How to contribute to MATE? (from a 'non-technical' user)

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I’ve just seen this statement in another post in this forum:

If you use MATE and value it, now is the time to contribute, whether that’s code, packaging, documentation, or just showing up in the community.

I’m wondering if there is anything I could do to help out. I’ve been using Linux since 2012 and MATE since 2013, but am not a coder/programmer/dev. I am very keen to learn more, though! I’m good at written communication in plain English and could help with editing documentation, if that is ever needed. Basically, I’m keen to do anything I can to help keep MATE alive and thriving.

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IMHO, reaching developers of MATE desktop environment would be a good start. Introduction for potential contributors can be found here:

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My situation is similar to yours. I am a long time GNU/Linux user but not a coder. While you have identified your talent as language and hence documentation, I think I can help with bug testing/reporting.

I am helpful not in the sense of ‘here is the issue and here is the fix for it’ but rather I ask people ‘is that normal, is this thing supposed to be here…’ and then somebody who actually knows stuff comes along and and fixes it.

So yeah, we all can be useful and help the project.

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Welcome to the forums @suivue :penguin:

Also note @ all, this morning I updated the original post with the following.

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I’ve made that post a wiki post so @MATE please feel free to add/edit links etc.

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As far as Ubuntu MATE it’s been discussed here:

And to a smaller extent here:

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