[Tux4kids-discuss] Introduction e-mail about GSoC 2013

[Aleksandar Lazarov]

Good evening to all,

My name is Aleksandar Lazarov (call me Aleks), and I'm interested in 
participating in Google Summer of Code 2013, more exactly on the 
tux4kids project.

Little info about me: I'm a third year student at the Faculty of 
Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, in Skopje - Macedonia.

I've dealt with GNU/Linux since primary school, and I'm a proud Arch 
Linux user in the past couple of years.

Regarding the programing part, I'm experienced in C and C++ (Python is 
another love of mine), as I'm mainly focused on embedded programing, so 
C/C++ comes naturally to me.

I'm also a member of the Free Software Macedonia NGO[1] organization 
and, the only hacklab in Macedonia, KIKA[2]. Within these organizations 
I've worked on several FLOSS projects including C/C++, giving lectures 
and courses on C/C++ to younger students, and introductory courses in 
C/C++, as well as several C/hardware related projects (Arduino, LED 
Cubes, hardware hacking).

Because I'm using GNU/Linux for almost 8 years, I'm familiar with Git, 
Autotools, Make, Sockets, Linux libraries, as I use them most of the time.

I want to contribute to the tux4kids project because I love teaching, 
and I always want to share my knowledge with the world. I think that 
using tux4kids is a great way of spreading knowledge and having fun 
while doing it.

Regarding the area of my possible contribution. I love to get my hand 
dirty with C. So I'd like to give the idea of porting the tux4kids 
software to use the SDL 2.0 library, adapting Tux Typing to use the 
t4k_common library and even make a LAN extension for Tux Typing. This 
implies fixing any pesky bugs along the way :-)

Can anyone please be so kind that will give me some pointers on now to 
proceed ?

For any additional information, please feel free to ask me.

Regards,
Aleks


[1] - https://slobodensoftver.org.mk/chlenovi/aleks
[2] - http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/KIKA

-- 
Aleksandar (Aleks) Lazarov
- Student at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Information 
Technologies, section for Electronics, Radio Engineering and Signal 
Processing
- Member of the Free Software Macedonia Organization
- Ham Radio operator (Z32AL)
- GNU/Linux user.