Helping out in Open Source
I’ve been using linux since around 2000, and I’ve been using it has my only operating system since 2003. Since that time my knowledge of programming, systems and open source community has grown immensely. I’ve always tried to help others on the Gentoo forums when I have a chance, and provide feedback where I can for the developers.
Fast forward a few years, and now I am finding myself provide the patches and helping with some minor development. It is crazy , but how such a small task, can really make you feel good. When you find that patch, that bug, or provide a feature that wasn’t already there.
I think that is what drives a lot of people with Open Source. It isn’t that the software is free, and some it isn’t even the principles behind it, it is simply the enjoyment of working on something and helping out towards something that is bigger then you.
