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[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Tracy Logan wrote:
> 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 or paper cuts
> 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!

Hi Tracy,

No need for apologies.  All of us started from humble beginnings ;)
The ubuntu-beginners team is a great starting point.  If you're having
questions, just drop a line in their irc channel, and i'm sure someone
would be happy to help:  that's what they're there for anyway.

Maybe paultag will have some more insight.  I know that he was (is?)
very involved on that team.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/

Gilbert