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<p>Interested in giving a hand to Mandriva Linux? Whatever your
specialty, Mandriva welcomes you by offering you many possibilities, you
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<dt><span class="term">Join as a translator</span></dt>
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<p>Because Mandriva believes that everyone on the earth has the
right to have their operating system running in their own language.
As a result, we include as many languages and localization features
as possible in our products which as you can imagine represents much
work. You can help us in translating programs and their associated
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<dt><span class="term">Become a writer</span></dt>
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<p>Mandriva lives for innovation and improvements. Therefore, at
all times of the year changes are brought to the distribution which
means that help is always appreciated to update the manuals and
documentation.
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<dt><span class="term">Become a programmer</span></dt>
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<p>Many programming projects are directly managed by Mandriva, so
don't hesitate to get in contact with us if you are capable of
coding with our teams. Many exciting and cool developments are on
our lists and are just waiting for new motivated people. So don't be
shy.
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<dt><span class="term">Help us with the packaging</span></dt>
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<p>Help us package the programs coming from the community, to
increase the compatibility between different programs inside the
Mandriva Linux distributions.
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<dt><span class="term">Become a tester</span></dt>
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<p>Bug hunting is one of the most important things you can
contribute to Mandriva Linux. Check that your hardware is well
supported under Mandriva Linux, report any issue with the desktop
and applications: this will be helpful for the whole community of
Mandriva Linux users!
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