Contributing to Gentoo

There are various ways to contribute to Gentoo, even without (much) technical knowledge.

Community

 * Help other users by trying to answer their questions on the Forums, see the unanswered questions list.
 * Join in our IRC channels.
 * Subscribe in our mailing lists.
 * Start a new article or improve existing documentation in our Wiki.

Bugs

 * Report bugs at our bugzilla.
 * Try to confirm open bugs by reproducing them, this helps consolidate the cause.
 * Try to offer solutions for open bugs; patches, ebuilds and links to upstream (or other distribution) bug reports are welcome.
 * Participate in our monthly Bugday, squashing bugs together with Gentoo Developers.

Package Maintenance

 * Report new packages and version bumps at our bugzilla, you can also submit new ebuilds there.
 * Join the sunrise-project, an excellent way to learn about the Portage tree and contribute to it.
 * Proxy-maintain some of our abandoned packages.
 * Become an arch tester; for instance, check out the arch teams x86 and amd64.
 * Become a Gentoo Developer.