<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM Ezra Buehler <<a href="mailto:ezra@easyb.ch">ezra@easyb.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite">On 10 Jul 2025, at 12:55, Samiksha Palav <<a href="mailto:samiksha.palav27@gmail.com" target="_blank">samiksha.palav27@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<br><br>I’m Samiksha (a.k.a. Shdwcodr), an undergrad BCA student from India with a relentless drive to get deep into the Linux kernel. I've recently begun my journey contributing to the kernel, focusing on staging drivers, learning the kernel development workflow, and understanding the culture of patch submission and review.<br><br>Over the past few days, I’ve:<br>- Set up a local kernel build and testing workflow.<br>- Sent out my first real patch (not a dummy), with more lined up.<br>- Subscribed to key mailing lists and joined IRC channels to stay in the loop.<br>- Started tracking patch feedback and diving into `scripts/<a href="http://checkpatch.pl" target="_blank">checkpatch.pl</a>`, git send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow.<br><br>My short-term goal is to get multiple patches accepted into staging by early 2025, and long-term I’m aiming for the **LFX Kernel Mentorship Program in 2026**. </div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br>I’ll be lurking, learning, and asking questions when stuck. Thanks in advance to everyone who shares knowledge and guidance — it means a lot to newcomers like me.</div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br>Looking forward to learning from you all and giving back as I grow.<br><br>Cheers, <br>Samiksha (Shdwcodr) <br>[GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one] <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Here some unsolicited piece of advice:</div><div><br></div><div>Try writing e-mails without the help of “AI”.</div></div></blockquote><div>Please there is no need for this. Not everyone is native English speaker.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div>;-)</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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