Re: Steve / Malc's thread about resurrecting a project vs joining one, well my 2-pennyworth based not upon my (almost non-existent, but growing) programming skills but upon my experience of music, is that Malc is right.
Although your proposal sounds interesting enough, why not face your fears and throw yourself into 'the energy?' My analysis is that you may either fail or succeed, but you won't end up regretting it. But dusting off some old hobby-horse is unlikely to help improve your skills. I know what you mean about wanting to get involved with developing. My degree was in Social Anthropology and i'm struggling to learn to code at all. In 2007 I went volunteering to Madagascar (yes where they've just sworn in a dj as president) and helped set up a Linux computer laboratory and that's how I actually found out about open source. You'd be amazed at the computer wizz-kids in third world countries... Well good luck anyhow. -Jonny On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk>wrote: > Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to > peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > peterboro-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Peterboro digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hardware upgrade (Phil Thompson) > 2. Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project (Steve Harker) > 3. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project (Alan Pope) > 4. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > (Steve Harker) > 5. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project (Alan Pope) > 6. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > (Malcolm Hunter) > 7. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > (Steve Harker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:01:03 +0000 > From: Phil Thompson <p...@yarwell.demon.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Hardware upgrade > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: <49c6287f.8050...@yarwell.demon.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 20/03/2009 Andy Taylor wrote: > > You will find that most retail stores like PC World etc will bundle > > Windows with the machines. They wont sell one with out it. > > the big name manufacturers are pretty much the same. > > http://efficientpc.co.uk/ can be used to give a customised price, to see > if you can build it for less. > > > Phil > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:44:47 +0000 > From: Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com> > Subject: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: <1237743887.4082.9.ca...@localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hi Guys, > > I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta > started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a > kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very > well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very > basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate > between users and the "rooms" that they are in. > > What I'm after is getting back into programming (remember I haven't > written a line of code in about 10 years) and well giving something back > to the Linux community at large. I need coders that know C++ and would > like GKT coders that could put a front end on the project. > > Let me know if you are interested. At this stage I don't really need > testers soon I will though :) > > Steve > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:58:38 +0000 > From: Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding > project > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: > <eba6d2300903221058r1eab35aar871e2d6c15473...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2009/3/22 Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com>: > > I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta > > started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a > > kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very > > well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very > > basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate > > between users and the "rooms" that they are in. > > > > Like Jabber / XMPP? > > Cheers, > Al. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:22:38 +0000 > From: Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding > project > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: <1237753358.3043.3.ca...@localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 17:58 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/3/22 Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com>: > > > I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta > > > started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a > > > kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very > > > well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very > > > basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate > > > between users and the "rooms" that they are in. > > > > > > > Like Jabber / XMPP? > > > > Cheers, > > Al. > > Sort of Yes. I know there are loads of other applications like it out > there. But I think it will be a better learning experience than an > actual project. I imagine it to be a cross between IRC and MSN meaning > that there will be rooms and also friends lists. > > Steve > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:24:51 +0000 > From: Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding > project > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: > <eba6d2300903221324y4aea3c61re5dee8a9cff1b...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2009/3/22 Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com>: > > Sort of Yes. I know there are loads of other applications like it out > > there. But I think it will be a better learning experience than an > > actual project. I imagine it to be a cross between IRC and MSN meaning > > that there will be rooms and also friends lists. > > > > Exactly like Jabber then :) > > Cheers, > Al. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:58:13 +0100 > From: "Malcolm Hunter" <malcolm.hun...@gmx.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding > project > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: <20090322205813.235...@gmx.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta > > started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a > > kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very > > well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very > > basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate > > between users and the "rooms" that they are in. > > > > What I'm after is getting back into programming (remember I haven't > > written a line of code in about 10 years) and well giving something back > > to the Linux community at large. I need coders that know C++ and would > > like GKT coders that could put a front end on the project. > > > > Let me know if you are interested. At this stage I don't really need > > testers soon I will though :) > > If you want to get back into coding again, why don't you knock on one of > the current project's doors? Maybe you could bring some of your ideas into > existing code that would improve it... Incidentally, I know it's not GTK, > but the KDE project is almost exclusively C++. You just have to get over the > Qt API hurdle. :) > > Malc > > -- > Technical copy-editor & proofreader > > KDE Proofreading Team > KDE British English Translation Team > > http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB > > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: > http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:03:40 -0000 > From: "Steve Harker" <stevehar...@lavabit.com> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding > project > To: "'Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts'" > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: <ca00380384b74c3785d58b32953fe...@stewartslaw.com> > > > If you want to get back into coding again, why don't you knock on one of > the > current project's doors? Maybe you could bring some of your ideas into > existing code that would improve it... Incidentally, I know it's not GTK, > but the KDE project is almost exclusively C++. You just have to get over > the > Qt API hurdle. :) > > Malc > > > Agreed but my Poor poor programming skills would hinder any project I tried > to help. Hence me resurrecting something I did ages ago. Something that I > cannot really mess up :) > > Steve > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > End of Peterboro Digest, Vol 255, Issue 1 > ***************************************** >
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