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Contributing to OSS without technical skills (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by Username85920@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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As the title say, how can I contribute to OSS without the an IT background ?

I know I can of course donate and I also know some ask for translation but French is usually well translated on most software I use.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you have any resources for that?

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Simon Tatham wrote this several decades ago, but I still think it's all excellent advice:

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html

[–] Username85920@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Thank you for the resource! I'll also try bug triage. It looks like a good way to learn what is useful for developpers

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Just read it can confirm it's excellent advice as someone who written quite a few bug reports. Thanks for posting! Might share it at work. Maybe then I won't be the one who submitts 95% of the teams bug reports😭