[KDE-India] Welcome to KDE India

[Vishesh Handa]

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Hello people!

All of you have at one point or another expressed interest in contributing
to some aspect of KDE. One of the most important aspects of KDE is the
community. Therefore, in order to get you started I would like to invite
you all to the KDE India Community.

We have a special mailing list[1] and an IRC channel on freenode - #kde-in.
You all are welcome to join.

KDE is one of the largest free software projects in the world. We have
extremely diverse projects ranging from IDEs (KDevelop) to Music Players
(Amarok) to PIM Clients (Kontact) to traditional desktop design (Plasma).

Each of these projects has their own mailing list. Based on which project
you're interested in, you should join the relevant mailing list, and maybe
hang out on their IRC Channels as well. I recommend not using the "Digest
Mode" when subscribing to the mailing list.

We have have noticed that some new comers (Not you guys, I'm sure)
occasionally ask a lot of "general questions" such as "How do I start
contributing?". As a starting point it would be nice if you read some of
the following links [2] [3] [4] [5]. Most of it is just general
information, which I'm sure you already know.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Also, if you don't
feel comfortable asking on the public channels, please feel free to contact
me (vHanda), Shaantanu Tushar (Shaan7), or Akarsh Simha (kstar). We will be
happy to help you in any way.

And finally, all I can say "Welcome", and "Be Patient". There is a lot to
learn over here. You cannot expect to learn it overnight. Take it one step
at a time.

Anyone who has ever contributed to KDE has once been in your position.

-- 
Vishesh Handa

[1] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india
[2] http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
[3] WARNING: Slightly strong language -
http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#i-want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-2-do
[4] http://whathaveyoutried.com/
[5] http://flossmanuals.net/kde-guide/
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