From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JES1z-0005Al-Nk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:19:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B99BE04E3; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C78E3E04DB for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA3965876 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.893 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.893 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.894, BAYES_50=0.001] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TjDXxBuUgtPE for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81833657F3 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JES1C-0005jC-Hy for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:38 +0000 Received: from www.buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:34 +0000 Received: from wireless by www.buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:34 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ? Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1200129071.4788842fc5816@imp.free.fr> <200801131523.23859.nagatoro@gmail.com> <478A2138.2030204@bellsouth.net> <200801131745.32588.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <478A9318.20300@bellsouth.net> <87zlv8zyli.fsf@newsguy.com> <478B1227.609@bellsouth.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071210 SeaMonkey/1.1.7) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: ce6f4082-7c78-4bac-863f-219c93e14d6e X-Archives-Hash: 09f00d0b761611b8f1988bf633199999 Dale bellsouth.net> writes: > Like you, I wish I could do more. I would be willing to learn to code > if I felt it was worthwhile. I am disabled so I have plenty of time to > learn and contribute but after my past experiences on -dev, I won't be > repeating that for a VERY long time and only after some things change. > The devs complain about not having enough help but when someone wants to > learn and help some they sort of shoot themselves in the foot. Bad > thing is, I have a lot of time that I could put to use. > Dale Hello Dale, Things are not that bleak. Have you ever considered learning about embedded Gentoo? There is a separate list, and you put a stripped down version of gentoo on a SBC (single board computer). You get to customize your own mini gentoo, and learn about many of the low level aspects of making software work with hardware. An SBC can be had for around $200 and you can get lots of help from the embedded gentoo list. Perhaps once you learn in that environment, you can contribute without being part of the 'feeding frenzy'? There is much freedom and many needs related to embedded gentoo. Drop me some private email and we can talk more, if you are interested. James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list