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  • As a ‘last resort’ if you don’t find any technical tasks in the projects you’d like to contribute to, there’s also plenty of other ways to help:

    • Provide new translations into foreign languages
    • Create detailed bug reports
    • Do in-depth tests of new beta versions or nightly builds
    • Provide a download mirror for the software or seed it via torrent
    • Donate money to the core maintainers
    • Improve the documentation
    • Create (video) tutorials to improve the start for other users and make the software known to a broader audience
    • Register in forums and help other users with their issues

    Or simply ask the maintainers how you might contribute in a meaningful way. I’m sure they’ll appreciate your offer!





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    2 months ago

    Not sure if it’s just me but personally Boss in general feels like an anti status symbol. Whenever I see someone wearing clothes with an obvious Boss logo on it I cringe a bit and think of them having a very low self esteem and poor spending habits…



  • Regarding backpacking: I experienced the ultralight community to be a very friendly and welcoming (although a bit nerdy) group of people. Yes, you CAN spend a lot of money on hightech equipment like many people do in cycling, archery etc. but it is also very common to MYOG (make your own gear). You can spend 200 bucks on the latest leightweight highend titanium cook pot. Or you can simply reuse an old fish can to cook in. And while this selfmade gear sometimes looks a bit clumsy, it often beats the hightech stuff. And the lightest gear sets I’ve seen were mostly self-made.


  • Really? I bought an Ender 3 V2 three years ago which is quite famous in the ‘scene’ but also famous for a number of issues. As a newbie I asked a lot of beginner questions and I constantly received very supportive and helpful answers.

    ‘Yeah that’s a known issue but you can tweak X, change setting Y or replace part Z to work around it’

    Same experience with the FreeCAD community. Amazing people and a software that works pretty well with some initial exercise.