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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[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 1 year ago

No. First I ask people for feedback and the feedback you‘re giving now is important and valuable. Thank you for that.

I‘m not asking peeps to do anything. I ask why not. Then I take that feedback and try to implement it. :)

Have a good one.

[-] mnglw@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

you're right, I kinda let past experiences cloud my judgment for a bit there, and missed that you were doing the right thing,my apologies for that

sadly the fact that I did does point to the very problem I described.

that said I hope you can get somewhere and improve things, my apologies for the mix up

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the apology. Totally understandable that one gets frustrated. Happens to me a lot as well. Lets just keep on trying to do the right thing. :)

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