Mentorship Courses and Certifications

Mentorship Session: Software Engineering and Functional Safety in Automotive Industry

Explore software engineering fundamentals, quality metrics, and their application in creating functionally safe systems, with a focus on automotive industry standards and practices.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mentorship as an On-ramp to Open Source - Panel Discussion

Explore diverse mentorship models as on-ramps to open source. Learn about motivations, partnerships, and outcomes from experts. Gain insights on launching mentorship initiatives and advancing inclusivity in tech.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Testing the Media Subsystem: Compliance Tests and Virtual Drivers - Mentorship Session

Explore media API testing challenges and solutions using compliance tests and virtual drivers for diverse hardware, enabling effective regression testing without physical devices.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reporting and Handling Linux Kernel Regressions - Mentorship Session

Learn effective strategies for reporting and managing Linux kernel regressions, including identifying, communicating, and resolving issues to maintain system stability and performance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LFX Mentorship Showcase - Segment 1

Explore diverse open-source projects and mentorship experiences in cloud-native development, RISC-V optimization, Linux kernel bug fixing, DID registries, and Kubernetes support.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LFX Mentorship Showcase - Segment 2

Explore diverse open-source projects and innovations presented by mentees, covering blockchain, education, networking, and high-performance computing. Gain insights into cutting-edge developments in the open-source ecosystem.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LFX Mentorship Showcase - Linux Kernel Exploration and Open Source Contributions

Explore Linux kernel development, open-source projects, and mentorship experiences through diverse presentations by LFX mentees, covering topics from system calls to RISC-V extensions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Video Codecs and the Virtual Stateless Decoder Driver - Mentorship Session

Explore video codec technology, hardware acceleration, and the Virtual Stateless Decoder driver in Linux. Learn about stateful vs. stateless decoders and their open-source implementations in V4L2.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ALSA: Writing the Soundcard Driver - Mentorship Session

Comprehensive guide to Linux sound card drivers and ALSA subsystem, covering PCM layer, undocumented topics, and debugging techniques with hands-on demonstrations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

All Hands on Deck: Preventing Mentorship Breakdowns in Open Source

Explore mentorship challenges in open source, learn best practices for effective mentor-mentee relationships, and discover strategies to prevent breakdowns in community-driven programs.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bootstrapping a Community Through Mentorship

Explore effective strategies for building and nurturing tech communities through mentorship programs, fostering growth and collaboration among developers.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Maple Tree: Structure and Algorithms - Mentorship Session

Explore the Maple Tree, an RCU-safe b-tree variant for storing non-overlapping ranges. Learn its structure, algorithms, and benefits in reducing lock contention and increasing data density.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Speeding Up Kernel Development with virtme-ng - Mentorship Session

Accelerate kernel development with virtme-ng. Learn to leverage QEMU/KVM, virtiofs, and overlayfs for rapid testing and debugging in a secure, high-performance virtualized environment.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

KernelCI: Travel Guide 2024 - Mentorship Session

Explore KernelCI's evolution, current capabilities, and future developments in Linux kernel testing. Gain insights into test coverage, infrastructure, and upcoming API and dashboard improvements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Debugging Real-Time Linux Scheduling Latency with rtla timerlat - Mentorship Session

Explore rtla timerlat tool for debugging real-time Linux scheduling latency, integrating measurements with kernel tracing and providing user-friendly analysis for complex latency issues.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video