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Did you know that according to the popular [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) 1% rule], only 1% of the users of an internet community add content, while the other 99% of the users only consume content? However there is plenty ways to contribute and to help your favorite project to flourish, even without writing code. As follows are some examples on ways to contribute.
The following article contains a selection of common ways to contribute to the community projects.


== Reporting issues ==
== Reporting issues ==


{{hint|Why shouldn't I report issues in the community chats?
Reporting issues is a great way to contribute (if done correctly). The software projects are using bug trackers to keep track of bugs and to link patches or changes with these bug reports.


Reporting issues in the community chats is actually a bad idea for multiple reasons:
See the article [[Where_to_Report_Bugs|where to report bugs]] to find out where you can report bugs.


* Development takes place in platforms such as GitLab, sourcehut and Github with a certain procedure (issue reports, commits, linking to the issues and marking them solved). Chat reports are not a part of that procedure.
== Contributing code ==
* Talking about an issue and workarounds carries the discussion further away from the actual development and leads to discussions in forums and chatrooms, in contrast to bug trackers.
 
* Shared and accepted workarounds don't find their way back into the code and may be accepted as "tolerable evil".
By contributing code, for example as documented in the following project pages (alphabetical order):
* Bug reports in chats are getting scrolled out, repeated and as a result get annoying for everyone involved and leads to future users with the same or similar issues not getting helped anymore.
 
* It is expected that people mentioning issues also report them. Chatting about them without reporting them makes everyone think it is reported already and then the issue will never be reported (and therefore not fixed).
* elementary: [https://elementary.io/get-involved Get Involved] and the [https://github.com/orgs/elementary/projects/108 ARM project on GitHub]
* The transition from community to developer are fluent, we don't have situations of "they above" versus the "we the users, who have to help themselves" here, like other commercial projects have. Don't even think about trying to bring such mindsets into the community.
* KDE: see [https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved Get Involved] and [https://community.kde.org/Help:Contribute Help:Contribute]
* Plasma Mobile: https://plasma-mobile.org/get-source/ (see the "Contributing" section)
 
== Donating to community projects and developers ==
 
Many community projects and developers are working on the software on their free time. Donating to community projects and developers is a great way to support these projects and developers developing the software for the devices. The following list is an exemplary selection to which projects and developers can be donated to (in alphabetical order):
 
{{Hint|The following list is not a comprehensive list and solely a selection of different community projects and developers, which can be supported. Any FOSS development effort is valuable and should be rewarded, please support your favorite developer(s) or project(s) even if not mentioned on the list! - Your name or project not on the list? [[Talk:How_to_Contribute|Let us know!]]}}
 
=== Community projects ===
* Armbian: https://www.armbian.com/donate/
* elementary: https://elementary.io/get-involved
* KDE: https://kde.org/community/donations/
* LibreELEC: https://libreelec.tv/sponsor/
* Manjaro ARM: [https://opencollective.com/manjaro-arm/donate Open Collective], [https://en.liberapay.com/Manjaro-ARM/ Liberapay], [https://www.patreon.com/manjaroarm Patreon] (see https://manjaro.org/donate/ for an overview)
* Mobian: [https://liberapay.com/mobian/donate Liberapay]
* postmarketOS: https://postmarketos.org/donate/
* UBports: https://ubports.com/donate


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and many more!


== Contributing code ==
=== Developers ===
* Danct12: [https://ko-fi.com/danct12 Ko-fi], [https://liberapay.com/Danct12 Liberapay], [https://patreon.com/Danct12 Patreon]
* megi: https://xnux.eu/contribute.html#toc-donations
 
and many more!


== Help with the documentation ==
== Help with the documentation ==
All projects typically require help with the documentation. That can include the wikis of the projects, help pages, tutorials, manuals and technical or informative drawings.
== Other ways to contribute ==
Other ways to contribute to the projects might include:
* Translations and localization
* Designs and creative work
* Ideas
* Supplying hardware
and many more!


== By being a positive member of the community ==
== By being a positive member of the community ==
By being a positive member of the community you can help answering common questions and help people find the correct places for their inquiries.

Latest revision as of 21:10, 8 April 2022

The following article contains a selection of common ways to contribute to the community projects.

Reporting issues

Reporting issues is a great way to contribute (if done correctly). The software projects are using bug trackers to keep track of bugs and to link patches or changes with these bug reports.

See the article where to report bugs to find out where you can report bugs.

Contributing code

By contributing code, for example as documented in the following project pages (alphabetical order):

Donating to community projects and developers

Many community projects and developers are working on the software on their free time. Donating to community projects and developers is a great way to support these projects and developers developing the software for the devices. The following list is an exemplary selection to which projects and developers can be donated to (in alphabetical order):

The following list is not a comprehensive list and solely a selection of different community projects and developers, which can be supported. Any FOSS development effort is valuable and should be rewarded, please support your favorite developer(s) or project(s) even if not mentioned on the list! - Your name or project not on the list? Let us know!

Community projects

and many more!

Developers

and many more!

Help with the documentation

All projects typically require help with the documentation. That can include the wikis of the projects, help pages, tutorials, manuals and technical or informative drawings.

Other ways to contribute

Other ways to contribute to the projects might include:

  • Translations and localization
  • Designs and creative work
  • Ideas
  • Supplying hardware

and many more!

By being a positive member of the community

By being a positive member of the community you can help answering common questions and help people find the correct places for their inquiries.

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