > This is exactly the way to go! It's good to hear where you stay, what > > you tried, where you succeeded, where you got stuck. If you get stuck, > > tell us about the paths you already tried out and why you don't get > > further alone. > > > Sorry for being absent for a day. After updating and upgrading my > computer, I am stuck trying to see why the sound stopped working. Yes, > this kind of thinks happen but just now? > No worries, one day off is perfectly ok, however if you did not get an answer in 3 or 4 days, then please contact us, since in that case there is some communications mistake. Last time losing sound happened to me after a dist-upgrade in ubuntu, and turned out, that the pulseaudio package shipped with a configuration that was not compatible with the version of the binaries supplied. I ran it in the foreground, and in the startup messages or in the log I found that it could not parse the config. It can be something entirely different though. I hope this helps. > > > One thing that was today on the Outreachy mentors-mailinglist: If you > > finally made a contribution, please go directly on the Outreachy > > project page, select the Guix project and formally record your > > contributions. That's important to us and for the whole Outreachy > > project to see who/how many applicants are possible candidates for a > > project. > > > > > > > I installed guix on a VM with an Ubuntu distro and it worked fine - i > > > ran some basic commands. > > > I am trying to install GuixSD over that VM too and on bare metal - > > > don't know if this two steps are necessary, but looking at the tasks > > > for Outreachy one items says that I will be doing documentation for > > > it. > > > > Concerning bare metal: Guix uses 100% Free Software und thus uses the > > libre kernel, not the normal vanilla kernel. That means some binaries > > included in the vanilla kernel are stripped off. Hickups might occur, > > especially with Network, WLAN and Graphics, compared to Ubuntu. > > > I thought that by installing bare metal ment installing it on a VM > without any operating system. I mean, putting the ISO there. I only > have one retro PC available with no OS where I could be trying that - > it is like 13 years old, and it is not a laptop. > It is ok to skip that all together, a VM install is more than enough for now. > As always before installing a new OS, make backups of your data and > > configurations on that machine! > > > > > 1) should I write, at least for myself, the problems I've been > > > encountering in the whole process of doing everything? > > > > Yes, very good! I do that for myself too. It leads to good, reproducibl= e > > bug reports, bug fixes, documentation fixes, blog entries and could als= o > > be used as a starting point for a screenplay for the videos. > Love doing this kind of things. > > > > Bj=C3=B6rn > Best regards, g_bor > --000000000000a773650577e3cb7d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello Laura,

Laura Lazzati <laura.lazzati.15@gmail.com> e= zt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. okt. 10., Sze 18:41):
On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:17 PM Bj=C3=B6rn H=C3=B6fling=
<bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Laura,
>
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:08:44 -0300
> Laura Lazzati <laura.lazzati.15@gmail.com> wrote: >
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I don't know if is it OK to be telling you what I am/ I'v= e been doing
> > these days, I kind of like doing so to have feedback, and also to= let
> > you know
>
> This is exactly the way to go! It's good to hear where you stay, w= hat
> you tried, where you succeeded, where you got stuck. If you get stuck,=
> tell us about the paths you already tried out and why you don't ge= t
> further alone.
>
Sorry for being absent for a day. After updating and upgrading my
computer, I am stuck trying to see why the sound stopped working. Yes,
this kind of thinks happen but just now?

No worries, one day off is perfectl= y ok, however if you did not get an answer in 3 or 4 days, then please cont= act us, since in that case there is some communications mistake.
Last time losing sound happened to me after a dist-upgrade in = ubuntu, and turned out, that the pulseaudio package shipped with a configur= ation that was not compatible with the version of the binaries supplied. I = ran it in the foreground, and in the startup messages or in the log I found= that it could not parse the config. It can be something entirely different= though. I hope this helps.

> One thing that was today on the Outreachy mentors-mailinglist: If you<= br> > finally made a contribution, please go directly on the Outreachy
> project page, select the Guix project and formally record your
> contributions. That's important to us and for the whole Outreachy<= br> > project to see who/how many applicants are possible candidates for a > project.
>
>
> > I installed guix on a VM with an Ubuntu distro and it worked fine= - i
> > ran some basic commands.
> >=C2=A0 I am trying to install GuixSD over that VM too and on bare = metal -
> > don't know if this two steps are necessary, but looking at th= e tasks
> > for Outreachy one items says that I will be doing documentation f= or
> > it.
>
> Concerning bare metal: Guix uses 100% Free Software und thus uses the<= br> > libre kernel, not the normal vanilla kernel. That means some binaries<= br> > included in the vanilla kernel are stripped off. Hickups might occur,<= br> > especially with Network, WLAN and Graphics, compared to Ubuntu.
>
I thought that by installing bare metal ment installing it on a VM
without any operating system. I mean, putting the ISO there. I only
have one retro PC available with no OS where I could be trying that -
it is like 13 years old, and it is not a laptop.

It is ok to skip that all t= ogether, a VM install is more than enough for now.
<= br>
> As always before installing a new OS, make backups of your data and > configurations on that machine!
>
> > 1) should I write, at least for myself, the problems I've bee= n
> > encountering in the whole process of doing everything?
>
> Yes, very good! I do that for myself too. It leads to good, reproducib= le
> bug reports, bug fixes, documentation fixes, blog entries and could al= so
> be used as a starting point for a screenplay for the videos.
Love doing this kind of things.
>
> Bj=C3=B6rn
Best regards,=
g_bor
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