From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: _z33 Subject: Re: contributing to FSF Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 11:23:26 +0530 Message-ID: References: <6.2.3.4.0.20050826233351.043bd5b0@no.incoming.mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20050826233351.043bd5b0@no.incoming.mail> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Jeff Woods wrote: > Participate. In a small way you're doing it right here and now. :) > > Giving back to the community isn't just writing code. It can be by > providing support online in forums like this, or in local user groups or > other venues in which you find yourself. You might be able to help > process and organize bug and enhancement tracking or other clerical > details. Test and provide feedback to developers regarding new > releases. Evangelize: Tell those you interact with what you think about > the software and community and why you think it's better than other > choices. > Pretty enlightening and a motivating one. Thanks a lot! > Tailor whatever you do to your own personal combination of skills and > talents and opportunities. > > Don't do it because the community needs or deserves it. Do it because a > stronger community benefits you. "TANSTAAFL" > TANSTAAFL --- ??? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs