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* There is a similar project ideas page on the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Summer_of_Code/Ideas OLPC wiki] (and a related [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:GSoC_proposals category]).  OLPC-specific projects, including hardware and scoholserver-related projects, should go there.  Feel free to add below relevant projects from that list - perhaps 80% of these could be appropriate Sugarlabs applications.  

* There is a similar project ideas page on the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Summer_of_Code/Ideas OLPC wiki] (and a related [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:GSoC_proposals category]).  OLPC-specific projects, including hardware and scoholserver-related projects, should go there.  Feel free to add below relevant projects from that list - perhaps 80% of these could be appropriate Sugarlabs applications.  

'''See something that interests you?''' To get in, you will need to design your project and find a mentor. On irc (#sugar on freenode) or the sugar-devel mailing list, you can briefly introduce yourself, state your interest, and ask relevant and specific questions about the state of the existing code. You should also do your own research for other open-source code that might help you. Get a development environment installed. We definitely appreciate it if you can show your readiness to help out - either joining bug squad and helping triage, or actually helping fix some small bug.  

'''See something that interests you?''' To get in, you will need to design your project and find a mentor. On irc (#sugar on freenode) or the sugar-devel mailing list, you can briefly introduce yourself, state your interest, and ask relevant and specific questions about the state of the existing code. You should also do your own research for other open-source code that might help you. Get a [[DevelopmentTeam#Development_systems|development environment]] installed. We definitely appreciate it if you can show your readiness to help out - either joining [[BugSquad|bug squad]] and [[BugSquad/Meetings|helping]] to [[BugSquad/TriageGuide|triage]], or actually helping fix some small [http://tinyurl.com/ctfkjl bug].  

When you're ready, figure out a very basic, preliminary design (where does your new UI fit in? what about the code - what talks to what?) and post that to the mailing list, asking if anybody would be willing to mentor you. You will almost certainly get some response, but you may not find a prospective mentor right away. That's OK. If your idea is really not a good fit for us, we will let you know; otherwise, remember that several mentors are holding back for now to see which projects shows the most feasibility, clarity, and creativity in their design ideas. Persistence should pay off.

When you're ready, figure out a very basic, preliminary design (where does your new UI fit in? what about the code - what talks to what?) and post that to the mailing list, asking if anybody would be willing to mentor you. You will almost certainly get some response, but you may not find a prospective mentor right away. That's OK. If your idea is really not a good fit for us, we will let you know; otherwise, remember that several mentors are holding back for now to see which projects shows the most feasibility, clarity, and creativity in their design ideas. Persistence should pay off.