[12:08] <EiriksUbuntu> Hello, I am a beginner when it comes to programming, but I'm willing to learn. Is there an offline/downloadable  beginners guide available?
[15:13] <sebbu> EiriksUbuntu, several exists in epub/pdf versions
[15:13] <sebbu> the dive into * serie for exemple
[15:14] <EiriksUbuntu> ?
[15:15] <sebbu> EiriksUbuntu, which language do you want to learn ?
[15:16] <EiriksUbuntu> I don't even know, I would like to be able to help fix bugs and such
[15:25] <sebbu> http://www.examiner.com/article/10-free-bash-scripting-ebooks || http://www.noobslab.com/2014/05/two-free-ebooks-can-help-you-to-become.html <-- bash (command line stuff, init scrit, configuration script, packaging, etc...)
[15:26] <sebbu> http://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/cplusplus/ || http://cplus.about.com/od/freeebookscprogrammin1/ <-- C++ (programs, tools, etc...)
[15:26] <sebbu> EiriksUbuntu, did you study math / logic / algorithms at school/uni/whatever ?
[15:27] <EiriksUbuntu> I have studied math, and linguistics
[15:27] <sebbu> formal languages/grammars then ?
[15:27] <EiriksUbuntu> but nothing college level
[15:27] <EiriksUbuntu> yes
[15:28] <sebbu> otherwise, you can help with something else than programming too
[15:28] <sebbu> I know documentation isn't always as much maintained as the software itself
[15:29] <sebbu> translations aren't always done to all languages
[15:30] <sebbu> sometimes, API/tool/whatever documentation is there, but there's no quickstart/tutorial in it
[15:30] <EiriksUbuntu> I understand, but i think my heart is in wanting to help fix problems
[15:34] <sebbu> do you have a specific thing you want to help with ?
[15:34] <sebbu> also, you said "fix bugs and such"
[15:35] <sebbu> for open source software, you often have issue tracking software, either externally (bugzilla/others), either internally to the version control system (sourceforge, github, googlecode, etc...)
[15:35] <sebbu> there's known "issue" you can help with
[15:36] <sebbu> they don't all have big time requirement, sometimes it's just a matter of number and priorities
[15:37] <EiriksUbuntu> ok, so thats what I should be looking into right? Get familiar with the code, then i can help more.