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Many people from around the world gather to build Mageia +

Many people from all over the world gather to build Mageia – a Linux-based operating system and a lively, fun community for building Free Software projects.

Contributing is open to everyone, this is Free Software! +

Contributing is open to anyone, this is Free Software! If you are curious and willing to join, there are things you can do, - depending on your time and your skills, - You will always find someone to welcome you and help/mentor - you if needed so you bring your best to the project!

+ depending on your time and skills; + you will always find someone to welcome and help/mentor + you if needed so that your contribution to the project can be as good as it can be!

Check what you could do below!

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Roles

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+ local events? Just get in touch with us via one of these channels and share the fun!

Writing, copywriting and documenting

You have a taste for practical, clear, concise, proof read, nice writing? +

You have a taste for practical, clear, concise, proofread, nice writing? You like to take the challenge of explaining clearly - complex ideas or systems and teach others? + complex ideas or systems and teaching others? You know how to mix form & content to push the right message? Get in touch with our Documentation team!

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Mageia is localized in more than 180 languages! Clarifying, completing, improving translations of software, guides, tutorials, Web sites, marketing material, - etc. happens thanks to the effort of so many persons. + etc. happens thanks to the effort of so many contributors. Join them!

Triaging

Bugs happen! Some get reported. And need to be triaged before reaching - the person that can fix them: validated, informed, properly assigned. +

Bugs happen! And some get reported. So, logically they need to be triaged + to make the task of the packagers/developers fixing them easier: validation (is the bug reproducible?), collecting the needed debugging info from the reporter, assigning the report properly. Grow the Triage team and be the link between users who report bugs - in the forums or mailing-lists, and Mageia Bugzilla + in the forums or mailing-lists, and the Mageia Bugzilla used by developers.

Testing & QA

We can't ship software if we are not confident enough in it! +

We can't ship software if we are not confident it works well! Testers and QA - people make sure what we do (software, packages, ISO, Web sites) + people make sure what we do (software, packages, ISO's, Web sites) match our expectations for quality before they reach users.

Marketing, Communication & Evangelism

Better understanding of who uses and contributes to the project to help them even more, making sure the Mageia voice is consistent and heard, - that's a job for the marcomm' team - (Marketing and Communication), on global and local scales.

+ that's a job for the marcomm team + (Marketing and Communication), on both global and local scales.

Graphic & UI design

Software isn't only about code and Mageia about technology. +

Software isn't only about code neither is Mageia only about technology. So make it human, practical and beautiful! If you have a talent and experience in graphic design, ergonomics join the artwork team!

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Web, tools, systems design & administration

Mageia exists through an infrastructure and tools that enable everyone - to collaborate. These need experts to build, maintain, develop, provide, - manage servers, connections, security, applications, user flow, etc. - It takes system administrators - to Web designers/developers/integrators.

Mageia depends on infrastructure and tools that enable everyone + to collaborate. These need experts to build, maintain, develop, provide + and manage servers, connections, security, applications, data flow, etc. + It takes from system administrators + to Web designers/developers/integrators + to manage this huge task.

Mirroring

Making all Mageia software available requires several mirrors - around the world, to distribute ISO and installation or update packages. - If you have some space and bandwidth to share, please see how you can - become an official Mageia mirror.

Making all the software provided by Mageia available requires + several mirrors + around the world, to distribute ISO's and software packages. + If you have some disk space and bandwidth to share, please see how you can + provide an official Mageia mirror.

Donating

Financial donations help us allocate specific tasks, secure our infrastructure, fund events, goodies & transportation. - 200+ persons already expressed us their trust + 200+ persons already expressed their trust in us with their money, hardware or other resources. We keep a public record of what we get and how we use it.

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Data mining

There are tons of data out there, most of which we don't use, or even know about. If you like to grab and analyze data - to reveal & visualize it and what that means we can do better, + to reveal & visualize it to spot what we can do even better, get in touch!

Designing, experimenting, revealing the unknown

Ideas are great, actionable prototypes are even better. The Mageia project is not only about making a different Linux - distribution but as well about building new products and experiences - with it and the data around it.

+ distribution but also about building new products and experiences + with it and with the data around it.

Time

How much time do you have? and how much do want to commit to Mageia? +

How much free time do you have? and how much of it do you want to commit to Mageia? See what you can do:

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- Stop by the forums support section and check if you can answer a question.
- Talk about the project around you, on your blog, your Twitter account, +
- Talk about the project to people around you, on your blog, your Twitter account, at your work place.
- If you encounter a bug you can reproduce and document, +
- If you encounter a bug you can reproduce consistently, submit a bug report.
- Make a donation!
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A few hours
- Stop by a Mageia event, like a test day to find, reproduce and resolve bugs.
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- Stop by a Mageia event, like a test day to find, reproduce and help resolve bugs.
- Subscribe to a team discussion list and follow what happens there, - try to see how you can bring something more to it.
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If you are a student, consider talking to your tutor about participating into the project as part of your studies; - you don't need to be specifically studying Computer Science.

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