[Introduction] Vlad, new aspiring contributor to KDE Plasma

[Vlad Korol]

Howdy everyone!

My name is Vlad Korol, I'm a new developer here tackling KDE Plasma. This
is my first open-source project, and I will be happy to work along with all
of you to make Plasma the default in Linux desktop experience.

I myself have a mixed background in software engineering and AI/ML as well.
Skilled in C++, Python, Java and JavaScript. Programming for years, so I
know my way around best practices, Cmake and idiomatic C++, and I'll be
glad to learn anything else I will need along the way.

I myself was a year-long KDE user until I bought a new Nvidia GPU.
Unfortunately, it was a miss for me, and I decided to contribute to improve
Wayland sessions under Nvidia drivers. I have tested and Wayland works on
Gnome, so I believe the issue lies in Kwin, composing and Nvidia GBM
quirks. I believe my recent GPU (Nvidia RTX 4070 Super) will be a great
asset for testing current generation Nvidia GPUs and make KDE Plasma more
approachable and deliver "just works" experience. I didn't look at the
codebase yet, and I face difficulties with building Plasma workspace
because of newer dependency, but I have already opened a bug report, and it
will be awesome if you could review it:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498018

Other than that, I am learning about the codebase and the contribution
workflow and will be soon making changes.

I use Fedora by the way, the latest Fedora Workstation 41. My timezone is
Eastern European Time (EET). I am happy to meet all of you, and feel free
to drop a message to get to know each other!
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