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Entre na comunidade Fedora


Para começar entre com sua conta de usuário Fedora, usando o sistema de contas do Fedora.

Se você quer "dar uma mão" para fazer o Fedora melhor, existem diversas maneiras de fazer isso. Em qual perfil deseja colaborar?

Clique nos perfis abaixo para aprender um pouco mais sobre como pode ajudar o projeto Fedora.

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.


Escritor de conteúdo

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:

  • Remember 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

Artwork

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

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

Fonts SIG

  • document font creation tasks,
  • document free/libre font release best practices,
  • document free/libre font packaging,
  • clarify, complete and improve our wiki,
  • identify interesting third-party material, and link it here,
  • convert wiki information to other document formats.
  • convince foundries to release fonts under a free/libre Fedora-friendly license,
  • recruit possible free/libre font authors,
  • recruit new SIG members,
  • get font or text problems fixed,
  • improve the SIG visibility by getting it linked and quoted everywhere,
  • identify font or text problems in applications and libraries,
  • improve font package descriptions and summaries to help users choose the right fonts for their needs.

Games SIG

  • document the available games, including wiki documentation and listing in comps.xml.

Usability SIG

  • 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:

  • Ink scape, GIMP, OO.org, design, usability/interaction

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

  • Remember 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

Artwork

Fonts SIG

Usability SIG

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

Teams/projects supporting or supported by this role:


OS Developer


Description of this role: Communicate through code.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

  • Programming, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling

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

  • Remember 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

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.

Infrastructure

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

Internationalization (I18n)

  • develop, package, and maintain applications like input methods for different languages.
  • improve applications and utilities to support and process different languages.4
  • quality-assure that existing applications meet i18n standards.
  • support the infrastructure of the Fedora translation community.

Packaging

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

Websites

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

Fonts SIG

  • package new fonts and font tools,
  • review font packages before Fedora inclusion,
  • fix font or text problems in applications and libraries,
  • propose good Fedora fonts defaults,
  • identify font or text problems in applications and libraries,
  • improve font package descriptions and summaries to help users choose the right fonts for their needs.

Games SIG

  • create high quality packages of games, gaming-related libraries, and game development tools.
  • help and fix bugs that have been filed against game packages.

Science and Technology SIG

  • improve the number and quality of packages available for scientific and technical users

Usability SIG

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

Electronic Lab

  • Ensure Electronic design flows (Analog, Digital, Embedded,...)
  • Work with upstream to ensure new design and simulation features.
  • Package new tools and close tickets.

Testing

  • test/break Fedora.
  • do quality assurances to help maintain a robust platform for Fedora.

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:

  • Remember 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

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

Fonts SIG

  • convince foundries to release fonts under a free/libre Fedora-friendly license,
  • recruit possible free/libre font authors,
  • recruit new SIG members,
  • get font or text problems fixed,
  • improve the SIG visibility by getting it linked and quoted everywhere.

Games SIG

  • seek publicity for games in Fedora.

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 your 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 -- (Click to Join L10n (Localization))

Description of this role: Communicate through translation.

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:

  • Remember 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

Work with 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.

Work with OS Developer (Packaging)

  • translate the software to your native language.

Work with Fonts SIG

  • find the best fonts to include, for internationalization reasons,
  • document the preferred fonts for your locale,
  • improve the way a font supports your script by identifying problems and proposing ameliorations,
  • propose good Fedora fonts defaults,
  • identify font or text problems in applications and libraries,
  • improve font package descriptions and summaries to help users choose the right fonts for their needs,
  • convince foundries to release fonts under a free/libre Fedora-friendly license,
  • recruit possible free/libre font authors,
  • recruit new SIG members,
  • get font or text problems fixed,
  • improve the SIG visibility by getting it linked and quoted everywhere,
  • document font creation tasks,
  • document free/libre font release best practices,
  • document free/libre font packaging,
  • clarify, complete and improve our wiki,
  • identify interesting third-party material, and link it here,
  • convert wiki information to other document formats.

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:

  • Remember 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

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: