Path: csiph.com!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:18:56 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> <3co24lx2vn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1167875"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63346 comp.os.linux.advocacy:681717 On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, TJ wrote: > On 2024-12-28 06:12, D wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> >>> On 2024-12-27 18:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:57:55 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, I appreciate that I can get gratis a piece of software that is >>>>> that good. >>>> >>>> If you think Free Software could be better, and you would rather not give >>>> money to a proprietary company, why not contribute some of that money to >>>> the development of the Free Software and help make it better? >>> >>> Especially since projects like KDE and LibreOffice really need it. >>> >> >> Note that money is not the only way to contribute. Even by using the >> software you contribute, by making others aware of it, you contribute. I >> actually like projects that are not super wealthy. The linux foundation and >> firefox are excellent examples of how power corrupts. Would never dream of >> contributing with money to those two. > > Indeed. My discretionary funds are very limited, so I can not afford to > contribute with money. But Mageia, as my distro of choice, is > community-based, meaning it is maintained by volunteers who contribute their > free time to make it as good as we can. > > I have no coding skills to speak of, so development isn't my forte. But, as > the current Leader of the Mageia Quality Assurance (QA) Team, I contribute in > other, equally valuable ways. > > We are the layer between the developers and the public, tasked with testing > updates before they are released to be as sure as possible that they won't > break Mageia systems. Developers are only human, and sometimes mistakes creep > in - a missing dependency, or maybe the package won't work on hardware the > developer doesn't have. Our job is to catch that stuff. > > We also test the install ISOs before they are released. > > We are always looking for new members, and users of all skill levels are > welcome. One of the great things about Mageia is that the opinions of new > contributors are received with as much respect as those of our "old hands." > > But those aren't the only ways to contribute. If something in Mageia doesn't > work for you, please file a bug report. We also need translators, > documentation writers, bug triaging, website designers, the list goes on. > > https://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/ is a good place to start if you wish to > contribute to our project. > > TJ > How are you trending with volunteers over time? Is it growing?