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RiceFest
Customise your own system, on Linux, macOS or Windows, into something unique that is still easy to use. Judges look at the whole setup, not just a screenshot: looks, usability, accessibility and performance.
FOSS wingF02
Reading real open source code and sending changes back to it.
Open-source development: contributing to projects other people maintain, making software faster at the system level, and learning the tools that give you control over your own setup.
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What you already use
You already use most of this
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Creative tools
- BlenderGPL-2.0Used to make films shown in cinemas.
- GIMPGPL-3.0An image editor behind many campus posters.
- OBS StudioGPL-2.0The tool behind most live streams.
- GodotMITA game engine, popular for weekend game jams.
Developer tools
- GitGPL-2.0Tracks every change you push. Its first version was written in ten days.
- PythonPSFThe ML wing's main language.
- DockerApache-2.0Packages an app so it runs the same on every machine.
- KubernetesApache-2.0Runs containers across many machines.
The web
- FirefoxMPL-2.0The last major browser engine not owned by a platform company.
- nginxBSD-2Serves about a third of all websites.
- PostgreSQLPostgreSQLThe database many projects end up choosing.
- Node.jsMITRuns JavaScript on servers.
Core libraries
- curlcurlMoves data in cars, printers and game consoles.
- SQLitepublic domainThe most widely deployed database.
- FFmpegLGPL-2.1Processes the video on most sites you watch.
- OpenSSLApache-2.0Encrypts most secure connections.
The base system
- LinuxGPL-2.0Runs every Android phone and most cloud servers.
- GNU BashGPL-3.0The shell that runs most scripts.
- systemdLGPL-2.1Starts the services on most Linux machines.
- FreeBSDBSD-2Its network code runs inside the PlayStation.
20 projects · 5 groups · 9 copyleft
Read the licences down each column. The base system and the creative tools are mostly copyleft. The three groups in the middle, the ones companies build products on, are almost all permissive. That is by design, and it is why this wing spends four classes on licences.
A first contribution
One patch, from fork to merge
An example of a first contribution: your branch, the project's main line beside it, and the review that ends in a merge. The main line keeps moving while you work.
- upstream/main
- origin/refactor
- you/fix-parseryours
Not forked yet
First reviewMerged
A ten-year-old project, someone else's code, and a bug you can reproduce. The main branch keeps moving while you work.
You fork the project and make a branch. The first job is finding which of two thousand files holds the bug. That takes longer than the fix.
Eighteen lines changed. A change this small is easy for a maintainer to review.
A maintainer you have never met reviews it in public and asks for changes. Many people give up here.
Second round. The code is mostly settled. The review is now about names and a missing test.
Third round. The patch is now three lines shorter than when the review started. Review is part of the work, not extra to it.
Merged. Your commit is now part of the project that thousands of machines download, and it stays there after you graduate.
3 review rounds · 11 days · 1 commit kept
Events
- RiceFest
- FOSS Weekend
- Language Wars
FOSS Weekend
3days
Three days of contributing to real repositories, both the ones given and popular projects elsewhere. Harder issues and pull requests earn more points. Clean commits, documentation and review also count.
Language Wars
2sessions
An offline coding contest in many languages. In the first session, you solve algorithm problems in five languages. In the second, you pick one language, such as C++, Rust or Python, for a shared challenge. Entries are ranked on speed and memory use.
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