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[Tracy Logan <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiya, everyone!  I'm a long-time part-time Linux user, now 100%
MS/Apple-free, and enjoying the heck out of Ubuntu.  I'm also a programmer
(ColdFusion, Java, PHP, bash, some Python, C/C++, etc.), and I'd like to
start contributing back to the Ubuntu community.  However, I have a
particular horror of making an ass of myself in public (hopefully I'm not
doing so now; seems like this list could use a few fresh topics!); as a
result, it's taken months for me to even send this request for hand-holding.

What I'm hoping to do is to dive into some of the
bite-size<http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/unity-bitesize-bug-status-for-22-march/>or
paper
cuts <https://launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/natty> bugs -- but every time I
have a little spare time, I end up spending it all getting up to speed, and
never quite getting to doing any actual coding (or even much analysis).  It
seems to me that there are probably a lot of us in this position, needing
first-time hand-holding that feels just too much to burden "real"
maintainers with -- and of course, I'd also be happy to pass along what I
learn.

So is anyone game for some real spoon feeding, barely above the "now press
the 'a' key, and hit Enter" level?  :*)

Suggestions on better places to look for this are welcome as well -- thanks,
and apologies, as needed!

Tracy Logan
Yellow Springs, OH