1. Improve yourself in real world
Experience the Open Source
Improve yourself in real world
Presented by
Ziqian SUN (Zamir)
Fedora Community
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2. Today's Topics 1. How FOSS Community works
2. How can students involve in FOSS
(GSoC, Open Source competition)
3. How can majority involve in Community

3. 1. How FOSS Community Works

4. How FOSS Community works
Free and open-source software (FOSS)
Groups of people share common interests
GNOME Community, Fedora Community, JBoss Community etc.
Sub projects like Fedora Python SIG
Loosely organized
Self organized
Trust based on your contribution
Volunteering

5. 2. How can student involve in FOSS

6. Students Involve in FOSS
Google Summer of Code
source/gsoc/
GNOME Outreachy (not for male students)
Red Hat Challenge and various open source competition

7. Students Involve in FOSS
Involve in FOSS associations in your own campus (or setup one, if there aren’t any)
Some communities/associations
Tsinghua University TUNA Association
USTC Linux User Group
Anthon Open Source Community
And others...

8. 3. How can majority involve in Community

9. What’s your major on campus? Are there anyone from non-IT area?

10. Github way What is your interest? Web development? Mobile apps? Cloud?
Bigdata?

11. Github way There are things you are interested in Github!
Follow the project, find what they need (feature, bugfix) and try to figure out your solution and send your enhancement as pull request!

12. Community way Start using FOSS software/hardware
Subscribe to mailing list
You can just watch what others talk when you're a newbie
Start using IRC to communicate with FOSS guys
Attending FOSS meet-ups/events

13. GNOME.Asia & FUDCon APAC 2014Q

14. How to participate in FOSS
Promote FOSS if someone finds it interesting
Helping in L10N and I18N
Find bugs in FOSS and report it to bug tracer
Fix the bug if you can, then submit the patch

15. Join in GNOME

16. Join Fedora

17. Take Fedora as example

18. Join Fedora http://join.fedoraproject.org Create a Fedora Account
Create a Fedora Account
Find a team or project you're interested in.
Join their mailing list and send an introduction ; then start working on something!

19. Join Fedora Pick a mentor from the project if needed
Keep up with the latest news around Fedora
Don't be afraid to ask questions!

20. Join Fedora Content Writers Designers People Persons OS Developers
Translators
Web Developers or Administrators

21. Os Developer Create new applications
Become a package maintainer to create and maintain RPM packages for software in Fedora.
test/break Fedora.
Skill : Programming, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling

22. Web Developer or Admin
Improve Fedora's image and to create the best possible web interface for users and contributors on the Internet.
Skill : Python, XML/XHTML, CSS, Web app development, Linux system administration

23. Time for you, non-IT guys

24. Content writer Write tutorials and articles
Write documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs, release notes.
Write documentation about usability.
Skills: Writing, editing, grammar,technical knowledge (specific and general)

25. Designer
Design projects including: Fedora Logo, Promo Banners, Widgets, Icon Theme, Media Art, Posters, T-Shirt Design
Skills:GIMP, Inkscape, design

26. People Person Spread the word of fedora
Think of creative ways for promoting Fedora
Develop marketing strategy to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide.
Provide feedback to developers about bugs.
Skill : People skills, event organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm

27. Translator
Translate documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs.
Translate the software to your native language.
Skill : English, Non-English native language, technical knowledge

28. Translator https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Translat e_on_Zanata 导
You can translate wiki pages or software or anything you are willing to

29. Join Fedora
Attitude count!
Keep working on it after you start

30. Questions? zsun@fedoraproject.org Contact:
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