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If you don't have coding skills, why don't you help foss software by making it more user friendly instead? (lemmy.giftedmc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] mnglw@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

because a lot of foss devs, contributers and even users are so extremely hostile when suggesting ux improvement/report bugs/etcetc for end users not like them that frankly I dont wanna bother. Same reason I don't report bugs

maybe first tackle that situation before you ask people to throw themselves into what effectively is a lion's den to mauled by fossbros who can't get over themselves

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[–] java@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

by making it more user friendly

How? Somebody still has to implement your ideas. Creating tickets is not enough if there are no resources to work on them.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read the other comments. A good portion of people, even with coding background are actually positive towards people helping.

It’s people that moan and have impossible standards that give devs and admins a bad rep.

[–] java@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far it sounds like your idea of helping is finding people who would work for you and then bad mouthing those who wouldn't.

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

Yes, correct. That is absolutely what I'm after. /s I'm trying to get people to work together instead of either trying to get employed by megacorps to make a decent living or be exploited by them for using their software. Sue me.

[–] YeeHaw@beehaw.org -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have a very naive idea of software development.

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

Not a helpful comment. Feel free to elaborate and help working on ideas.

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