Welcome

Hello @giorgitchankvetadze ! Welcome to Fedora!

Before we begin, please subscribe to the Fedora join mailing list at
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We use this list for general discussion, and it is also where the community
shares tasks that need help.

These links are a good read to begin with. They tell you what the Free/Open
Source community is about, and then they'll introduce you to Fedora: what
Fedora is all about, and what we do, and of course, how we do it:

• What is Free Software: a quick video!
• Fedora's Mission and Foundations
• Fedora's Code of Conduct
• How is Fedora Organized?
• Fedora's Current 12-18 Month Community Objectives
• Get started with badges!
• How to be a successful contributor

Next, when you're ready, could you please introduce yourself (preferably on
the list) so that the community can get to know you? (Interests, skills,
anything you wish to say about yourself really).

Finally, could you let us know how you learned about the Fedora project? Was it
from a colleague, or social media, for example?

If you have any questions at all, please ask! We'll use this ticket to keep in
touch! :)

Get to know each other better

In addition, could you provide some information to understand your requirements
better? (You can write them in the introduction, or answer here if you feel more
comfortable).

For example:

• your experience with Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) communities/ecosystems:

  • have you participated in FOSS before, or is this the first time?
  • how do you imagine your place in a FOSS community?

• your background/skills, for example:

  • community development and outreach, campaigning, journalism
  • Operating System (Do you use GNU/Linux as your main OS? Is Fedora Linux your main distribution?)
  • non-software development: design (Inkscape/Gimp/?), music/video/podcasting, marketing, language proficiency
  • software development related: command line, version control: git/hg/svn/?, rpm/packaging, programming languages/frameworks/utilities, testing, infrastructure/sysadmin

• your experience in communication platforms:

  • have you used mailing lists before?
  • what is your preferred real time chat platform?
  • have you helped with moderating/administering forums?

• how much time are you looking to/are you able to spend on volunteering (approximate hours per week)?

Remember that this is not a job interview at all. This is just an icebreaker to
help all your new friends get to know you quicker. The better we know you, the
better we can support you in identifying Fedora activities that promise to be
relevant for you.

Please write how much/whatever you wish. :).

Hi @giorgitchankvetadze : that's our template for newcomers, so please do go through it once. It gives you an idea of where/how/when/why/what the community does.

The kernel maintainer team has their own workflow which is documented here (not sure how up to date that is, since I haven't looked at it in a while):

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kernel

So, I'd start there, join their mailing list, check out the GitLab etc.

Thanks for the pointers, Ankur.

I am a systems software engineer & open source contributor

Upstream & Core Utilities:
BusyBox: Landed a performance fix for the cmp utility (applied by Denys Vlasenko).
GNU Coreutils: Currently have four patches under review addressing mv.c EXDEV regressions, diff.c POSIX compliance, and critical memory/logic fixes in resize.c and cmp.c.

Workflow: Fully proficient with the Linux mailing list culture, patch formatting, and git-send-email workflows.

Kernel & Build Infrastructure:
Development: Completed LFD103 (Linux Kernel Development) in January 2026. Comfortable working with Kbuild, linker scripts, and cross-compiling for x86_64 and RISC-V.

Tooling & Debugging: Regular use of KGDB, QEMU, and Bochs for low-level debugging. Familiar with kernel sanitizers (KASAN) and automated fuzzing targets (syzbot).

Background & Availability:
Available for ~25 hours/week with an immediate start.

This ticket has been migrated to the forgejo instance. Please find the new ticket here
https://forge.fedoraproject.org/join/WelcomeToFedora//issues/135