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We are growing fast and our distribution is getting better every day thanks to you.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="py-4"> <div class="container "> <div class="col-12 mx-auto"> <h2 class="h1 text-primary">Financial help</h2> <p class="mb-5">You can help by making a financial contribution to the project.</p> </div> </div> <div class="container "> <div class="row bg-white shadow m-0 p-2 border-radius-3"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="feature-box h-100 text-center"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><a href="donors.php"><span class="display-5 icon-grad"><i class="far fa-money-bill-alt"></i></span></a></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Donations</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">Thanks to revenue from advertisements and your donations, the Linux Mint project can afford to buy dedicated servers, advertising campaigns, new hardware and equipment, and to provide an income for the development team.</p> <a class="btn btn-grad mt-4" href="donors.php">Donate</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="feature-box h-100 text-center"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><a href="sponsors.php"><span class="display-5 icon-grad"><i class="fas fa-comment-dollar"></i></span></a></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Sponsorships</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">By sponsoring Linux Mint, you contribute to giving the development team a regular and predictable income. Sponsorships are the best way to help Linux Mint's developers and artists get to the point where they are able to work full-time on Mint-related projects.</p> <a class="btn btn-grad mt-4" href="sponsors.php">Sponsor</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="py-5"> <div class="container "> <div class="col-12 mx-auto"> <h2 class="h1 text-primary">Support and promotion</h2> <p class="mb-5">You can help by being part of the community and helping other users.</p> </div> </div> <div class="container "> <div class="row bg-primary text-all-white shadow m-0 p-2 border-radius-3 "> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="feature-box h-100 text-center"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><a href="https://forums.linuxmint.com" target="_blank"><span class="display-5 icon-white"><i class="fas fa-users"></i></span></a></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Join the Community</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">Linux Mint isn't just an operating system, it's also a dynamic community of people who enjoy, gather, and interact with a free and open project. Make Mint better by welcoming people, participating in community-driven projects (repositories, podcasts, artwork...) or simply by meeting and talking to other Linux Mint users.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="feature-box h-100 text-center"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><a href="https://forums.linuxmint.com" target="_blank"><span class="display-5 icon-white"><i class="fas fa-user-friends"></i></span></a></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Help Others</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">If you have some spare time and you're willing to help other users with technical problems, you should seriously consider reading the forums and/or joining the chat rooms and helping other Linux Mint users solve the problems you know how to fix.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-12 text-center"> <a class="btn btn-white mt-4" target="_blank" href="https://forums.linuxmint.com">Join the forums</a>  <a class="btn btn-outline-white mt-4" target="_blank" href="https://app.element.io/#/room/#linuxmint-space:matrix.org">Chat rooms</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="py-5 mb-4"> <div class="container "> <div class="col-12 mx-auto"> <h2 class="h1 text-primary">Project contributions</h2> <p class="mb-5">You can help by helping with bugs, translations and development.</p> </div> </div> <div class="container "> <div class="row bg-white shadow m-0 p-2 border-radius-3"> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="feature-box h-100 text-center"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><a href="https://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" target="_blank"><span class="display-5 icon-grad"><i class="fas fa-bug"></i></span></a></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Report bugs</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">If you notice something that doesn't work properly, troubleshoot it and if you find a bug let us know. Read the Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide to know how to troubleshoot issues and how to report bugs.</p> <a class="btn btn-grad mt-4" href="https://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" target="_blank">Report</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="feature-box h-100 text-center"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><a href="https://linuxmint-translation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" target="_blank"><span class="display-5 icon-grad"><i class="fas fa-language"></i></span></a></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Translate</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">If you speak English and another language, you can help us translate Linux Mint. Your efforts will allow Linux Mint to fully support display in your language. 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