[pure:dyne] Software project ideas (First Post)

[Mikko Eley]

I'm a second year BSc Computer Science student with an long arts  
background. Having grown up working with images, video, sound and  
vector graphics I was exposed to a lot of Apple and Adobe software.  
But growing up fascinated by hackers (and maybe even a few crackers  
too) I slowly learned about Linux and FLOSS.

I attended the Open Source City conference in Liverpool Last year and  
became aware of pure:dyne and the existence of open source tools for  
artists. I helped out in the mesh networks workshop and attended all  
the talks but my workshop on hacking CCTV feeds was cancelled and I  
stupidly missed the opportunity to take part in other workshops

Getting involved in my course and computer science I see the  
importance of open source software more and more and hope to migrate  
my Apple machines to something like Debian or pure:dyne soon, and hope  
to build a linux desktop rig too. In the meantime I am approaching my  
third year of studies and need to come up with a software project that  
I can run by my tutors. With my interest in FLOSS and also the arts I  
would like to produce something relevant and useful for artists  and  
to progress the open source cause.

So I am canvassing this mailing list for possible software projects.  
What would you like to see in pure:dyne, does anyone have a specific  
need for a piece of arts software that an average computer science  
student could code up in two terms? I familiar with Java but may still  
get into c/c++. Is there a software program that desperately needs  
coding, a utility that would make currently available software work  
better? Or is their an add on that would be needed to be coded that  
would provide a much needed function?

I'm hoping to be able to contribute something valuable not only to the  
open source community but to artists working with linux.

thank you for your time,

Mikko