Amit Dey <eamitdey@xxxxxxxxx>: > I am a newbie to Linux development and I am looking for a small project. I've got a possibility for you. I run a project called 'gpsd'. It's a daemon that monitors GPSes attached to your machine. It automatically recognizes and translates all the funky protocols they use and publishes location information in a simple format on port 2947. Project site at <http://gpsd.berlios.de/>. The gpsd distribution includes test clients. One of our users suggested that the test clients should emit audio cues when the GPS acquires or loses lock. This is a nice idea for operation while driving. I have it marked on my TODO list as a good small project for a newbie. gpsd is not in Fedora Extras or any other well-known repo, AFAIK. It probably should be, as a number of well-known projects (pyGPS, Kismet, GPSdrive, gpeGPS, position and roadmap) use it. We have a specfile all debugged and tested. It's a fun project -- eight very capable core developers, a bright user community, and a moderately active mailing list. Because I'm running it and I'm kind of obsessive about such things, we have a well-developed set of tools and procedures for regression testing and code auditing -- good things for a newbie to learn. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
