Re: Intoduction
Ezra Buehler <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:31:45 +0200
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--===============2784062063089056888== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-26E74C55-44B2-43F9-BDCA-DDA5F4DA71EE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-26E74C55-44B2-43F9-BDCA-DDA5F4DA71EE Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><bl= ockquote type=3D"cite">On 10 Jul 2025, at 12:55, Samiksha Palav <samiksha= [email protected]> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"= cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi everyone,<br><br>I=E2=80= =99m Samiksha (a.k.a. Shdwcodr), an undergrad BCA student from India with a r= elentless drive to get deep into the Linux kernel. I've recently begun my jo= urney contributing to the kernel, focusing on staging drivers, learning the k= ernel development workflow, and understanding the culture of patch submissio= n and review.<br><br>Over the past few days, I=E2=80=99ve:<br>- Set up a loc= al kernel build and testing workflow.<br>- Sent out my first real patch (not= a dummy), with more lined up.<br>- Subscribed to key mailing lists and join= ed IRC channels to stay in the loop.<br>- Started tracking patch feedback an= d diving into `scripts/<a href=3D"http://checkpatch.pl">checkpatch.pl</a>`, g= it send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow.<br><br>My short-t= erm goal is to get multiple patches accepted into staging by early 2025, and= long-term I=E2=80=99m aiming for the **LFX Kernel Mentorship Program in 202= 6**.<br><br>I=E2=80=99ll be lurking, learning, and asking questions when stu= ck. Thanks in advance to everyone who shares knowledge and guidance =E2=80=94= it means a lot to newcomers like me.<br><br>Looking forward to learning fro= m you all and giving back as I grow.<br><br>Cheers, <br>Samiksha (Shdw= codr) <br>[GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one] <= br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Here some unsolicited piece o= f advice:</div><div><br></div><div>Try writing e-mails without the help of =E2= =80=9CAI=E2=80=9D.</div><div><br></div><div>;-)</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-26E74C55-44B2-43F9-BDCA-DDA5F4DA71EE-- --===============2784062063089056888== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies --===============2784062063089056888==--