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I will start support Linux, where to start

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I plan to spend my time to help the open source community. Especially Linux. I will spend my effort to something which will last. What I mean by this is, some base part which Linux / and distorts are built on, E.g:

- Color management (inexistent yet?) - X11 improvements, , implement missing features, security bugs patches - Wayland improvements, implement missing features

- Gnome, KDE? DE in general?

Makes this sense? Is there a anywhere a big roadmap, which showed me which are some important stuff which is still to do on Linux?

I found the following, which describe a lot of stuff to improve Linux, this is what I mean:

https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html

Or how should I start? I realy like to give something back to the OS community

Thanks for any advice!

The URL you referenced might not be a roadmap, but it certainly is a good jumping off point to find a suitable project. There are lots to choose from.

Perhaps you could start with the distro you are already using, look at what annoys you and you have skills to approach a solution. Look at the issues list for that project, pick one, do whatever is required, submit, repeat.

Assuming you don't plan on kernel hacking, Some areas with many issues are WiFi, Wayland, audio, battery / power management, etc.

In my opinion the most impactful thing you can do is write high-quality Linux apps. To be frank, if you try to fix some of the major issues with Linux (such as listed on that itvision.altervista.org page), you will have to fight a sort of bureaucracy where people won't accept a solution because it doesn't reach some absurd degree of elegance and configurability. You need a high degree of discipline to stay motivated while rewriting your code and proposing it multiple times. However, if you write your own app, you don't have to answer to anyone. Your focus is quite a bit simpler, just make a UI that users fall in love with.

The two most interesting, and with most overlap, are probably Gnome and Wayland a and both have roadmaps online. Good luck

I recommend to use Arch Linux as your main OS to learn a lot about Linux and its missing pieces in general. They have the best Wiki I have come across so far.

How to start ? Just install a Linux distro and start using it as your default OS. You will learn a lot and soon learn its flaws.

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