[PLUG] From {proprietary consumer} TO {FOSS contributor} HOW???

[Richard Owlett]

On 03/27/2020 10:23 PM, Mike C. wrote:
> As a fellow Debian user, a good place to start for participating in and
> contributing to the Debian community is https://www.debian.org/intro/help

I haven't been to that page in a long time. That page answers a slightly 
different question than I was attempting to ask. It focuses on "Where" 
to contribute "What". My question has more of a "How" flavor. I've had 
many questions answered. How do I gather them in a useful format.

Some links from that page will help on a long standing goal - a script 
to create very custom preseed.cfg files.




> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:59 PM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
> 
>> Lousy subject line? *PROBABLY* Suggestions welcome ;}
>>
>> About a decade ago I got fed up with M$ telling me that they knew more
>> about my needs than I.
>>
>> Responding to an application oriented question on a USENET forum, a PLUG
>> member suggested I try Ubuntu. Canonical had made design decisions which
>> clashed with how I thought. That led me to discovering FOSS, and Debian
>> in particular.
>>
>> I do not have the technical skills to contribute viable code.
>> I've been a computer *USER* since early 60's.
>> Is there a forum whose goal is guiding consumers to provide _USEFUL_
>> feedback?
>>
>> For the record, my primary experience has involved QA/QC/inspection/etc
>> functions with topics ranging from compound lighting a firefly's tail to
>> instrumenting megawatt power distribution systems (flavored with one
>> nuclear power plant).
>>
>> TIA
>> (Owl ducks fer cover ;)