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25 ways you can contribute to KDE
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We should publish a story or page showing people 25 ways in which they can contribute to KDE. This should showcase the diversity of things happening in KDE and the many different ways beyond coding people can support KDE.

Areas we can highlight:

  1. application development
  2. web development
  3. translation
  4. design
  5. event organisation
  6. support
  7. promote in your local community/school/business/family
  8. "evangelise"
  9. add links to media channel (youtube example)
  10. please add more
lydia created this task.Jun 24 2021, 12:31 PM
lydia triaged this task as High priority.Jun 24 2021, 1:01 PM
lydia updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 4 2021, 9:14 AM
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aniqakhokhar added a subscriber: aniqakhokhar.Sep 7 2021, 10:24 AM

I have sent an email to Nate requesting if he can write this for us.

domson updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 11 2021, 10:39 AM
Guilhermems added a subscriber: Guilhermems.EditedSep 11 2021, 6:08 PM

Here are my suggestions @lydia

  1. application development
  2. web development
  3. test software
  4. report bugs on https://bugs.kde.org
  5. bug triaging
  6. sending code fixes and new features
  7. enable User Feedback for Plasma on System Settings
  8. translation
  9. visual design
  10. user experience (UX) design
  11. promotion and marketing
  12. work on a task on KDE Phabricator
  13. video production and editing for KDE social media
  14. write and update documentation/manuals
  15. write wiki articles
  16. event organisation
  17. participate in events
  18. support - answer user questions on the forum or Reddit
  19. promote in your local community/school/business/family
  20. "evangelise" KDE on the internet
  21. follow and interact with posts on KDE on social media - Facebook - LinkedIn - KDE Community Twitter - Akademy Twitter - YouTube - VK - Diaspora - Mastodon
  22. share links pointing to KDE websites and social media on other platforms
  23. write or make videos about KDE in your personal blog post, social media and YouTube channel
  24. use KDE software
  25. donate to KDE e.V
allyson moved this task from TODO to Doing on the KDE's 25th anniversary celebration board.Sep 12 2021, 12:26 AM
In T14630#263301, @Guilhermems wrote:

Here are my suggestions @lydia

  1. application development
  2. web development
  3. test software
  4. report bugs on https://bugs.kde.org
  5. bug triaging
  6. sending code fixes and new features
  7. enable User Feedback for Plasma on System Settings
  8. translation
  9. visual design
  10. user experience (UX) design
  11. promotion and marketing
  12. work on a task on KDE Phabricator
  13. video production and editing for KDE social media
  14. write and update documentation/manuals
  15. write wiki articles
  16. event organisation
  17. participate in events
  18. support - answer user questions on the forum or Reddit
  19. promote in your local community/school/business/family
  20. "evangelise" KDE on the internet
  21. follow and interact with posts on KDE on social media - Facebook - LinkedIn - KDE Community Twitter - Academy Twitter - YouTube - VK - Diaspora - Mastodon
  22. share links pointing to KDE websites and social media on other platforms
  23. write or make videos about KDE in your personal blog post, social media and YouTube channel
  24. use KDE software
  25. donate to KDE e.V

This is such a thorough list! I think this is publishable

aniqakhokhar added a subscriber: ngraham.Sep 12 2021, 9:26 AM

@ngraham is working on this article.

jlskuz added a subscriber: jlskuz.Sep 19 2021, 12:58 PM

…package and distribute KDE software…

lydia assigned this task to ngraham.Oct 13 2021, 8:07 PM
lydia closed this task as Resolved.
lydia moved this task from Doing to Done on the KDE's 25th anniversary celebration board.

Nate rocked it here: https://pointieststick.com/2021/10/13/25-ways-you-can-contribute-to-kde/