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What are the steps someone can take to get involved in your project and learn enough to be able to start scratching their own itch? | What are the steps someone can take to get involved in your project and learn enough to be able to start scratching their own itch? | ||
1. | 1. '''Start using Mozilla's products'''. Chances are, if you're reading this, you're probably already familiar with Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird/Lightning, or other Mozilla products. So, congratulations on being one step closer to being a contributor! If you haven't checked out our products, but are looking for a way to contribute, then this is a great way to get started. Probably the easiest product to just start using is Mozilla Firefox. You can get it from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox. | ||
2. | 2. '''Move to a more cutting edge version'''. Mozilla has a series of release phases, or //channels//. All of these release channels are public, but not all of them are as widely publicized. The most publicized version of Firefox is our official release, available at the link in the step above. The other channels are: | ||
* '''Beta''': This is the software that is next closest to release. It will eventually become the next Firefox release. Typically, this release of the software is very stable, with few updates (only very critical updates are put into the software once it moves into Beta status). If you're not a developer, this is a great place to start to help us test the stability and security of Firefox. You can get Beta from: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/ | |||
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