Re: Interest in Contributing to FreeBSD

Hello Islam,

Coincidentally, we just had a discussion with another up-and-coming star 
like yourself:

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2025-September/005076.html

Also great to see another UW alum on the list.  I attended UW 
{Madison|Milwaukee} and later taught and supported HPC at UW-Milwaukee.

Cheers,

	Jason

On 9/22/25 23:53, Islam Imad wrote:
> Dear FreeBSD Team,
> My name is Islam Imad, a computer science student at Suez Canal 
> University (Egypt).
> I am very interested in operating systems. I have been learning about 
> operating systems and low-level programming, and I want to apply my 
> knowledge through open-source contributions.
> I have taken the Operating Systems course from the University of 
> Wisconsin and studied Operating Systems: *Three Easy Pieces*. As part of 
> this, I implemented several related projects, including a Unix shell, an 
> interpreter, a heap memory allocator, and a MapReduce model.
> 
> In addition, I actively practice competitive programming—I have solved 
> more than 3000 problems across different online judges (candidate master 
> on Codeforces) and participated in on-site contests such as the Arab and 
> African Collegiate Programming Contests, which helped me strengthen my 
> problem-solving and algorithmic thinking skills.
> I would greatly appreciate your guidance on how I can start contributing 
> to FreeBSD, and how best to align my skills with ongoing projects or 
> future GSoC opportunities.
> Best regards,
> Islam Imad
> GitHub: https://github.com/Islam-Imad <https://github.com/Islam-Imad>
> Email: islamimad404@gmail.com <mailto:islamimad404@gmail.com>


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