Don't be afraid to tinker...

Linux, and FLOSS in general, have benefited a lot from people tinkering around the software they use to make it work as they want it to.

From time to time, great things come from those changes. Some don't bring important things, but actually lead to other things that end up being great. The important thing is to actually tinker on the things you believe you can improve, or change to get to work in the way you think they should.

The reality is that it's really hard to gauge the impact of any particular change, but we won't ever know if that change isn't made. And it's always better to know that the change doesn't work, than not knowing that it does.

And who knows, it might not work as you thought it would and still be of great use. That's why it's important to try out the changes you think might work.

It's also important to share and exchange ideas with others that work in the same area that you do, they might have ideas or technical information that you might find useful and put to use to be better able to work on what you love to. Also, by doing so the scope of your project might grow or have a better chance to actually workout as you want it to.

By tinkering your software, and hardware, to make it work or look as you want it to there are a lot of things you can learn. Not only that, there are a lot of good friend to be made by working in projects, or sharing your results, with others.

So, go and tinker away at your hearth content.