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The First Step Pinak Ahuja conf.kde.in | 2015
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The First Step
Pinak Ahujaconf.kde.in | 2015
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Whenever in doubt
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Free & Open Source Software
● Free as in freedom not free as in coffee!
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Why is FOSS Awesome?
● Entire source code available.● Chance to contribute to a huge
software.● Meet awesome people.● Make friends.● GSoC of course!● Get to travel!
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My story
● 3rd Year IT student from Panjab University, Chandigarh
● FOSS enthusiast● KDE user and contributor
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Season of KDE
● An outreach program by KDE● An internship● Similar to GSoC ● Propose an idea● Work with a mentor● Get loads of experience● More importantly a T-Shirt
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My SoK project with Baloo
● Note: not to be confused with:
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Contributing To KDE
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Start Using KDE
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Tools of the trade
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When feeling lost
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Basics of Git
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Time to go bug squashing!
