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<chapter id="contribute" status="draft">
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<title>Contributing to Edubuntu</title>
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Edubuntu is maintained by people just like you who use it and want to keep
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the project going strong. We love our developers, but we need many other kinds
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of volunteers, too -- ''you do not have to be a computer programmer to
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contribute to Edubuntu''.
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<!-- USER CONTRIBUTIONS -->
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<sect1 id="contribute-user" status="draft">
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<title>Are you a user?</title>
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Every day users and administrators turn to our community for support.
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There may be a user out there who has a problem this week you learned to solve
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last week. You can help Edubuntu by <ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel">joining our
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mailing list</ulink> and/or hanging out in #edubuntu on irc.freenode.net and
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helping users just like you. You can also contribute to our <ulink url="https://wiki.edubuntu.org">wiki</ulink> at, or help us <ulink url="https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuTesting">test the latest
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edubuntu-in-progress</ulink>.
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<!-- EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS -->
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<sect1 id="contribute-education" status="draft">
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<title>Are you a teacher, parent, or student?</title>
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We are always interested in hearing about how Edubuntu is working out
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there in the wide world.
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<ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel">Join our
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and let us know about how you are using Edubuntu, what you like, and what you'd
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like to see improve. Add to our <ulink url="https://wiki.edubuntu.org/TeacherRecommendedProjects">list of recommended
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projects</ulink> so we know what kind of software you want to see in the future
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<!-- TRANSLATION CONTRIBUTIONS -->
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<sect1 id="contribute-translate" status="draft">
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<title>Are you multilingual?</title>
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Edubuntu has users around the world, and we are always looking for
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volunteers to help translate web pages, documentation, and more. Volunteer via
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our <ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel">email
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<!-- DOCUMENTATION CONTRIBUTIONS -->
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<sect1 id="contribute-doc" status="draft">
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<title>Are you a writer, editor, or proofreader?</title>
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Introduce yourself <ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel">on our email
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list</ulink> or visit <ulink url="http://www.edubuntu.org/help">http://www.edubuntu.org/help</ulink> to find out who
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our current documentation contact is and offer to lend a hand, or just jump in
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and help out with the <ulink url="https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation">documentation on our
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<!-- ARTWORK CONTRIBUTIONS -->
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<sect1 id="contribute-art" status="draft">
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<title>Are you an artist?</title>
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Contribute some <ulink url="https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuArtwork">artwork</ulink> to Edubuntu.
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<!-- CODER CONTRIBUTIONS -->
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<sect1 id="contribute-code" status="draft">
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<title>Are you a coder?</title>
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<ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel">Join the mailing
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list</ulink> or visit us on IRC (#edubuntu on irc.freenode.net) and see where
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your skills and interests lead you. We are always in need of good coders.