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== OS Developer ==
== OS Developer ==
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Revision as of 13:05, 10 January 2009

Join the Fedora Community


To get started, set up an account using the Fedora Account System.

If you want to take an active hand in making Fedora even better, there are many ways you can help. What role do you want to fill?

Content Writer

Designer

People Person

OS Developer

Translator

Web Developer or Administrator

This is a starting point.
There are many ways to participate in Fedora, this page is just a beginning spot.

Financial contributions are discussed on the Contribute page.

Making changes to the Fedora wiki is discussed on the wiki editing page.


Content Writer

Description of this role: Communicate through words.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • Writing, editing, grammar (wordsmith), technical, explaining complex ideas well, teaching, DocBook, XML, Wiki markup, technical knowledge (specific and general)

Examples of where and how you can contribute in this role:

  • Rembember that you have complete freedom to do less, more or different tasks in the many projects and teams. Only your imagination sets the limts.
Team/Project Example tasks

Docs

  • Write documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs, release notes.
  • Write content in the knowledgebase (kbase) and on this Wiki.

News Project

  • Write content for the Fedora Weekly News which is published every week via fedora-announce-list and fedora-news-list.

Art team

  • Write tutorials and articles for the use of the FOSS creative tools available in Fedora.

Fedora Usability SIG (Special Interest Group)

  • Write documentation about usability.

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:

Designer

Description of this role: Communicate through images.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • Inkscape, GIMP, OO.org, design, usability/interaction

Examples of where and how you can contribute in this role:

  • Rembember that you have complete freedom to do less, more or different tasks in the many projects and teams. Only your imagination sets the limts.
Team/Project Example tasks

Art team

Echo Icon Theme, MediaArt, SoC Posters, T-Shirt Design, Media Gallery

Fedora Usability Special Interest Group

  • Improve end-user experience with coherent, accessible and intuitive design for Fedora.

Fonts Special Interest Group

  • Improve fonts availability and text rendering/layouting in Fedora and its other Linux derivatives.
  • Font creation and design.

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:


OS Developer


Description of this role: Communicate through code.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • Python, C, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling

Examples of where and how you can contribute in this role:

  • Rembember that you have complete freedom to do less, more or different tasks in the many projects and teams. Only you're imagination sets the limts.
Team/Project Example tasks

Bug triage

  • Track down and shoot Fedora bugs in bugzilla.redhat.com.
  • Strive to be a bridge between users and developers that aids in fixing and closing bugs.

Docs

Fonts Special Interest Group

  • Package new fonts and font tools.
  • Identify font or text problems in applications and libraries.
  • Fix them or get them fixed.

Internationalization (I18n)

  • Develop, package, and maintain applications like input methods for different languages.
  • Improve applications and utilities to support and process different languages.
  • Quality-assure that existing applications meet i18n standards.
  • Support the infrastructure of the Fedora translation community.

Infrastructure

  • Help to provide servers, tools and utilities for the Fedora Project.
  • Create new applications to make development of Fedora go smoother.

Packaging

  • Become a package maintainer to create and maintain RPM packages for software in Fedora.

Testing project

  • Test/break Fedora.
  • Do quality assurances to help maintain a robust platform for Fedora.

Usability

  • Improve end-user experience with coherent, accessible and intuitive interfaces for Fedora.

Websites

  • Improve Fedora's image and create the best possible interface for users and contributors on the Internet.

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:


People Person

Description of this role: Communicate through one-on-one contact.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • People skills, event organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm

Examples of where and how you can contribute in this role:

  • Rembember that you have complete freedom to do less, more or different tasks in the many projects and teams. Only you're imagination sets the limts.
Team/Project Example tasks

Ambassadors

  • Represent Fedora Project to the wider public.
  • Help spread the word about Fedora, Linux, and Open Source.
  • Be a point of contact for local community members and channel the feedback to Fedora Project.
  • Help recruit project contributors.
  • Think of creative ways for promoting Fedora in your region

Free Media

  • Help the Fedora Free Media Program to distribute Fedora Core media (DVDs) for free to individuals.

Marketing

  • Develop marketing strategy to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide.
  • Support the efforts of other Fedora projects to spread Fedora and help provide a central repository of ideas and

information that can be used to deliver Fedora to new audiences.

Mentoring

  • Become a mentor in the Fedora community and help, empower and mentor people in you're area of expertise.

Support/help

  • Provide help and support on mailing lists and in Fedora IRC channels on Freenode.
  • Provide Feedback to Developers about bugs.

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:


Translator

Description of this role: Communicate through interpretation.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • English, Non-English native language, technical knowledge, diff, PO, translation, babel tool (kbabel, etc.)

Examples of where and how you can contribute in this role:

  • Rembember that you have complete freedom to do less, more or different tasks in the many projects and teams. Only you're imagination sets the limts.
Team/Project Example tasks

Docs

  • Translate documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs, release notes and this Wiki

L10n (localization)

  • Translate software to you're native language.

I18n (internationalization)

  • Develop, package, and maintain applications like input methods for different languages.
  • Improve applications and utilities to support and process different languages.
  • Quality-assure that existing applications meet i18n standards.
  • Support the infrastructure of the translation project L10n.

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:


Web Developer or Administrator

Description of this role: Communicate through the World Wide Web.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • Python, XML/XHTML, CSS, XSL/XSLT, TurboGears, Web app development, Linux system administration

Examples of where and how you can contribute in this role:

  • Rembember that you have complete freedom to do less, more or different tasks in the many projects and teams. Only your imagination sets the limits.
Team/Project Example tasks

Docs

  • Toolchain R&D.

Infrastructure

  • Become one of the dedicated volunteers and professionals who provide servers, tools and utilities for the Fedora Project.
  • Track down and shoot bugs on the Fedora websites.

Websites

  • Improve Fedora's image and to create the best possible web interface for users and contributors on the Internet.

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:

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