On 9/22/07, Murray <murray.mcallister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Murray McAllister, I've just moved to Brisbane (Australia) to > start my new job with Red Hat Asia Pacific as a content author. > > I'm really keen to contribute into open source but finding it a bit hard > since I'm not a developer. I was then blessed with this job and thought > it would be a great opportunity to be able to give something back to > open source. > Congratulations on your new job. > My goals in the Fedora Project: > > - contribute as much as I can. I think some small tutorials (perhaps > network configuration, user management (system-config-users/useradd, > groupadd etc), permissions would be a good start/practice. > > I am currently writing errata for RHEL 5, perhaps I could use what I > have learned there to help in areas of the Fedora Project (release notes > perhaps?). I have done a lot of work with BIND so maybe once I settle > in I could start contributing more in that area (perhaps larger tutorials). > Welcome, there is always room for another committed writer. Release notes are a very high priority, as are other documents such as Installation Guide and Desktop User Guide. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Tasks for a list of tasks we have set for ourselves. > - one of my 'goals' within Red Hat is to document 3 open source writing > tools. Perhaps I could somehow combine that with a project for Fedora. > You should check out a guide I've authored on the wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/WorkFlowIdeas This document covers quite a few FOSS tools for linux for authoring docs in Docbook XML format. Once again, welcome aboard! Best Regards, John Babich Volunteer, Fedora Docs Project -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
