Getting Started with Open Source as a Beginner | Prathima Kadari | TGV Episode #171

<p>Getting Started with Open Source as a Beginner | Prathima Kadari | TGV Episode #171</p> <p>Genre: IT and Software, Open Source Software, Embedded Systems and Automation.</p> <p>Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.</p> <p>"Source code" is the part of software that most computer users don't ever see; it's the code computer programmers can manipulate to change how a piece of software—a "program" or "application"—works. Programmers who have access to a computer program's source code can improve that program by adding features to it or fixing parts that don't always work correctly.</p> <p>Tune in to know how open source works is different from Commercially off the shelf software (COTS) and also various advantages, facts and trivia about open source contribution.</p> <p> In the episode: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Pratima’s top 3 skills for a better professional journey. (2:25)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Introduction to open source software. (3:19)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Difference between Open Source and COTS. (5:27)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Advantages of contributing towards open source. (6:50)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Prerequisites to start open source contribution (9:55)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ways to get indulged and start with open source (12:25)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Top open source programs right now (17:33)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Rapid fire questions (18:35)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Advice from Pratima for aspiring open source beginners (22:28)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Trivia on Video games (24:22)</li> </ul> <p>ABOUT PRATHIMA KADARI:</p> <p>Pratima is a proactive, goal-oriented professional and is highly experienced in automation and embedded software industry. She has a specialization in embedded system software and is passionate towards contributing to open source software through various platforms. She is also an avid traveler and l