From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laura Lazzati Subject: Re: [outreachy] am I in the right track to contribute Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:41:00 -0300 Message-ID: References: <20181009181740.1f88bbf2@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34506) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAHYJ-0005wP-Ko for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:41:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAHYI-0001Pb-Oa for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:41:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20181009181740.1f88bbf2@alma-ubu> 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: =?UTF-8?B?QmrDtnJuIEjDtmZsaW5n?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de 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? > 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. > 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, reproducible > bug reports, bug fixes, documentation fixes, blog entries and could also > be used as a starting point for a screenplay for the videos. Love doing this kind of things. > > Bj=C3=B6rn