Latest revision as of 19:26, 8 October 2016
Join the GhostBSD Team[edit]
If you want to take an active hand in making GhostBSD even better, there are many ways you can help. What role do you want to fill?
Writers[edit]
Description of this role: Writers write website content, manuals, guides, blog posts, and articles.
- Skills you possess or want to learn
- Writing, editing, grammar, technical, explaining complex ideas well, teaching, XML, Wiki markup, technical knowledge
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Example tasks
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| Docs
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- write documents, handbooks, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs, release notes.
- write content in the Wiki.
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| Articles
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- write articles for BSD Magazine and other Magazine available.
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| News
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- write content for the GhostBSD News which is published on GhostBSD newsletter.
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| Development Docs
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- write Development tasks document Development,
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If your interested please contact us.
Designers[edit]
Description of this role: Designers create artwork, logos, website, and user interface designs.
- Skills you possess or want to learn
- Ink scape, GIMP, OO.org, design, usability/interaction
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Example tasks
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| Design
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- create artwork and designs to for the GhostBSD community.
- design projects including: GhostBSD Logo, Marketing Collateral, Promo Banners, Widgets, Theme, Icon Theme, Media Art, Posters, T-Shirt Design, Media Gallery, Wallpapers.
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| Fonts
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- find the best fonts to include, to please artists,
- identify font creation tools needing packaging,
- create and improve GhostBSD fonts,
- propose good GhostBSD fonts defaults..
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| Usability
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- improve end-user experience with coherent, accessible and intuitive design for GhostBSD.
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If your interested please contact us.
Developers[edit]
Description of this role: Developers write new features, track down bugs, and help package software.
- Skills you possess or want to learn
- Programming, Packaging, Debugging, BSD
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Example tasks
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| Infrastructure
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- help to provide servers, tools and utilities for the GhostBSD Project.
- create new applications to make development of GhostBSD go smoother.
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| Release Engineering
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- manage the build system
- maintain the package repositories
- create the images for new GhostBSD Releases
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| Internationalization(I18n)
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- 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 GhostBSD translation community.
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| Packaging and Porting
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- become a package maintainer to create and maintain RPM packages for software in GhostBSD.
- join the Package Review
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| Bug triage
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- track down and shoot GhostBSD bugs in bugzilla.redhat.com.
- strive to be a bridge between users and developers that aids in fixing and closing bugs.
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| Usability
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- improve end-user experience with coherent, accessible and intuitive interfaces for GhostBSD.
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| Websites
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- improve GhostBSD's image and create the best possible interface for users and contributors on the Internet.
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| Fonts
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- package new fonts and font tools,
- review font packages before GhostBSD inclusion,
- fix font or text problems in applications and libraries,
- propose good GhostBSD 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.
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| Testing
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- test/break GhostBSD.
- do quality assurances to help maintain a robust platform for GhostBSD.
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If your interested please contact us.
Communicators[edit]
Description of this role: Communicators interact with people at events and online!
- Skills you possess or want to learn
- People skills, event organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm
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Example tasks
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| Ambassadors
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- represent GhostBSD Project to the wider public.
- help spread the word about GhostBSD, Linux, and Open Source.
- be a point of contact for local community members and channel the feedback to GhostBSD Project.
- help recruit project contributors.
- think of creative ways for promoting GhostBSD in your region
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| Free Media
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- help the GhostBSD Free Media Program to distribute GhostBSD media (DVDs & CD's) for free to individuals.
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| Marketing
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- develop marketing strategy to promote the usage and support of GhostBSD worldwide.
- support the efforts of other GhostBSD projects to spread GhostBSD and help provide a central repository of ideas and information that can be used to deliver GhostBSD to new audiences.
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| Mentoring
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- become a mentor in the GhostBSD community and help, empower and mentor people in your area of expertise.
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| Support/help
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- provide help and support on mailing lists and in GhostBSD IRC channels on Freenode.
- provide Feedback to Developers about bugs.
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| Usability
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- improve end-user experience with coherent, accessible and intuitive interfaces for GhostBSD.
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| Fonts
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- convince foundries to release fonts under a free/libre or BSD friendly license,
- recruit possible free/libre font authors,
- recruit new members,
- get font or text problems fixed,
- improve the visibility by getting it linked and quoted everywhere.
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If your interested please contact us.
Translators[edit]
Description of this role: Translators, these help to maintain & expand ghostbsd supported languages.
- Skills you possess or want to learn
- English, Non-English native language, technical knowledge, diff, PO, translation, babel tool (kbabel, etc.)
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Example tasks
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| Work with Fonts
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- 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 GhostBSD fonts defaults,
- identify font or text problems in applications and libraries,
- prove font package descriptions and summaries to help users choose the right fonts for their needs,
- convince foundries to release fonts under a free/libre GhostBSD-friendly license,
- recruit possible free/libre font authors,
- 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.
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| Work with OS Developer
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- translate the software to your native language.
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| Work with I18n (internationalization)
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- 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.
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If your interested please contact us.
Web Developers or Administrators[edit]
Description of this role: Web developers administrators build and maintain the website infrastructure.
- Skills you possess or want to learn
- Php, HTML, CSS, Drupal, Media Wiki, Web app development, system administration
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Example tasks
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| Infrastructure
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- become one of the dedicated volunteers and professionals who provide servers, tools and utilities for the GhostBSD Project.
- track down and shoot bugs on the GhostBSD websites.
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| Release Engineering
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- work on the programs that allow the project to produce GhostBSD every six months
- fix issues with the build system
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| Websites
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- improve GhostBSD's image and to create the best possible web interface for users and contributors on the Internet.
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If your interested please contact us.
