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SourceForge - Download, Develop and Publish Free Open Source Software. Contributors Tech Guide. This document is meant for Apache contributors.

Contributors Tech Guide

A contributor is anyone who wants contribute (code, documentation, tests, ideas, anything!) To any Apache project hosted here at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Note: if you are interested in contributing financially, please see the ASF Foundation contribution page. Existing Apache Committers should see the New Committer Guide and FAQ. Several books and many papers have been written about the way open source works and how you can become a valuable member of the open source/free software community.

Subversion (SVN), is the version control system used by most projects at Apache. Bleeding-edge / Nightly code Getting the source directly from the source repository usually gives you the bleeding edge version of that particular project. The trunk directory contains the current source code, and thus it's usually used in the source code access urls given by the projects. LibreOffice Easy Hacks. Welcome This page is all about our Easy Hacks project.

LibreOffice Easy Hacks

Open source Python project to contribute to. Project Hosting. Mercurial SCM. Tigris.org: Open Source Software Engineering. 2011 OSINT Discovery Toolkit–Reuser’s Repertorium. Categories: Blog Wisdom,Book Lists,Briefings (Core),Fact Sheets,Handbook Elements,Historic Contributions,IO Multinational,Methods & Process,Tools,White Papers This is THE toolbox, available in both long and short versions, we recommend you start with the long and then rapidly migrate to the short.

2011 OSINT Discovery Toolkit–Reuser’s Repertorium

Arno is THE “dean” of OSINT for government, and the “dean” of the advanced librarian discovery movement. We strongly endorse Arno Reuser as an individual, and recommend his training offerings available directly from him. By-pass the external vendor training link at the Repertorium and send him a direct email. Arno’s Profile Worth a Look: Arno Reuser OSINT Wizard. The Chromium Projects. Contributing to Django. Open source projects that are easy to contribute (code) to.

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Ubuntu App Developer. Joomla! The CMS Trusted By Millions for their Websites. 14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Genius or a Rock Star. Moodle.org: open-source community-based tools for learning. CodePlex - Open Source Project Hosting. Developer Network.

Where can I find Open Source projects to work on? Get Involved. The GNOME Project is a diverse international community which involves thousands of contributors, many of whom are volunteers.

Get Involved

Anyone can contribute to GNOME: the project involves a wide range of activities, not just programming. So, what do you want to do? Write Have a good command of the English language? GNOME is always looking for writers, whether it is to create user and developer guides for our software, write content for the GNOME websites, produce articles, or just to blog (and microblog!)

Get started with writing documentationGet involved in the engagement team Design Graphics and user interface design are an important part of the GNOME Project. Get involved in GNOME Design. Web Development Forum - CODECALL. Diaspora/diaspora. Mozilla/pdf.js. Learn Web Development with the Ruby on Rails Tutorial. KDE Bugtracking System Main Page. Home - Mozilla Webmaker. Leveraging Open Source - Everything You Wanted to Know About Open Source that Nobody Told You (including getting paid to do it) Ocular - a free, open source WYSIWYG editor for HTML - Home. 30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows. Recently, I received a fresh new laptop from Dell.

30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows

Upon receiving it, I did the traditional “installation of Windows from scratch” on it to remove a lot of the garbage that is preinstalled on Dells. Then I got really busy installing tons of great software that takes care of pretty much every software need I have. Not only was all of the software free, every piece of it was open source, which means that the code is peer-reviewed; no spyware here!

What follows is a list of thirty pieces of software that are the cream of the crop of open source software for Windows. Not only is every piece of it free, almost all of them directly replace expensive software packages. Now, if only there were an open version of The Sims 2, I might go the whole way and switch to Linux… Thirty Free and Open Software Programs Worth Downloading 1. Replaces Internet Explorer If you haven’t switched to Firefox for your web browsing needs, do it now. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Replaces AIM, Windows Messenger, etc. 8. 9. 10. 7 open source projects to cut your teeth on (and the ones to avoid) The reasons for contributing to open source projects are as diverse as the projects themselves: To garner new skills, add experience, network with peers, or just for fun.

7 open source projects to cut your teeth on (and the ones to avoid)

Choosing a project that best suits your needs, and one that is friendly to newcomers, however, can be a daunting task. We polled well-known open source contributors for their recommendations, and the best way to start. They also offer advice on which projects to avoid. Here's what they said: These 7 projects welcome, and encourage new contributors: OpenHatch - Community tools for free and open source software. Open Source Projects To Contribute To and Learn From. Hello, welcome to open source projects series.

Open Source Projects To Contribute To and Learn From

Thank you for stopping by. Today am going to focus on open source projects to contribute to if you are a beginner. When starting anything, you want to start it on the right footing. The other day I was talking to a recruiter at an event and what she told me sounded very familiar to what you hear everywhere as a programmer – while applying for a job, you need to have some side project to show for your experience. That will improve your chances of getting an offer.

Hacker Guide. VLC media player is a very popular, but quite large and complex piece of software.

Hacker Guide

It uses a large number of 3rd party libraries. VLC development is open source, and then a large community of developers worldwide contribute to it. However, entering a project such as VLC media player can be long and complex for new developers. Python Hackers Community. Tor Project: Anonymity Online.

Developer’s Guide — Python Developer's Guide. This guide is a comprehensive resource for contributing to Python – for both new and experienced contributors.

Developer’s Guide — Python Developer's Guide

It is maintained by the same community that maintains Python. We welcome your contributions to Python! Proposing changes to Python itself Improving Python’s code, documentation and tests are ongoing tasks that are never going to be “finished”, as Python operates as part of an ever-evolving system of technology. An even more challenging ongoing task than these necessary maintenance activities is finding ways to make Python, in the form of the standard library and the language definition, an even better tool in a developer’s toolkit. Developers Corner. Contributing to the Mozilla codebase. This page should guide you through the first steps of contributing to Mozilla.

Contributing to the Mozilla codebase

Welcome, we're delighted to see you! :) Need help? The Mozilla community always welcomes newcomers to our midst. If you have any difficulties anywhere, you can ask questions in the #introduction chat room on irc.mozilla.org. Development. The Chromium Projects. Contribute to the project. What are the financial needs of VideoLAN? Buy hardware for developing and testing purposes (DVDs, satellite cards and antenna, MPEG encoding cards,...) Maintain the servers and hardware to run VideoLAN services. Promote the project by organizing or participating in events (FOSDEM, Linux Expo Paris, ...) What is the legal structure of VideoLAN? VideoLAN is a non-profit organization, under French law. The Architecture of Open Source Applications. Version control - Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide.