{{Header}} {{Hide_all_banners}} __NOTOC__ {{Title|title= Contribute to {{project_name_long}} }} {{#seo: |description=Spread, Follow, Develop, Testing, Donate. Contribute to Freedom Software / Open Source. |image=Computer_n_screen.png }} {{about_mininav}} {{intro| Spread, Follow, Develop, Testing, Donate. Contribute to Freedom Software / Open Source. }} == There are several ways how you can help == {{#tag:gallery| File:Heart.png{{!}}100px{{!}}alt=Donate{{!}}link=#Donate{{!}}Donate File:Logo-easy-help.png{{!}}100px{{!}}alt=Computer{{!}}link=#Easy / Anyone{{!}}Easy File:Logo-intermediate-help.png{{!}}100px{{!}}alt=Computer{{!}}link=#Intermediate{{!}}Intermediate File:Computer_n_screen.png{{!}}100px{{!}}alt=developers{{!}}link=#Development{{!}}Development File:Preferences_system.png{{!}}100px{{!}}alt=Question{{!}}link=#User Support{{!}}User Support File:Logo-gavel-help.png{{!}}100px{{!}}alt=Judge{{!}}link=#Legal{{!}}Legal |heights=100 |widths=100 }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Category !! Help options |- | Donate || [[#Donate|Donate]] |- | Easy || [[#Vote|Vote]] '''|''' [[#Review|Review]] '''|''' [[#Spread|Spread]] '''|''' [[#Follow|Follow]] '''|''' [[#Testing|Testing]] '''|''' [[#Screenshots|Screenshots]] '''|''' [[#Videos|Videos]] '''|''' [[#Social Media / Marketing|Marketing]] ''' |- | Intermediate || [[#Documentation|Improve the Documentation / Edit the {{project_name_long}} Wiki]] '''|''' [[#Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] '''|''' [[#Backup {{project_name_long}}|Backup {{project_name_long}}]] |- | Development || [[Contribute#Just_Start|Just Start]] '''|''' [[Contribute#Contributor_List|Maintain a Component]] '''|''' [[#Contributor Responsibilities|Contributor]] '''|''' [[#General Tasks|General]] '''|''' [[#Release Manager|Release Manager]] '''|''' [[#Audit Documentation Changes|Audit Documentation Changes]] '''|''' [[#Audit {{project_name_short}}|Audit {{project_name_short}}]] |- | User Support || [[#User Support|User Support]] |- | Legal || [[#Legal|Legal Consulting]] |} {{Anchor|Pay}} {{Anchor|Payments}} == Donate == {{Payments}} == Easy / Anyone == Feel free to do any or all of the following - any help is most welcome. When contributing, always consider your own protection and safety as the first priority, particularly if you are at risk. {{Anchor|Spread}} === Vote === None yet. === Review === None yet. === Spread Awareness === Tell your friends, family and acquaintances about {{project_name_short}}. Post [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/news/5 {{project_name_short}} news] on your website, blog or social media. {{Anchor|Follow}} === Follow {{project_name_short}} === Follow one or more of the following sources: First consider the risk of following {{project_name_short}} on social media in your personal circumstances. * {{Twitter_link|{{project_name_short}}|Twitter Profile}} * [https://www.facebook.com/{{project_name_short}} {{project_name_short}} Facebook Profile] {{Anchor|Wikipedia}} === Wikipedia Editing === Please help to improve [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{project_name_short}} {{project_name_short}} Wikipedia Page] (English). See the [https://forums.whonix.org/t/wikipedia-page-corrections/484 feedback thread] for further information. Or if you speak German, help to keep [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{project_name_short}} {{project_name_short}} German Wikipedia Page] up-to-date. === Testing === {{project_name_short}} needs more people to test new {{project_name_short}} features, bug fixes and so on. * Perform [[Test|numerous activity tests]] on both {{project_name_workstation_long}} and {{project_name_gateway_long}}, while running a separate, testers-only {{project_name_short}} version based on the [[APT Repository#{{project_name_short}}_APT_Repository_Overview|stable-proposed-updates APT repository]]. * Test major, new {{project_name_short}} versions prior to stable release - latest testers-wanted posts can be found here: https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/tags/testers-wanted * Join us in testing new [[AppArmor]] profiles for improved security! Visit the [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/apparmor {{project_name_short}} AppArmor Forum]. {{Anchor|Backup {{project_name_short}}}} {{Anchor|Backup {{project_name_short}}}} See: [[{{project_name_short}}BackupScript|How to Backup {{project_name_short}}]] for further details. === Screenshots === {{project_name_short}} requires more recent and awesome [[Screenshots]]. Donate them to {{project_name_short}} or release them into the [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ public domain]. === Videos === We need more {{project_name_short}} [[Videos]], particularly in languages other than English. They can be demonstration videos, promotional videos, conceptual videos or tutorials. Donate them to {{project_name_short}} or release them into the [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ public domain]. We also have a video script waiting to be produced - please get in contact for further details. === Social Media / Marketing === Although social media platforms erode privacy goals by collecting a lot of user data, we believe they are important venues for marketing and communication in the modern era. If you are willing to help or to maintain {{project_name_short}} Twitter, YouTube or identic.ca accounts or Facebook page, please get in [[Contact|contact]]. === Development === ==== Follow {{project_name_short}} Development ==== * Join the [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/development/7 {{project_name_short}} Development Forum] ** The forums offers fine-tuned options to subscribe by e-mail. There is on the right side a symbol o. ** (Edit | New Topic | '''o''') *** Watching - You will automatically watch all topics in these categories. You will be notified of every new post in every topic, and a count of new replies will be shown. *** Tracking - - You will automatically track all topics in these categories. You will be notified if someone mentions your @name or replies to you, and a count of new replies will be shown. *** Watching - First Post You will only be notified of the first post in each new topic in these categories. *** Normal - You will be notified if someone mentions your @name or replies to you. *** Muted - You will never be notified of anything about new topics in these categories, and they will not appear in latest. ** You can subscribe via RSS ([https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/latest.rss Latest Posts]); *** any URL of the forum can be turned into a feed by adding {{Code2|.rss}} or {{Code2|.json}} at the end. * [[Reporting_Bugs#Issue_Tracker|issue tracker]] * [[Dev/git#subscribe_to_code_changes|subscribe to code changes]] ==== Just Start ==== ===== Development ===== Just start working on any of these [https://forums.whonix.org/tag/status_open_issue_todo TODO] Tickets. One example ticket: [https://forums.whonix.org/t/screen-locker-in-security-can-we-disable-these-at-least-4-backdoors/8128/3 Screen Locker (In)Security - Can we disable these at least 4 backdoors?] ===== Documentation ===== Want to improve {{project_name_short}} wiki, this or any wiki page? Help is welcome and volunteer contributions are happily considered! Short summary: Anyone can edit the {{project_name_short}} wiki. Edits are possible with or without account at time of writing. '''1.''' Any huge modification should be discussed in {{project_name_short}} forums beforehand. Smaller changes (such as fixing links, typos, grammars and small enhancements) do not require prior discussion. It is recommended to start with small changes first before taking on major rewrites. '''2.''' There are [[Edit]] buttons next to every wiki chapter. '''3.''' Press the [[Edit]] button. '''4.''' Expand/improve the text or fix links, typos or grammar. '''5.''' Optional: Press the Show preview button. '''6.''' Optional: Press the Show changes button. '''7.''' Further modify the text if required. '''8.''' Save changes. '''9.''' Done. The wiki edit is complete. '''10.''' Wait for moderation to confirm the edit. Should there be any issues, post in {{project_name_short}} forums. Conditions: * Moderation: Edits are held for moderation. * Modifications: Please note that all contributions to {{project_name_short}} may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here. * Copyright: You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself. Before copying content here from elsewhere, ask for approval by admins in [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}} {{project_name_short}} forums]. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! * Terms: Read, understand and agree to [[{{project_name_short}}:Copyrights#Conditions_for_Contributions_to_{{project_name_short}}|Conditions for Contributions to {{project_name_short}}]]. * Policies: [[Policy of Website and Chat|Policy of {{project_name_short}} Website and {{project_name_short}} Chat]] and [[Policy_On_Nonfreedom_Software|Policy On Nonfreedom Software]] applies. ==== Contributor List ==== {{Contributor_List}} {{Anchor|Maintainer}} {{Anchor|Contributor}} ==== Contributor Responsibilities ==== The tasks of a contributor include: * Answering questions in the forums. * Keeping the wiki up-to-date. * Testing of installation, build and upgrade instructions. * Following the [[Reporting_Bugs#Issue_Tracker|issue tracker]], squashing bugs and perhaps implementing new features relating to the maintained component. * Otherwise self-initiated (guess) work and taking care of the [[#Contributor List|component]] in question. This is a volunteer position. ==== Package Contributor ==== {{project_name_short}} provides a lot of Debian packages; see [https://github.com/{{project_name_short}} Overview] for further information. Due to limited [[Contributors|{{project_name_short}} contributors]] resources, only [[Packages for Debian Hosts|a few]] packages are supported on Debian hosts. A lot of these packages are [[Other_Operating_Systems#{{project_name_short}}_Packages|untested and unmaintained]] in any other Linux distribution. Would you be interested in maintaining one or more packages for use beyond {{project_name_short}}? For example, in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora or other distributions? Maintenance requirements would involve keeping up with code changes and releases, testing if these packages work outside of {{project_name_short}}, eventually reporting bugs or adding new features, and answering user support requests. If interested, ambitious package contributors could even seek to have one or more {{project_name_short}} packages accepted into a mainstream Linux distribution. This is a volunteer position. ==== General Tasks ==== People with skills and interest in the following areas would also help: * Good knowledge of Linux networking and nftables. * AppArmor profile creation and testing of new [[AppArmor]] profiles for improved security. * {{Code2|#!/bin/bash}} * Programming languages like Python, Rust, C++, and others. * Registration at our [[Reporting_Bugs#Issue_Tracker|issue tracker]]. * Participation in the [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/development/7 development forum]; consider hitting the "notify" button to subscribe. * Discussion participation - login on github and go to https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/derivative-maker/issues and press "watch" for notifications about {{project_name_short}} github issues (this is an old issue tracker and less important). === Release Manager === If you are willing to have your real name connected to the {{project_name_short}} project and Tor, please continue reading. Depending on your interests, your tasks could include: * Building {{project_name_short}} .ova images: ** Creating stable releases. ** Creating stable hotfix releases. ** Creating assorted other builds. ** Creating terminal-only {{project_name_gateway_short}}. ** Creating testers-only releases. ** Creating {{project_name_short}}-Gnome-Workstation. ** Creating {{project_name_short}}-LXDE-Workstation. ** Creating 64-bit builds. * Building {{project_name_short}} .libvirt images. * Reporting bugs when builds fail. * Signing and uploading releases. * Updating the download page. * Posting to the blog or mailing lists. * Fixing simple build documentation. * [[Dev/Redistribution]] * [[Test]]ing. This will be easy and fast as soon as we add a script. This is a volunteer position. === Audit Documentation Changes === Keep abreast of our [[Special:RecentChanges|wiki changes]] ([https://www.{{project_clearnet}}/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss rss] [[File:Feed-icon.jpeg|12px|alt={{project_name_short}} wiki recent changes rss|link=https://www.{{project_clearnet}}/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss]]). === Audit {{project_name_short}} === Audit {{project_name_short}} security. == User Support == * Join the [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}} {{project_name_short}} User Forum]. ** The forums offers fine-tuned options to subscribe by e-mail. In each category *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/news/5 News] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/support/6 Support] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/qubes {{qubes_project_name}}] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/kvm KVM] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/virtualbox VirtualBox] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/apparmor AppArmor] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/development/7 Development] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/website Website] *** [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/c/organization Organization] ** there is on the right side a symbol o. ** (Edit | New Topic | '''o''') *** Watching - You will automatically watch all topics in these categories. You will be notified of every new post in every topic, and a count of new replies will be shown. *** Tracking - - You will automatically track all topics in these categories. You will be notified if someone mentions your @name or replies to you, and a count of new replies will be shown. *** Watching - First Post You will only be notified of the first post in each new topic in these categories. *** Normal - You will be notified if someone mentions your @name or replies to you. *** Muted - You will never be notified of anything about new topics in these categories, and they will not appear in latest. ** You can subscribe via RSS ([https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/latest.rss Latest Posts]); *** any URL of the forum can be turned into a feed by adding {{Code2|.rss}} or {{Code2|.json}} at the end. == Legal == Knowledge about laws, and international taxes would be helpful. If you are interested, please e-mail Patrick Schleizer at * '''email''': {{Name-email}} * gpg: {{signing_key_main}} == License == The PayPal logo (60px-De-pp-logo-200px.png), the subscribe button (subscribeCC_LG.gif), the buy now button (Btn_buynowCC_LG.gif) and the pixel (pixel.gif) are copyrighted by PayPal. = Footnotes = [[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Development]] {{Footer}}