[gentoo-soc] Re: Application for Google Summer of Code 2018 - Mishal Roy

[gentoo-soc] Re: Application for Google Summer of Code 2018 - Mishal Roy

[Benda Xu]

Hi Mishal,

Thank you for your interest!

That's move the discussion to the dedicated Gentoo mailing list.

Mishal Roy <roymishal210@gmail.com> writes:

> I am Mishal Roy , Third Year EXTC ( Electronics and Telecommunication)
> engineering student of Mumbai University,India. I have keen interest
> in Operating Systems and posses excellent coding skills.
>
> I came to know about your Gentoo project of Portage Powered Android
> through Google Summer of Code 2018. I have been working on a similar
> project which is based on running Desktop Linux Operating System on an
> Android device. 

That's great!  Could you discuss more on the project?  That's sound very
similar to our purpose.

> Multiple times I have unlocked bootloaders and rooted Android devices.
> I have compiled kernels and modules for Ubuntu, Puppy Linux, Android
> and successfully ran them.I have gone through scripts that create
> Android boot image.  I posses knowledge of glibc, bionic libraries,
> Android Architecture and FHS.

> I am enthusiastic and excited to work in your project.I am very
> hopeful that my knowledge mentioned above will certainly be helpful
> for the project.

Very impressive.  How much do you know about Gentoo portage and ebuild?
It is crucial to have skills on them as a Gentoo SOC project.

Cheers,
Benda