How to contribute

Everybody who wants to contribute to DesktopBSD is welcome! You can contribute in many ways:

People with C++ skills who are familiar with Qt programming or willing to learn Qt are always welcome. Knowledge of KDE APIs would be great, but isn't required.

For further information about DesktopBSD code documentation, build instructions, development tasks, code conventions etc. please see the DesktopBSD development wiki.

If you are interested in translating DesktopBSD into your language, please contact Daniel Hilbert for details. If there is already a translation sub-project for your language, talk to the contributors working on it.

A list of all supported languages can be found here: DesktopBSD: list of supported languages.

If you are willing to help us, please subscribe to http://desktopbsd.net/mailman/listinfo/ and let us know what you are willing to do. We will generate an wiki account for you and provide you with help, the necessary files etc. The translation howto can be found here: Translating DesktopBSD.

If you have solved a complicated problem, you can help users coming across the same problem by documenting your solution. Examples are getting a Linux-only program to work or installing a DesktopBSD-based MySQL-Apache-PHP server.

Of course, pointers to mistakes in current documentation are always welcome. You should use our bug tracker for that. Please also provide a suggestion for improvement if possible.

If you want to join the Documentation team, please Daniel Hilbert for details on where you can help. Please subscribe to our Mailing List: http://desktopbsd.net/mailman/listinfo/

Please use our Trac issue tracker to request features and report problems. You can also post a message in the DesktopBSD forums for discussion with users and developers (please include the bug ID in your forums post).

Help us extending our network of mirrors by setting up a mirror to improve download times and reduce congestion. Instructions on how to set up a mirror can be found here.

If you have artistic skills, you can help the DesktopBSD project by creating or improving artwork, e.g. by designing desktop wallpapers or brochures or by improving the look of our website, Wiki, forums or tracker. Please have a look at the material from our artwork collection.

The easiest way to help DesktopBSD is by telling others about it. Distribute DesktopBSD CDs to your friends and colleagues, give talks at your local Linux and BSD user groups, help newcomers to install DesktopBSD and help users in the forums with their problems.