Hi everyone, 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. Over the past few days, I’ve: - Set up a local kernel build and testing workflow. - Sent out my first real patch (not a dummy), with more lined up. - Subscribed to key mailing lists and joined IRC channels to stay in the loop. - Started tracking patch feedback and diving into `scripts/checkpatch.pl`, git send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow. 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**. 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. Looking forward to learning from you all and giving back as I grow. Cheers, Samiksha (Shdwcodr) [GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one]
On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM Ezra Buehler <ezra@easyb.ch> wrote:
On 10 Jul 2025, at 12:55, Samiksha Palav <samiksha.palav27@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
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.
Over the past few days, I’ve: - Set up a local kernel build and testing workflow. - Sent out my first real patch (not a dummy), with more lined up. - Subscribed to key mailing lists and joined IRC channels to stay in the loop. - Started tracking patch feedback and diving into `scripts/checkpatch.pl`, git send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow.
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**.
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.
Looking forward to learning from you all and giving back as I grow.
Cheers, Samiksha (Shdwcodr) [GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one]
Here some unsolicited piece of advice:
Try writing e-mails without the help of “AI”.
Please there is no need for this. Not everyone is native English speaker.
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He's right tho. It's annoying, when you can't even edit out the parts "AI" told you to. How lazy can you be? Jul 10, 2025, 18:30 by okash.khawaja@gmail.com:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM Ezra Buehler <> ezra@easyb.ch> > wrote:
On 10 Jul 2025, at 12:55, Samiksha Palav <>>> samiksha.palav27@gmail.com>>> > wrote:
Hi everyone,
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.
Over the past few days, I’ve: - Set up a local kernel build and testing workflow. - Sent out my first real patch (not a dummy), with more lined up. - Subscribed to key mailing lists and joined IRC channels to stay in the loop. - Started tracking patch feedback and diving into `scripts/>>> checkpatch.pl <http://checkpatch.pl>>>> `, git send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow.
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**.
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.
Looking forward to learning from you all and giving back as I grow.
Cheers, Samiksha (Shdwcodr) [GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one]
Here some unsolicited piece of advice:
Try writing e-mails without the help of “AI”.
Please there is no need for this. Not everyone is native English speaker.
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Harsh feedback is alright but shouldn't we be padding it with a bit more encouragement? Also everyone here seems to have an opinion but some participants in this thread haven't even configured their email clients to send plaintext mail. https://useplaintext.email/ On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM <keypair@tuta.io> wrote:
Anyway, he might as well get used to “harsh” feedback like that ;-)
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On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM Raka Gunarto <rakagunarto@gmail.com> wrote:
Harsh feedback is alright but shouldn't we be padding it with a bit more encouragement? Also everyone here seems to have an opinion but some participants in this thread haven't even configured their email clients to send plaintext mail. https://useplaintext.email/
I agree, e-mail guidelines should be the first thing to look into.
On Fri, 11 Jul 2025, Ezra Buehler wrote:
On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM Raka Gunarto <rakagunarto@gmail.com> wrote:
Harsh feedback is alright but shouldn't we be padding it with a bit more encouragement? Also everyone here seems to have an opinion but some participants in this thread haven't even configured their email clients to send plaintext mail. https://useplaintext.email/
I agree, e-mail guidelines should be the first thing to look into.
This thread is just begging for an "Angry Nerds" reference, isn't it? rday
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 at 18:35, Ezra Buehler <ezra@easyb.ch> wrote:
On 10 Jul 2025, at 14:58, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM Ezra Buehler <ezra@easyb.ch> wrote:
On 10 Jul 2025, at 12:55, Samiksha Palav <samiksha.palav27@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
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.
Over the past few days, I’ve: - Set up a local kernel build and testing workflow. - Sent out my first real patch (not a dummy), with more lined up. - Subscribed to key mailing lists and joined IRC channels to stay in the loop. - Started tracking patch feedback and diving into `scripts/checkpatch.pl`, git send-email, and the entire mailing list-based workflow.
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**.
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.
Looking forward to learning from you all and giving back as I grow.
Cheers, Samiksha (Shdwcodr) [GitLab/GitHub link if you want to include one]
Here some unsolicited piece of advice:
Try writing e-mails without the help of “AI”.
Please there is no need for this. Not everyone is native English speaker.
I am aware of that, not a native speaker myself. But, for obvious reasons I could not resist and apologize for that. Of course it is a good idea to use spell checkers and such.
Anyway, he might as well get used to “harsh” feedback like that ;-)
Ezra, you're by far not the worst one nor the only one so this is not directed at you personally, but I would still like to take this opportunity to point out something in general: This is a newbie mailing list, specifically named "kernelnewbies", where "stupid" questions should be allowed to be asked. If someone thinks the question is annoying, obvious or otherwise unworthy, they are free to use their mental filter and ignore it, or to unsubscribe from the list. If you don't have something friendly or helpful to say, then hold your tongue. No need for berating, or long rants about how wrong someone is or how little they know. We are here to learn. I think we've come far as a community since the old days where a rough-up was common as an initiation rite, and even the old-timers are trying to give level feedback these days. There is no need for public humiliation - the bar is already high to learn the topic, even to venture into the lists, and to even want to participate or contribute in a community that isn't exactly well known for its open arms.
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Ezra Buehler -
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Okash Khawaja -
Raka Gunarto -
Robert P. J. Day -
Samiksha Palav -
Sima Baymani