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Getting Started Contributing Back To Open Source

Posted by kdawson on from the foot-in-the-door dept.

markfreeman writes "The one burning need I have felt over the last year was to get involved with open source as a contributor. I have wanted to help with documentation, advocacy, and most of all, with programming. Here's the story of how I got started, thanks to openhatch.org (which calls itself 'an open source involvement engine') and how you can too."

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  1. easiest way to get involved by WarJolt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    many people overlook the fact that the best thing we all can do for oss is to use it.

    1. Re:easiest way to get involved by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And to demonstrate it to others without shoving it in their faces.

  2. Write User Documentation by ducomputergeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ain't fun. Ain't sexy. Needs to be done.

    --
    "The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money" - Thatcher.
    1. Re:Write User Documentation by Jurily · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How about "make it usable enough so users don't need documentation"?

      Hint: how do you make Xorg play nice with laptops getting repeatedly connected to different size screens/projectors? I did RTFM, for several hours. Meanwhile, Win7 takes 3 mouse clicks the first time, then remembers your settings.

      I want to stay on Linux, I really do. But I also need to Get Shit Done.