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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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[–] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Docs or QA. If you find bugs that you're able to test, it can be helpful to add a comment whether you were able to validate it or not. A lot of times basic information is missing, like screenshots, logs, and versions. This means step one for the maintainer is probing for more info

[–] Username85920@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you for your response!

KDE and Libre Office are the two OSS I use the most and look like an easy starting point. I'll look into it.