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Maxim Stewart has been using FOSS for roughly 6+ years now and has loved every minute of it. FOSS has given him the freedom to explore and question how things work and as such, it has given him skills in the fields of troubleshooting, programming, and IT to improve the world one byte at a time. He has striven to share his knowledge through platforms such as Youtube, Opensource.com, and elsewhere. Furthermore, he is the maintainer of a fledgling OS called Sol-OS (NOT Solus) which aims to be lightweight and feature packed. It has also served as a means to improve his programming skills in Java, C++, Javascript, Bash, and other languages.
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This is really cool. I would build an open source house if I had the time, money, and a great lot.
Step 1: Install a Gnu/Linux OS.
Step 2: Play with desktop environments.
Step 3: Get a Github account and post cool shell scripts.
Step 4: Start programming in HTML/Javascript.
Step 5: Transition to programming in C++
Step 6: Transition to programming in Java
Step 7: Create your own Linux distribution even though there a thousands of them.
Step 8: Get on Youtube and share with le world your new knowledge
Step 9: Start programming for your new distro using Java/C/C++
Step 10: Start submitting bug fixes to software you love.
Step 11: Look back and see how far you have come.
Step 12: Look forward to see how far you have yet to go.
These step are my journey into a world made much better by FOSS. The real challenge is taking that first step.