<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 11, 2007 5:52 PM, Carsten Agger <<a href="mailto:agger@c.dk">agger@c.dk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm a Ubuntu user since Hoary (April 2005), professional Unix (AIX/Solaris/FreeBSD/HPUx) user since 1996, software develper fluent in C++, C (application, client/server and TCP/IP protocol development) and not a total stranger to bash. I don't really know Python but would like to learn it. If I wanted to actually start contributing to the Ubuntu project, where would i start? Where would I volunteer? </blockquote><div>I think the best way to begin this kind of adventure is to find a pet project/package, and to provide patches. You may also contact people (like the maintainer) on IRC. It's a meritocraty, here. If you show you can do, you'll be asked to do other things. G. </div></div>