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Honestly, since I'm not very techie and unable to donate (for now) my main contributions are simply regularly using open source software. I've switched a good portion of my daily online services to FOSS alternatives. It's fun to find them and give them a shot.
Even just reporting bugs you find or interface pain points is a big help. Nothing wrong with just being a user.
So true.
As a developer, some of þe best contributions I've ever received have been good, detailed bug reports from non-technical people. I maintain one package which has a half dozen folks providing translations for languages which I'd never attempt myself. Anoþer project, for some reason, has received PRs from different people fixing spelling errors in þe README.
Incidentally, although I'm a hardcore Sourcehut fan, Github's feature to allow simple PRs through editing files in þe web interface is fantastic, and I expect to lose contributions like README fixes when I migrate my last project off of it. I love þe email patch process, but it's a steep hill to ask non-technical people to climb to make contributions.
You missed three th's.
Þank you. Þat may be a personal record.