Volunteering in Ottawa or remote

[smohid16]

Hello community members,

I’m a recent graduate based in Ottawa, eager to gain exposure by volunteering on Linux-based projects. I have experience working with distros like Ubuntu, CentOS, Kali, and Raspberry Pi OS. I’ve set up home lab servers, configured VPNs, and deployed applications using Apache. I’d love to help with infrastructure setup or administration tasks for any projects.

Any opportunity would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to reach out!

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Welcome to forums!

Will your voluntary job be limited to infrastructure, documentation writing, code contributing or maintaining packages?
or something else unrelated to any of the above? if so please describe in more detail what you'd like to do.

 

[smohid16]

While I am open to contributing in variety of ways , my primary interests is in tasks related to Linux environments , these include but not limited to setting up and maintaining servers ( prem or cloud ) , manage user access , automating backups , installing configuring and updating software . I am also happy to help with the tasks you have mentioned above . My goal is to contribute , gain exposure and expand my skill set primarily in managing Linux systems.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

While I am open to contributing in variety of ways , my primary interests is in tasks related to Linux environments , these include but not limited to setting up and maintaining servers ( prem or cloud ) , manage user access , automating backups , installing configuring and updating software . I am also happy to help with the tasks you have mentioned above . My goal is to contribute , gain exposure and expand my skill set primarily in managing Linux systems.

What's you're seeking is to be system administrator, open source communities to my knowledge don't require these much as they most likely already manage their systems on their own by a small group of people at the top.

You can however consider running your own servers independent of any community, or starting a blog to share your administration skills.

 

[KGIII]

Find some software you truly appreciate (open source, of course) and give them a hand.

Also, I know some artists and am a (I guess retired now) musician. Never do anything 'for exposure'. Get paid for that work.

 

[osprey]

Hello community members,

I’m a recent graduate based in Ottawa, eager to gain exposure by volunteering on Linux-based projects. I have experience working with distros like Ubuntu, CentOS, Kali, and Raspberry Pi OS. I’ve set up home lab servers, configured VPNs, and deployed applications using Apache. I’d love to help with infrastructure setup or administration tasks for any projects.

Any opportunity would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to reach out!

Here's some hints from debian on participation and help:

how-can-i-help - Debian Wiki

wiki.debian.org

Debian -- Contribute: How you can help Debian

www.debian.org

It may be worth considering working in debian, fedora or arch in the first instance because these distros form the basis of so many other distros. Experience with these distros positions one in a fairly solid position in the linux biosphere and may ease entry into literally hundreds of other distros. YMMV.

 

[smohid16]

What's you're seeking is to be system administrator, open source communities to my knowledge don't require these much as they most likely already manage their systems on their own by a small group of people at the top.

You can however consider running your own servers independent of any community, or starting a blog to share your administration skills.

Yes I do currently have a server running ( includes raspberry pis and virtual machines) . But I am definitely going to start sharing my experience . Thank you

 

[smohid16]

Find some software you truly appreciate (open source, of course) and give them a hand.

Also, I know some artists and am a (I guess retired now) musician. Never do anything 'for exposure'. Get paid for that work.

I couldn't agree more , however being a new graduate it's very difficult to find people who are willing to pay new grads for admin related tasks . I'm gonna try harder to get something on up work for sure and build my expertise.

 

[smohid16]

Here's some hints from debian on participation and help:

how-can-i-help - Debian Wiki

wiki.debian.org

Debian -- Contribute: How you can help Debian

www.debian.org

It may be worth considering working in debian, fedora or arch in the first instance because these distros form the basis of so many other distros. Experience with these distros positions one in a fairly solid position in the linux biosphere and may ease entry into literally hundreds of other distros. YMMV.

Thank you so much for these links , I am going to check them out ASAP and see how I can contribute to them.