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Describe Kubuntu/GettingInvolved/Support here. '''Tutors:''' [[https://www.launchpad.net/~claydoh|Clay]], [[https://www.launchpad.net/~myriam|Myriam]]
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who can give support - Anyone!
How?
list support channels, with descriptions
'''Requirements:''' Knowing how to communicate
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irc
mailing list
various forums
== Description ==
Support actually can cover a wide area, but here we are focusing on user-to-user based help. The main areas where this takes place is in various forums, mailing lists, and IRC. Even social networking must be considered as a support place now.
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add contacts specific to support

== Why it rocks ==
Providing support is awesome for a number of reasons:
 * It does not require advanced skills or knowledge from everybody; Your own experiences in discovering things in Kubuntu is the perfect place to start.
 * You actually end up learning more as you go, which increases your own knowledge and skills; this can be a gateway to learning many other things, from bug triaging to packaging, even to programming.
 * Love and respect from everyone


== Getting Started ==

== Career ==
Great Support efforts are an ideal way for the non-technical user to become an official Kubuntu Member.

Tutors: Clay, Myriam

Requirements: Knowing how to communicate

Description

Support actually can cover a wide area, but here we are focusing on user-to-user based help. The main areas where this takes place is in various forums, mailing lists, and IRC. Even social networking must be considered as a support place now.

Why it rocks

Providing support is awesome for a number of reasons:

  • It does not require advanced skills or knowledge from everybody; Your own experiences in discovering things in Kubuntu is the perfect place to start.
  • You actually end up learning more as you go, which increases your own knowledge and skills; this can be a gateway to learning many other things, from bug triaging to packaging, even to programming.
  • Love and respect from everyone

Getting Started

Career

Great Support efforts are an ideal way for the non-technical user to become an official Kubuntu Member.

Kubuntu/GettingInvolved/Support (last edited 2014-02-26 09:26:15 by valorie-zimmerman)