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Hello All,
I am Utsav Chokshi[Developer Chat Id : Utsav_Chokshi]. I am currently pursuing my masters from International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad [IIIT-H] in Computer Science and Engineering. I want to contribute to KolibriOS as GSoC 2016 aspirant.
I had done assmebly level coding in my bachelor's and developed program for large number factorial. I have good understanding of OS concepts and I have developed Mini Shell as part of my operating system course. I have experience working with PintOS [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pintos].
Following are few questions I would like to ask :
1)
I went through projects' idea list and liked following idea :
"QRCode in BootLog"
What I understood by idea is : I need to implement QR Code Generation Algorithm from scratch in Assembly Language.
Is my understanding correct ?
2)
GSoC idea page suggests that "submit a small bug fix/improvement to SVN".
Can I get some test task to work upon ?
3)
From where I can start understanding KolibriOS code ?
Any documentation on workflow would be great.
4)
What is best way of installing KolibriOS from developer's perspective ? I mean I want to develop and run KolibriOS side by side. Any specific emulator for that ?
I am using ubuntu 14.04.

Thanks & Regards,
Utsav Chokshi

Hi!

Welcome to KolibriOS.
I will try to answer parts that I'm aware of at the moment.

GSoC idea page suggests that "submit a small bug fix/improvement to SVN".
Can I get some test task to work upon ?

Your potential mentor (or another developer) will provide you a test task (usually related to the GSoC idea you want to work on). So I guess best is to wait it out and understand the code mean while and set up Kolibri till then.

From where I can start understanding KolibriOS code ?
Any documentation on workflow would be great.

IMO, Setting up and running Kolibri should be useful for this. You should also try to read the source code for example programs and other programs.
You can go through the wiki pages to read some articles about development , understand the basic binary header structure and so on.

What is best way of installing KolibriOS from developer's perspective ? I mean I want to develop and run KolibriOS side by side. Any specific emulator for that ?
I am using ubuntu 14.04.

Different developers prefer different options. My personal setup includes qemu + latest kolibri image right now . In the past I have used VirtualBox for it as well as installed it on a desktop machine alongside a Windows installation. Again, you should be able to find these instructions on the Wiki itself.

In case you have other queries / questions, I think you should go through the wiki as it should answer most questions. In case it doesn't feel free to post back or post on IRC / Forum Chat.

Most importantly, Have fun!