Freespire Wiki Contribute Landing

Contributions are the lifeblood of any community - without them a community cannot grow and thrive. There are almost limitless ways in which you can contribute to the Freespire project. In addition to the other areas in the Wiki, please review the following list and see if something interests you.

How You Can Get Involved

There are two broad areas you can get involved, depending on your skill set:

• Community Work
• Developer Work

Each of these is discussed in detail below.

Community Work

Community Work is designed for those that want to contribute, but might not have coding skills (Visit Developer Work if you're truly interested in contributing to development that supports Freespire).

Help other Community Members

• Help via the Forum
• Vote and discuss topics
• Assist in moderating the Forums - Email the Forum Liaison

Help with Freespire Documentation

• Wiki Documentation
  • Freespire User Manual
  • Installing Freespire ISO
  • Using CNR
  • Using Apt
  • Product Pages (package documentation)
  • Hints & Tips
• Tutorials (learn about a product or package)
• Presentations
• Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)

Help Test Freespire

• OS Testing
• CNR Client Testing - coming soon
• CNR Application Testing (product packages)
  • Test Plans
• Bug Reporting - if a bug isn't submitted through Bugzilla the issue can't be tracked or ultimately fixed
• Diagnostic Reporting Tool

Help Translate Freespire

• Freespire Internationalization (i18n) through IRMA
• Internationalization Resource Management Application
  • IRMA Forum

Help with Freespire Graphics and Artwork

• Wallpapers
• UserBars
• Fan Art

Donate money for the Freespire Project

• Contribute to the Freespire Project financially via Paypal
• Check out the Freespire donation list

Other ways to Help

• Make suggestions for future versions (organized, documented - white papers)
• Evangelizing - Get the word out about Freespire
  • Man a booth at a Convention

Developer Work

Help with Baseline Development (Ubuntu, KDE, Applications, etc.)

The goal is to get packages/patches submitted as far upstream as possible, so start at the beginning (Debian & ubuntu, KDE, etc.), so that patches don't need to be applied in the downstream distribution.

• Submit packages / patches at the core level (Debian, KDE,OpenOffice, ubuntu, etc.)

Help with Freespire Development

IMPORTANT! The very best way to submit patches, code, bugs, etc. is via Bugzilla. Please read the Bugzilla information page to become familiar with this very important part of Freespire development. The more complete the information is which you provide via your Bugzilla report, the higher likelihood that it will be included in Freespire.

• Mailing List (Developer Discussion)
• Developer Forum
• Freespire Touched Packages
  • Develop patches and packages
    • Packaging
  • Patch Submission - submit Freespire specific patches / packages via Bugzilla.
  • Development tools
• Open Source Projects

Tools and Links for Freespire

These tools and links will help to connect you to other members in the Freespire community. If you are looking for ways that you can contribute to the Freespire project please take a few moments to review these links:

• Freespire.org
  • Freespire FAQ's
  • CNR FAQ's
• Freespire Wiki
  • Freespire Vision
  • Roadmap
  • Ideas & Suggestions
• Community Forums
  • Calendar
• Mailing List (User Discussion)
• IRC Channel (#Freespire)
• Bug Reporting
• Wiki Calendar