I wanted to write an introduction.
My name is Roy Six and I am 28 years old and live in the US.
Why I want to contribute:
I am looking to contribute because I want to interact with other Fedora users. It gets lonely when most people I know are using Windows/Mac/Ubuntu. I also want to be able to improve my knowledge of Fedora. Fedora is free, and this is a good way to give back. I hope triaging bugs is a good way as it does not seem to require too much technical knowledge, and from what the wiki has stated, one could spend as little as 15 minutes a week contributing. But I don't know what areas to concentrate in or how to start doing some tasks, so maybe someone can guide/mentor me in IRC if I ask there.
What I have done so far:
I just installed Fedora 16 alpha earlier this week (unfortunately not the RC1 Beta). I am reading the wiki daily and going through all the links I can to get information and tips in bugzapping. I have subscribed to this mailing list since last week. So far, I have to tell you that it is quite active, with some memorable problems already reported such as Erinn's overheating laptop issue, which turned out to be hardware-related and not a Fedora problem from what I understood in the conversation. I have just now started visiting the IRC chat rooms, which was quiet in my short time there, but maybe most are asleep/AFK. I will say hi next time I visit. I am also looking through the bugs reported at Red Hat Bugzilla and it's a bit of a learning curve.
Well I have many questions already in my mind, and will continue to read the wiki so I do not ask questions already answered there
My background with Fedora:
I started to use Fedora since a few years ago because my university, George Mason University, installed it in our computers in our labs. I have made Fedora my primary day to day OS since Fedora 8 and still have no reason to try other distributions because I enjoy this one so much. But it is embarrassing to me that I still can't say I am even past beginner level if I evaluate how much I really know about this OS.
Availability:
I will be on at evening hours (US EST) 2-3 days a week. If a mentor is available, I of course will want to try to schedule my hours around his/her availability. But my laptop with Fedora is currently inoperable due to a broken part (my mistake when taking it apart to clean it), but I expect the replacement part to be mailed to me soon and I will be back up on Fedora by end of this week hopefully. Right now I'm on a different computer with Windows 7. I have to say, it is hard to go back to Windows...but thankfully there's Gedit and VLC and Gimp for Windows.
These are my contact details:
Name: Roy Six
E-mail: royxis@xxxxxxxxx, rsix@xxxxxxx
irc nicks: roysix, rsix
Thank you for your time and in taking the time to read this long-winded message. I sincerely look forward to corresponding with all fellow Fedora volunteers and Red Hat employees,
Roy Six
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