My Linux Story is a community column with tales about how people got started on their Linux journeys. Do you have a story to share? Submit your proposal.
Just months after dipping my toes into open source, I learned lessons as a college intern that will help anyone writing and contributing code to a community.
This Linux story begins with a kid reading about Linux in issues of PC Magazine from his childhood home in Costa Rica. Today, he's a passionate member of the global Linux…