I’d like to help out in any way that I can. I’m not very good at system admin stuff and I don’t have any OS distribution experience, but I’m pretty good with BASH scripting and a variety of coding languages.
Let’s get this party started!
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no worries - we’re gonna all learn up each other as the project matures
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Just signed up. Here to help as well!
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I’ll get all of the forum categories setup (at least the initial ones) so we can start organizing things a bit better.
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Same here! Happy to share what I am good at and been looking for an excuse to get better at the stuff I’m not good at.
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Here to help as well! Even if I’m not the brightest I know some CS stuff and at the end of the day could contribute my CPU’s time to help compile packages etc. I think Lunduke’s heart is in the right place, but also we need a new distro that isn’t run by greedy corpo pinkertons and ideology-motivated fools.
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I am willing to help, but I don’t want to commit to anything long term until I have a better idea of what this thing is going to look like. Hopefully Lunduke can fill us in on what decisions he has already made.
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I’ve been on projects before, and a good project manager (one that takes notes, collects questions and schedules things like deadlines or meetings, etc.) is probably needed. Lots of questions, lots of good will. People (like me) want to help.
First is some brainstorming as to what LCOS will be, design goals, will it be based on some existing project (like Debian?) or will it even be Linux based? Assuming it will be OpenSource and an appropriate license selected. Once a direction and goals, how will it be code versioned (gitlabs makes the most sense unless a compelling argument for something else)… I’m sort of brainstorming here in a message, but scheduling something in Discord/Zoom/Etc. for some face time would probably go faster initially once the project gets it some sort of barring and movement.
And no, I would not make a good project manager, just know a good one when I work for them. Can talk what kind of skills and roles later.
–dx9s
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I’m glad we have the forum up. I think this is a much better place to organize and discuss things as compared to Discord.
I know you are busy, but it would be nice to know how the progress of emails is going? I would like to know if I am booking time and in what capacity.
Not trying to rush either. I know it ain’t easy.
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Just got signed up too. Glad to be here and willing to help wherever I can!
And I agree. Discord is good for what it is, but it’s not idea for keeping up with stuff, referring back, and being the most structured thing. There’s a reason forums have been around so long.
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Same here. I can write documentation should the need arise for an extra hand with that. Though I probably don’t have a lot of time to help with many things.
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As others have said, I just signed up and I’d like to help in some way too. My biggest challenge, whatever I end up doing for the project, will be time - my “day job” keeps me crazy busy with code - but I’ve found time for my little fun-projects, so of course I’ll help out as much as I can. Some ideas where I think I could help:
- Accessibility - I can point you in the right direction in terms of assistive tech (zoom, screen readers, etc.). I can also test stuff and potentially help debug (depending on the UI tools used).
- Spanish translation (of docs and scripts) if we need that
- Code - I can definitely build software. I have a feeling tho that setting up a Linux distro is less about building software and more about configging existing software into an “ecosystem” of sorts… which I know nothing about… but I can code if code is what you need.
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Help offered.
Good expertise in Bash, Tcl, Make (GNU), sed, C, assembler (standalone and inlined).
A bit rusty in C++, python, …
Good interest in forth (I guess that is like moaning for the VHS2000 or the MacOS9, but there you go).
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Tcl/Tk? Expect? Perl/Tk? - welcome aboard!
No idea what I can do I am a 74 year old ex mechanic/ carpenter/truck driver/plumber/electronics repair man / ditch digger and I forget what else but I like privacy and learning.
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