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Contributing to FOSS as a Sysadmin (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by anon2963@infosec.pub to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I am currently learning to be a sysadmin and I have no software development skills. I love FOSS very much and want to contribute to several projects, including non-networked ones.

How can I do this with my skillset? I have a very small (16GB RAM) server that I could offer to these projects as a build server or web host. IDK what else I could do.

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[–] mikyopii@programming.dev -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Build something that you want. Find that niche that isn't well served by existing projects and fill the void. Either by making something entirely new or adding a feature to something already out there.

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

OP says they have no software development skills, so when you recommend for OP to build something they want, make something entirely new, add a feature, etc…how do you mean?