[KDE-India] Welcome to KDE India

[Bhushan Shah]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Bhushan Shah <bhush94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> *( If you're already on the kde-india mailing list, please feel free
> to ignore this email. It's not meant for you. )*
>
> 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 (bshah), Shaantanu Tushar (Shaan7), Vishesh Handa
> (vHanda_) 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.
>
> Regards!
>
> --
> Bhushan Shah
>
> [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/
>
> http://bhush9.github.io
> IRC Nick : bshah on Freenode

And yes thanks to Vishesh Handa for the original message :
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-india/2013-January/001148.html

-- 
Bhushan Shah

http://bhush9.github.io
IRC Nick : bshah on Freenode