Hello all, I'm looking to start contributing to Plasma Mobile, and I was
pointed in this direction by your website. I've never contributed to an open
source project before, and I don't really know where to start. I'll tell you a
bit about what kind of level I'm at, then I've got some questions which you
might be able to help me with. I'm a physicist by training, but I've just got a
job as a software engineer off the back of some Python work I did. The new
company uses c++ and git, which I'm alright with (but I'm looking to improve).
I've never used github before. I'm familiar with KDE as an OS, and I've done
some work with the LGPL-licensed bits of Qt (both in Python and c++). I'm best
at high-level GUI things rather than low-level firmware/hardware interface
things. I can't really afford the hardware I'd need to run Plasma Mobile
natively (I've only just stopped being a student), so can I run it in a VM? If
so, what VM software would you recommend for KDE Neon, and what's the github
link to the most up-to-date Plasma Mobile version? Are there any common
gotchas when compiling Plasma Mobile? Lastly, of course, I'm looking for a
small, simple project to get started with. Ideally, I'd like someone to look
over my code when it's done and tell me what I should be doing differently -
will this happen automatically as part of any pull requests I might make?
Thanks, Tom
