# What Got You into FOSS? Share Your Story! **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Created:** [31 December 2024 11:13 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/what-got-you-into-foss-share-your-story/4821 "2024-12-31T11:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gautham](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/gautham/32/920_2.png) [@Gautham](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Gautham)\ **Post date:** [31 December 2024 11:13 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/what-got-you-into-foss-share-your-story/4821/1 "2024-12-31T11:13:45Z")
Aruna and I are the co-founders of [TheSecondDesign.com](https://theseconddesign.com/). We design highly outcome driven learning environments and programs. Over the last 6 months, we’ve been working with The TinkerHub foundation to make college students more real world ready. We do it by conducting live, interactive, online sessions covering topics like ‘How can students cultivate agency as a Skill’. You can read [more about it here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v--Y0Yw2Mj4p2Vrrs4uiuNemECi5fvgvKx0kTQY43o8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.5wpbr0vh7xf6). In collaboration with the FOSS United team, we’re kickstarting a small effort with the following short-term objective. Objective: Improve the outcomes of the projects that come out of FOSS Hack 2025. Before we put any effort toward the above objective, it’s important to us, as _kinda_ FOSS outsiders, to understand in depth the motivations of individuals who choose to get involved in FOSS. In that respect, we have a question for all of you. If you are to recollect your first contribution to FOSS, what are the events, thoughts and motivations that lead to it? What went on in your mind before you decided to first get involved with FOSS - be it in the form of a first commit, taking part in an event, reading up about FOSS etc and deciding to perform an action relevant to it. We’d love to know in detail 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [2 January 2025 07:59 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/what-got-you-into-foss-share-your-story/4821/2 "2025-01-02T07:59:40Z")
Some stories must be present int this thread: [Introduce yourself - $whoami](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/introduce-yourself-whoami/54) ---
**Author:** ![ansh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/ansh/32/1423_2.png) [@ansh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/ansh)\ **Post date:** [2 January 2025 08:27 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/what-got-you-into-foss-share-your-story/4821/3 "2025-01-02T08:27:20Z")
> [@How did you get into FOSS?](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/how-did-you-get-into-foss/2581): > > Listening to the folks from Kerala and how they are introduced to FOSS, I wanted to hear from others on how they came into FOSS. I personally came across FOSS through Video Games and Homebrew. My console of choice were the Nintendo DS and the Wii. The forum GBATemp was what introduced me to homebrew. Made some great friends through there as well. I believe this was way back in 2008-ish, when I was 11 years old. The fascination with FOSS continues as a way of life even today as I try and use FO… ---
**Author:** ![Gautham](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/gautham/32/920_2.png) [@Gautham](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Gautham)\ **Post date:** [2 January 2025 09:49 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/what-got-you-into-foss-share-your-story/4821/4 "2025-01-02T09:49:32Z")
Okay, got it. ---
**Author:** ![Gautham](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/gautham/32/920_2.png) [@Gautham](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Gautham)\ **Post date:** [2 January 2025 09:49 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/what-got-you-into-foss-share-your-story/4821/5 "2025-01-02T09:49:49Z")
Oh, very useful. Exactly what we were looking for.