From: Omar Radwan <toxemicsquire4@gmail.com>
To: Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: On-line hackathon on Sep. 27-28?
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:57:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMwaQAJKNaPn9kHK9HXGfgjrrSfREHj6g_q7GL-bRw_FP1aCAw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lhppluwq.fsf@karetnikov.org>
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I kinda "know" C. But I don't know how to make applications. Just really
basic things. I'm not a good artist. I don't have hardware that could run
guix at the moment. And I don't know if I could learn enough C or guile by
the September hackathon.
On Sep 11, 2014 2:17 PM, "Nikita Karetnikov" <nikita@karetnikov.org> wrote:
> > How could a non programmer help?
>
> How would you like to help? For instance, would you like to learn how
> to program?
>
> In any case, the good first step is to install Guix and play around.
> Look at the command line tools, read the documentation. Have a problem?
> Ask on the #guix channel on Freenode, document the solution, and send a
> patch. Read on the ‘diff’, ‘patch’, and ‘git format-patch’ commands if
> necessary.
>
> Learn how to write package recipes. There is a good (though a bit
> outdated) intro [1]. What programs do you use daily? Are they
> available in the distribution? Start with something simple, or look for
> outdated versions and submit updates.
>
> Are you familiar with graphics editors? Contribute artwork.
>
> [1] https://gnu.org/software/guix/guix-ghm-andreas-20130823.pdf
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-11 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-11 12:40 On-line hackathon on Sep. 27-28? Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-11 14:30 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2014-09-11 16:19 ` Omar Radwan
2014-09-11 21:16 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2014-09-11 21:57 ` Omar Radwan [this message]
2014-09-11 16:44 ` Thompson, David
2014-09-12 8:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-15 7:16 ` Pjotr Prins
2014-09-15 9:45 ` Andreas Enge
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