<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_38171">Please pass this around to <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_80574">I have three projects that might fit KDE.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_34658">I expect to put time into these projects and expect <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_80517">to document the steps to recreate them. That is to index</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_34657" dir="ltr">the existing documentation that I use and improve it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_78126" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_78128" dir="ltr">projects<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_77033" dir="ltr">1- an email server on low power computer such as cubleboard2<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_77034"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_77035" dir="ltr">2- a "linux package" inluding utilities equivalent to windows xp. I'd promote and help support this. </div>3- a linux for converting cell phones to linux tablets mostly for for downloading and playing audio and video files<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_77024" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_35808" dir="ltr">for example;</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_36962" dir="ltr"> There is a broken link "and Tools" on <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_36971"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_36974" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_36996" dir="ltr"> community.kde.org/KDE_Community_Wiki:About</div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_39344" dir="ltr">I can identify errors like this,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_39345" dir="ltr">write instruction documents,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_39346" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_39377" dir="ltr">work with programmers to better how to recognize and accommodate users needs. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_73222" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_73208" dir="ltr">I am not a coder. <br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_39348" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_39350" dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_38169" dir="ltr">I need some mentor(s) pointing me to appropriate KDE resources <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_37000" dir="ltr">Several hours of examining kde.org has not revealed clear starting points for these projects. <br></div><div id="yiv4941848397"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_33504"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_33503" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br><div id="yiv4941848397yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487032298748_40024" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_71849" dir="ltr">I have some linux experience mostly from the 90s<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_71927" dir="ltr">I (Advantage Plus Dist Co) published and distributed the first Red Hat linux distribution cdrom.Our primary product was distribution of shareware software. To do this we pioneered software demos that ran from the cdrom without requiring installation into an operating system or hard drive. I taught lots of shareware authors how to organize their shareware to benefit from this method of distribution. I led the creation of a cdrom distribuion tool for the Association of Shareware Professionals.</div></div><div id="yiv4941848397yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487032298748_40118" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_52094"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_52031">We created a Windows 2.0 image that fit on a 760K floppy for testing software on a virgin OS. Incredible how much bloat could be cut out even in the early 90s.<br></div></div><div id="yiv4941848397yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487032298748_40598" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_52530"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_57791" dir="ltr">A 2013 project is <a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_62927" class="edited-link-editor" href="http://epapershield.com/">ePaperShield.com</a> a successful <a class="edited-link-editor" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_57792" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/408216430/e-ink-display-for-any-microprocessor?ref=nav_search">Kickstarter project</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_52598"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_51249">I request mentors to point me towared KDE resources to implement document and promote these projects<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_51250" dir="ltr">1- an email server on low power computer such as cubleboard2<br></div></div><div id="yiv4941848397yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487032298748_40305" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_51363" dir="ltr">2- a "linux package" inluding utilities equivalent to windows xp. I'd promote and help support this. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_51627" dir="ltr">3- a linux for converting cell phones to linux tablets mostly for for downloading and playing audio and video files<br></div></div><div id="yiv4941848397yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487032298748_41398" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_51332"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487122667407_51331"><br></div></div><div id="yiv4941848397yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487032298748_40338" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>