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2009-11-29 , 18:52
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Hey all, I've been a lurker at maemo.org for a few months now, just today started up my account.

I'm planning on grabbing an N900 sometime around christmas, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to help the community grow without being a developer, and without having a device.

Some quick background: While I'm very familiar with Windows OSes, I've used linux only sparingly. Installed a few different distros over the years (ubuntu, opensuse, fedora), but they never really stuck with me (I think its the gaming part of me ).

I do have the SDK running on my VMWare, and so I was just trying to get a good lead on what to start researching, learning, etc. before my device got here. I'd love to start being a tester for some of the not-yet-released apps, so I would guess to start out by knowing the ins and outs of flashing and unbricking devices might be useful....what else though?


Cliffs for those that dont want to read:
1. Don't have my N900 yet
2. Not a developer, limited current knowledge of linux OSes
3. Want to try and help out the community, possibly through testing?
4. Good resources on where to start and things to learn while I'm waiting for my device?
 

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2009-11-29 , 18:57
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Some of the things this community really needs are someone to help newbies transition into regular users (get comfortable with searching for answers). Or walkthroughs or a FAQ to help address common questions or problems since not everyone has time to do so.
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2009-11-29 , 19:00
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See the first post at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31393 - or actually I'll post it here for convenience.

This means that everybody willing to interface and influence the Maemo Devices team can

* Vote, comment, test and file bugs. And also get involved in the Bugsquad team.
* Rate ideas in the Brainstorm and propose their own.
* Rate and post news aggregated to maemo.org/news.
* Download software, rate it and share your feedback at http://maemo.org/downloads.
* Ask your developer questions in the right places and help finding and documenting the right answers.
* Get involved in the Community forum and the maemo.org sprints.
* Vote your preferred Council candidates and run for election yourself. Make sure your voice is heard if you have something important to say not covered through the channels mentioned above.
Also, please post community related threads to the Community forum, this way you will have more chances of getting answers.
 

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2009-11-29 , 19:01
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Welcome Chapbass. There's lots you can do. Right now we need calm voices in the n900 forum. If you are familiar with n900s capabilities, you an start answering the simple questions. Or you can become a greeter. (Or both)

There's loads of work to be done on the wiki and the FAQ. Sign up and jump in.

Once you have an n900, I know there's a crying need for testers to bring the many, many apps from extras-devel to extras. If you have the courage and confidence to try them and vote, you would be an real asset.
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2009-11-29 , 19:01
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Some of the things this community really needs are someone to help newbies transition into regular users (get comfortable with searching for answers). Or walkthroughs or a FAQ to help address common questions or problems since not everyone has time to do so.
Maemo Greeters are always useful
 

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2009-11-29 , 19:02
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
Welcome Chapbass. There's lots you can do. Right now we need calm voices in the n900 forum. If you are familiar with n900s capabilities, you an start answering the simple questions. Or you can become a greeter. (Or both)

There's loads of work to be done on the wiki and the FAQ. Sign up and jump in.

Once you have an n900, I know there's a crying need for testers to bring the many, many apps from extras-devel to extras. If you have the courage and confidence to try them and vote, you would be an real asset.
*Takes a deep breath* *hummms zen-like* Darn you beat me to the greeters idea hehehe
 
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2009-11-29 , 19:04
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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
See the first post at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31393 - or actually I'll post it here for convenience.



Also, please post community related threads to the Community forum, this way you will have more chances of getting answers.
Yeah qgil, I saw that post right after I posted mine.

Oh man, the Wiki, I never even thought of that.

I have TONS of time to write up documentation and such while I'm at work (whenever the phone isn't ringing), so maybe I'll focus on that route. Try and make the maemo community as "professional" looking as possible, hopefully to get more users to take the leap

Any suggestions on where to start?
 

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2009-11-29 , 19:04
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Originally Posted by noobmonkey View Post
*Takes a deep breath* *hummms zen-like* Darn you beat me to the greeters idea hehehe
Yeah, but Quim beat me to all the rest.
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2009-11-29 , 19:12
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Hmmm I came across this thread just now... I'm not a programmer but again would like to give back to the community. Expecting to pick up my device tomorrow and have been very active in the N900 forum (joined in october, first post was last week!)

How to go about editing the wiki or becoming a tester are my questions though.?
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2009-11-29 , 19:13
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Thanks to those who mentioned the Maemo Greeters. They have been a quick and very visible success! An easy way to help out.

Link: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33968
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