Getting started in Open Source
 

I've been learning about the Open Source movement lately, and am very interested. At this point I'm looking for a way to contribute to a project, but while pretty computer-savvy I do not know how to code.

Does anyone know of a project looking for non-coder volunteers out there? Preferably, I'd like to help with:
- An OS-independent or multi-platform application, or
- A linux distribution geared toward bringing the OS into the mainstream (i.e. to those who aren't IT professionals).

If anyone has any tips on where I could be useful, please drop a message... thanks a lot!

Re: Getting started in Open Source
 

welcome to LQ!!!

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a couple of the main ones:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

http://www.openoffice.org/

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A linux distribution geared toward bringing the OS into the mainstream (i.e. to those who aren't IT professionals)

i think there's several of those - one that comes to mind is Ark Linux:
http://www.arklinux.org/


take a look at their "get involved" section, it shows you all the different ways you can contribute to the project:

http://www.arklinux.org/staticpages/...ge=getinvolved


just my two cents...

Hi, and welcome to LQ!

In terms of contribution, you could write documentation
or do translation work if you're polyglott ... potential
projects are abundant, have a look at e.g.
http://sourceforge.net


Cheers,
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