How to become a linux-developer

Husio · 2006-07-31 18:37:16

I was wondering, how can I make something for linux community. But not testing packages and/or unstable programs. How to start writing some stuff that may be helpful ?

dtw · 2006-07-31 19:59:19

It's a bit like buying expensive clothes...if you need to ask the price you can't afford it...

We always say that if you want to help in Arch then the AUR is the place to start!

brazzmonkey · 2006-07-31 20:17:02

dtw wrote:

It's a bit like buying expensive clothes...if you need to ask the price you can't afford it...)

LOL ! that's so true...

phrakture · 2006-07-31 21:38:18

Husio wrote:

I was wondering, how can I make something for linux community. But not testing packages and/or unstable programs. How to start writing some stuff that may be helpful ?

You start by... erm... writing stuff. I don't know what else to tell you. If you find a hole that you want filled, fill it. Write some software. Just do it. As for the "not testing packages and/or unstable programs" part, that's 100% up to you. If you write good programs, they're not testing/unstable, if you write crap, then they're crap.

elasticdog · 2006-07-31 22:30:58

Agreed...it takes practice and a lot of reading/motivation to figure out how to write things well. As far as making something useful, write something to fix a problem that you have, or to make something easier for yourself...that way you'll actually be motivated to work on it and keep improving it over time.

soloport · 2006-07-31 22:41:31

[Stay | Move back in] with your parents for as long as possible. Read as many books as you can [find in the library | scrape money to buy]. [Find | Make up] projects to work on. Read as much of other people's code as you can possibly stand to do. Learn, practice, rinse, repeat.

In five years or more, you'll be good (and can move out). In ten to fifteen years, you'll know what you're doing. In twenty five years, you'll be writing posts like this one

pauldonnelly · 2006-08-01 03:35:35

Just remember that if you want something, it's likely that others do too. If you're solving problems for yourself, try to do a good enough job that you can share your solution. If you're not creating your own solutions, then learn how to do that first. Like Soloport says, read as much of other people's code as possible. Don't try to start with too huge a project though, or you won't have the skill necessary to make sense of it yet.

postlogic · 2006-08-01 10:28:39

*cough* graphical ftp client! *cough*
gftp doesn't cut it anymore.

And ncftp isn't graphical.

I do know several people are wishing for something better than gftp.

Chman · 2006-08-01 12:04:50

I do know several people are wishing for something better than gftp.

Yeah, like me. FoFF didn't convince me either... A FTP plugin for thunar would be nice.

allucid · 2006-08-01 14:49:33

Who the hell uses ftp these days? :?

tomfitzyuk · 2006-08-01 18:17:34

If you've not done so already, learn a programming language (as to which will depend on you, your intended programs and other things). Rather than just writing software that is useful for other people, write something that you'll find useful, otherwise you'll probably lose motivation.

Husio · 2006-08-01 18:25:51

tomfitzyuk wrote:

Rather than just writing software that is useful for other people, write something that you'll find useful, otherwise you'll probably lose motivation.

Hell right. I was learning html, then python, xhtml + css, some basics of javascript. I've wrote some scripts that I needed, but now... nothing to do. Ftp plugin for thunar may be too big project for me . No idea what to do/read/write now...

eWoud · 2006-08-02 12:03:44

postlogic wrote:

*cough* graphical ftp client! *cough*
gftp doesn't cut it anymore.
And ncftp isn't graphical.
I do know several people are wishing for something better than gftp.

IglooFTP-PRO
It's not free. But you could always re-install it every month
The only thing I don't like about it, is that it doesn' t remember scroll positions for directories you've visited.

For a non-graphical client: lftp >>> ncftp.

Mr Green · 2006-08-02 12:13:44

/me goes to drug store to get postlogic something for his cough..

postlogic · 2006-08-02 14:28:50

Chman wrote:

I do know several people are wishing for something better than gftp.
Yeah, like me. FoFF didn't convince me either... A FTP plugin for thunar would be nice.

curlftpfs.

Chman · 2006-08-02 15:39:33

postlogic wrote:

curlftpfs.

Didn't know about that one. Thanks a lot !

Kern · 2006-08-02 17:01:05

How to start writing some stuff that may be helpful ?

define "stuff"

is this programming? reports? wiki's ? reviews?

i'd echo similar to elasticdog's comments, to find something that really makes you buzz. Then maybe join a community that specialises in that, learn, and contribute.

or hang around Arch forums , pick up of some problems that interest you and work through them see if anything takes your fancy. theres always problems to solve without necessarily creating your own

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