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You should find most linux people friendly and willing to help learn.
You might try joining a linux user group before taking on the kernel development.
Here is a list of user groups http://www.linux.org/groups/
You have to remember the kernel development is difficult, some people have been programming
for 10 or more years to get to that knowledge.
You might try this steps in your linux knowlegde.
1) basic user
2) beginner
3) proficient use of applications
4) some programming
5) development
6) kernel programming
I would like to take classes at this university , I want to see if it is really difficult.
I know some mandarin chinese. I wonder do they teach in english.
I wonder what the scientist think about raw shrimp. I like it though. I went to my local japanese restaurant and had raw shrimp and rice.
The japanese word is EBI for shrimp.
It is pretty good.
Just a reccomendation if you live in an older house or apartment. You might go to the hardware store and buy a CO detector for about 20 dollars. I think some of the older furnaces have CO in them when you first turn them on.
This may be true even in newer homes and apartments.