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Welcome Message & Introduction

Welcome Rafael,

Hello @rafaelmcruz(FAS profile)! Welcome to Fedora!

Before we begin, please subscribe to the Fedora join mailing list at fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org. 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:

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. :).

### Welcome Message & Introduction # Welcome Rafael, Hello `@rafaelmcruz`([FAS profile](https://accounts.fedoraproject.org/user/rafaelmcruz))! Welcome to Fedora! Before we begin, please subscribe to the [Fedora join mailing list at fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/fedora-join.lists.fedoraproject.org/). 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!](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/user-liberation-watch-and-share-our-new-video) - [Fedora's Mission and Foundations](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/) - [Fedora's Code of Conduct](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/) - [How is Fedora Organized?](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/orgchart/) - [Fedora's Current 12-18 Month Community Objectives](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/objectives/) - [Get started with badges!](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-join/welcome/badges/) - [How to be a successful contributor](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-join/contribute/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. :).
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-05-15 16:31:57 +00:00
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Hey everyone! Thanks for opening the ticket. I'm really excited to be here and look forward to contributing, especially to the Infrastructure team and the Home Lab project.
As a start, already subscribed to the mailing list, and the recommended channels!
Will read all the material provided!
Thank you!

Hey everyone! Thanks for opening the ticket. I'm really excited to be here and look forward to contributing, especially to the Infrastructure team and the Home Lab project. As a start, already subscribed to the mailing list, and the recommended channels! Will read all the material provided! Thank you!
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-05-17 19:02:51 +00:00
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Hey everyone! To help you understand my background and where I can fit best, here are a few more details about myself:

FOSS Experience: This is my first time formally contributing to an open-source community, and I'm highly motivated to learn how everything works behind the scenes.

  • Operating System: Fedora is my main distribution on my personal machine, and I absolutely love it. At work I use MacOS, and am pretty familiar with windows, alothough I abandoned it, I think for good this time.
  • Background & Skills: I work in IT and recently transitioned to an infrastructure project where I am dealing with RHEL and Ansible. I'm also a working student studying Computer Engineering, where I've programmed in C, a bit of Assembly, and Arduino. My main focus here is definitely infrastructure, system administration, and automation.
  • Communication: This is my first time using a mailing list, and Matrix is currently my preferred real-time chat platform. I'm still learning how both tools work.
  • Time Commitment: Since I work full-time and study, my time is quite limited. I can realistically commit to about 1 to 2 hours per week, mostly during weekends, to start helping out with small, bite-sized tasks. I'm almost on school vacations, so, in the future I might increase the available time.

As MatH mentioned in the Matrix chat, I'm very interested in the upcoming "Home Lab spin of Server" project and the Fedora Infrastructure team. I’d love to start with tiny, miniature tasks (documentation, cleanups, or basic testing) to get my hands dirty and learn the workflow.

How did I learn about the project? I've been diving deeper into the Red Hat ecosystem because of my current job and certification studies (currently studying to obtain RHCSA), and joining the Fedora Project felt like the most natural and rewarding step to grow as a professional.

Looking forward to your guidance!

Hey everyone! To help you understand my background and where I can fit best, here are a few more details about myself: FOSS Experience: This is my first time formally contributing to an open-source community, and I'm highly motivated to learn how everything works behind the scenes. - Operating System: Fedora is my main distribution on my personal machine, and I absolutely love it. At work I use MacOS, and am pretty familiar with windows, alothough I abandoned it, I think for good this time. - Background & Skills: I work in IT and recently transitioned to an infrastructure project where I am dealing with RHEL and Ansible. I'm also a working student studying Computer Engineering, where I've programmed in C, a bit of Assembly, and Arduino. My main focus here is definitely infrastructure, system administration, and automation. - Communication: This is my first time using a mailing list, and Matrix is currently my preferred real-time chat platform. I'm still learning how both tools work. - Time Commitment: Since I work full-time and study, my time is quite limited. I can realistically commit to about 1 to 2 hours per week, mostly during weekends, to start helping out with small, bite-sized tasks. I'm almost on school vacations, so, in the future I might increase the available time. As MatH mentioned in the Matrix chat, I'm very interested in the upcoming "Home Lab spin of Server" project and the Fedora Infrastructure team. I’d love to start with tiny, miniature tasks (documentation, cleanups, or basic testing) to get my hands dirty and learn the workflow. How did I learn about the project? I've been diving deeper into the Red Hat ecosystem because of my current job and certification studies (currently studying to obtain RHCSA), and joining the Fedora Project felt like the most natural and rewarding step to grow as a professional. Looking forward to your guidance!
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ankursinha commented 2026-05-20 11:25:12 +00:00
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Hi @rafaelmcruz , welcome!

Please do let us know if we can help with anything. For infra, for example, there's the apprentice program to help people learn and onboard them to the team, if you'd like to go down that road:

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/join_guide/

Hi @rafaelmcruz , welcome! Please do let us know if we can help with anything. For infra, for example, there's the apprentice program to help people learn and onboard them to the team, if you'd like to go down that road: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/join_guide/
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-05-20 14:17:49 +00:00
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Hi @ankursinha!

Thank you both so much for the warm welcome and guidance.

@ankursinha, I had actually just finished reading through the apprentice program links provided , and I would absolutely love to go down that road!

Focusing on the Infrastructure team and the upcoming Home Lab (mentioned by @theprogram) project fits perfectly with my professional goals and studies. I’ve already cloned the public Ansible repository to my machine and I'm currently reviewing the documentation to get familiar with the workflow.

Please let me know how I can join the 'fi-apprentice' group. Looking forward to working with you all!

Hi @ankursinha! Thank you both so much for the warm welcome and guidance. @ankursinha, I had actually just finished reading through the apprentice program links provided , and I would absolutely love to go down that road! Focusing on the Infrastructure team and the upcoming Home Lab (mentioned by @theprogram) project fits perfectly with my professional goals and studies. I’ve already cloned the public Ansible repository to my machine and I'm currently reviewing the documentation to get familiar with the workflow. Please let me know how I can join the 'fi-apprentice' group. Looking forward to working with you all!
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ankursinha commented 2026-05-20 14:21:36 +00:00
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I think the way fi-apperentice works is that once you've introduced yourself to the team etc., you ask to be added to it:

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/join_guide/#_what_is_next

Luckily, infrastructure is one of the teams that have a very well defined onboarding process. So, I'd just follow that doc 👍

I think the way `fi-apperentice` works is that once you've introduced yourself to the team etc., you ask to be added to it: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/join_guide/#_what_is_next Luckily, infrastructure is one of the teams that have a very well defined onboarding process. So, I'd just follow that doc 👍
niknikovsky commented 2026-07-31 20:12:54 +00:00
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Hello!
Just doing a quick check-in to see how you're settling in.
Are you stuck anywhere, or would you like some guidance on finding a team to join? Feel free to ask any questions!

Hello! Just doing a quick check-in to see how you're settling in. Are you stuck anywhere, or would you like some guidance on finding a team to join? Feel free to ask any questions!
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-07-31 21:20:27 +00:00
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Hello @niknikovsky !
How are you?
Before anything else, I want to thank you for asking. I think I'm still settling. Life happened and got almost no time to help this project. end of school year on Computer Engineer, and work, and well...life hehe I wanted to post here before, but didn't know what to say!

I think that for now, I could help in testing features or whatever.

I was helping the "home server" project, and suggested an app to install. But don't know how's it going now.

I'm open to small tasks for now, so whatever you got, I'm here!

Note: If you want, you can close this post. I'm on matrix, so I can ask for guidance again there.

Thank you!!!

Hello @niknikovsky ! How are you? Before anything else, I want to thank you for asking. I think I'm still settling. Life happened and got almost no time to help this project. end of school year on Computer Engineer, and work, and well...life hehe I wanted to post here before, but didn't know what to say! I think that for now, I could help in testing features or whatever. I was helping the "home server" project, and suggested an app to install. But don't know how's it going now. I'm open to small tasks for now, so whatever you got, I'm here! Note: If you want, you can close this post. I'm on matrix, so I can ask for guidance again there. Thank you!!!
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niknikovsky commented 2026-07-31 21:28:49 +00:00
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Hi there,
Thanks for your quick response.
I don't know where you could get small tasks in terms of technical stuff, but as for non technical, I recommend the design team.
To be fair, I am kinda biased
As for whether to keep this open or not, up to you.
I can close it and you can reopen it when you have more time.

Hi there, Thanks for your quick response. I don't know where you could get small tasks in terms of technical stuff, but as for non technical, I recommend the design team. *To be fair, I am kinda biased* As for whether to keep this open or not, up to you. I can close it and you can reopen it when you have more time.
ankursinha commented 2026-08-01 11:03:23 +00:00
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Small technical tasks that I can think of:

Small technical tasks that I can think of: - help test updates: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing - help out people with technical questions on ask fedora: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/ask/6 - get into packaging/maintaining packages (start with some packages you use heavily to see if they have bugs etc. open that you can help with by opening PRs): https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Joining_the_Package_Maintainers/ - help with applications that infra etc. maintain/build: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/map_critical_services/
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niknikovsky commented 2026-08-15 12:40:12 +00:00
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Hello!
Just doing a quick check-in to see how you're settling in.
Are you stuck anywhere, or would you like some guidance on finding a team to join? Feel free to ask any questions!

Hello! Just doing a quick check-in to see how you're settling in. Are you stuck anywhere, or would you like some guidance on finding a team to join? Feel free to ask any questions!
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-08-16 20:54:40 +00:00
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Hello @niknikovsky!
I'm following @ankursinha tips!
Just subscribed all mailing lists and have a lab ready to go. I think for now I have a direction. :)

Thank you very muche for your reply.

Hello @niknikovsky! I'm following @ankursinha tips! Just subscribed all mailing lists and have a lab ready to go. I think for now I have a direction. :) Thank you very muche for your reply.
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ankursinha commented 2026-08-17 11:12:37 +00:00
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That's great, please let us know if we can help with anything.

That's great, please let us know if we can help with anything.
niknikovsky commented 2026-09-02 16:21:29 +00:00
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Hello!
Just doing a quick check-in to see how you're settling in.
Are you stuck anywhere, or would you like some guidance on finding a team to join? Feel free to ask any questions!

Hello! Just doing a quick check-in to see how you're settling in. Are you stuck anywhere, or would you like some guidance on finding a team to join? Feel free to ask any questions!
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-09-02 20:50:16 +00:00
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Hello @niknikovsky !
Right now, I have a machine just to test all testing packages. Already enabled those packages, and am now running it to see if any bug or have any problem.
I intend to give feedback whenever I have relevant feedback/information.

I know it's not much, but for now is all I can do :(

Thank you for asking 👍

Hello @niknikovsky ! Right now, I have a machine just to test all testing packages. Already enabled those packages, and am now running it to see if any bug or have any problem. I intend to give feedback whenever I have relevant feedback/information. I know it's not much, but for now is all I can do :( Thank you for asking 👍
niknikovsky commented 2026-09-03 05:51:46 +00:00
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Hello,
Even if it's not much, it's certainly appreciated.
If that's going slowly, maybe you could help with translating Fedora (probably to Spanish assuming by the name).
If you're interested in that, let me know and I'll point you in the right direction.

Hello, Even if it's not much, it's certainly appreciated. If that's going slowly, maybe you could help with translating Fedora (probably to Spanish assuming by the name). If you're interested in that, let me know and I'll point you in the right direction.
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-09-03 06:05:49 +00:00
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Hello @niknikovsky ,

Portuguese actually :D (I work for spanish clients tho hehe)
That's actually a good idea. Maybe I can be a bit more usefull there and can manage a bit more my time, since I can dive it by blocks of minutes if necessary.
If you can point me out where to start, that would be great, thank you.

Hello @niknikovsky , Portuguese actually :D (I work for spanish clients tho hehe) That's actually a good idea. Maybe I can be a bit more usefull there and can manage a bit more my time, since I can dive it by blocks of minutes if necessary. If you can point me out where to start, that would be great, thank you.
niknikovsky commented 2026-09-03 06:47:06 +00:00
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Hey,
The site where you do the actual translations is https://translate.fedoraproject.org and the room is #l10n:fedoraproject.org

Hey, The site where you do the actual translations is https://translate.fedoraproject.org and the room is #l10n:fedoraproject.org
rafaelmcruz commented 2026-09-03 17:42:42 +00:00
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Found my place! Am translating stuff already PT-PT.
Thank you for your guidance!

Found my place! Am translating stuff already PT-PT. Thank you for your guidance!
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ankursinha commented 2026-09-04 13:40:40 +00:00
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that's amazing! We'll close this ticket for you now, but please keep in touch via the channels (and this ticket too) and please let us know if we can help in anyway at all :)

that's amazing! We'll close this ticket for you now, but please keep in touch via the channels (and this ticket too) and please let us know if we can help in anyway at all :)
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