On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 05:18:24PM +0200, FRIGN wrote: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:18:25 +0300 > ab <termi...@cock.li> wrote: > > What kind of advice could you guys give to a novice? I'd like to get > > myself more familiar with Linux and C (because I have a copy of K&R). > > I'm asking you guys because you seem to know what you're doing and > > you're the only community I know which are committed to what you do. > > read K&R and read suckless code. :) > Join in on IRC (#suckless on OFTC or #2f30 on freenode) and ask questions > if you like. #suckless is a strict development channels, so newbie > questions are honestly more welcome on #2f30.
Reading is good, but I'd write. Even if it's crap, once you wrote one program just send a copy of it into #suckless (not the ML), and ask people for corrections and explanations. Good luck.