If you don't have coding skills, why don't you help foss software by making it more user friendly instead?
If you don't have coding skills, why don't you help foss software by making it more user friendly instead?
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.
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to be completely honest, I rarely contribute or comment or post about anything anywhere because I'm worried I'm gonna be or look like a fucking idiot and be flamed for it. Idk why I'm like that, but I notice a lot if I'm going to comment or post something I'd re-read it 40 times and look up what I'm saying to see if its actually correct or not.
lemmy is seriously the only place I've ever felt comfortable posting or sharing my views (it honestly is a really welcoming place) and I never really have before on any other platform, especially github, where I have zero clue what people are saying or talking about 90% of the time.
this post definitely inspired me a bit and honestly re-reading what I wrote makes me wanna break out of my stupid bubble to contribute and share more, so I'll just say fuck it and make a github account, thanks op!
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.