Software bugs

Ubuntu is having a bug jam between 8th and 10th August 2008. As The Fridge says:

So, what is the Ubuntu Global Bug Jam? Put simply, it is a world-wide online and face-to-face event to get people together to fix Ubuntu bugs – we want to get as many people online fixing bugs, having a great time doing so, and putting their brick in the wall for free software. This is not only a great opportunity to really help Ubuntu, but to also get together with other Ubuntu fans to make a difference together, either via your LoCo team, your LUG, other free software group, or just getting people together in your house/apartment to fix bugs and have a great time.

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The Open Source Vulnerability Database is an independent vulnerability database created by the security community. It is available to individuals and corporations without charge.

They are currently looking for security professionals to help maintain the database.

(Found through Raven.)

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Isaac Jones has an article explaining how bug fixing is a good path into free software (and a software development career).

Via Debian weekly news.

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The GNOME project has a Desktop Integration Bounty Hunt.

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Netscape have a security bug bounty page.

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The Debian QA team hunt down and fix bugs in Debian packages, among other things. Most activity seems to be coordinated via their mailing list.

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The KDE Community Wiki site has a guide to getting involved by helping out with bug triaging. It also contains more useful tips regarding making a good bug report.

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The Mozilla QA team finds, researches and reports bugs in the Mozilla projects.

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The GNOME Bugsquad are the team who track current GNOME bugs.

They also have several resources for bug hunters including their own Bugzilla guide and a guide to triaging bugs.

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