https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/d2ec4e8b-5c00-4afb-bd52-50e26ab0d480 Contribution is often perceived as something that requires deep technical knowledge or familiarity with the codebase. Many people use the GNOME tools every day through distributions and desktops, but never cross the line into contributing. This session explores a different entry point. Many of the insights in this talk come from real experiences of breaking ones own system many times. The goal wasn’t to unveil everything immediately, but simply to make sense of what was happening step by step. When Kripa got stuck, she didn’t solve everything alone. She asked others, learned from people with more experience, and started engaging with GNOME and open source communities. Over time, that turned into organizing and contributing back. Drawing from experiences across open source communities, events such as Software Freedom Day and UbuCon Asia 2025, this talk highlights how documentation-driven contributions can lower barriers, strengthen community knowledge, and expand the GNOME contributor base. Kripa Khanal is a Computer Engineering student from Kathmandu, Nepal who actively engages in open source communities including GNOME Nepal and Nepal Open Source Klub (NOSK), and has contributed to initiatives such as Software Freedom Day and UbuCon Asia 2025. She is involved in STEAM education, introducing beginners to programming through tools like Scratch, and is interested in making open source more accessible through documentation, shared learning, and community participation. GNOME is a free and open-source software environment project supported by a non-profit foundation. Together, the community of contributors and the Foundation create a computing platform and software ecosystem, composed entirely of free software, that is designed to be elegant, efficient, and easy to use. GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:02:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.kockatoo.org https://tube.kockatoo.org/lazy-static/avatars/75ca8476-e2c4-4f21-b5a3-a2d70922e464.png https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/d2ec4e8b-5c00-4afb-bd52-50e26ab0d480 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.kockatoo.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.