[Introduction] Vlad, new aspiring contributor to KDE Plasma

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Sun, 2024-12-29 at 17:10 +0200, Vlad Korol wrote:
> 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!

Hi! Always great to see new contributors!

I am just a passerby contributor, sending fixes from time to time to
different projects, both in and our of KDE 😊 I wish you luck with your
intentions of improving Wayland on NVidia, I'm sure improvements will
be very appreciated by everyone! Cheers!