Disclaimer

Not trying to blame anyone here. I‘m just taking an idea I‘ve read and spinning it further:

Intro

A lot of people use free open source software (foss), Linux being one of them. But a lot less actually help make this software. If I ask them why, they always say „I don’t have the coding skills!“.

Maybe its worth pointing out that you don‘t need them. In a lot of cases it’s better to not have any so you can see stuff with a „consumer view“.

In that situation you can file issues on github and similar places. You can write descriptions that non technical people can understand. You can help translate and so on, all depending on your skills.

Other reasons?

I‘d really like to know so the foss community can talk about making it worthwile for non coders to participate.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comOP
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      11 months ago

      I really appreciate your reply, the honesty and the positivity of it. Pretty sure you‘ll do great participating in projects. I can relate when it comes to getting flamed and dumped on pretty much anywhere. Often its just misunderstandings but people in general can be jerks. Feel free to contact me if you need help with github or project stuff. Have a good one.