I’ve always wanted to run as many programs as possible that “Give back” to awesome developers who create things. I’ve got a few, but I’m looking for more.
Bandwidth Consuming
- I2P Node
- Seed my favorite shows
- IPFS Cluster
Linux
Other
- Snowflake browser extension
If I can get enough of these idle things, I want to one day create a website where you answer a few basic questions about your OS/Hardware and it suggests which of these you can do based in tiers (i.e. how easy it is to set up, how big of an impact you have).
What are some other ones I could add?
You can learn programming or bisecting and bug reporting and do that. You can package software and maintain packages.
Or did you mean passively use your computer? Seeding shows doesn’t help Linux, you should seed Linux ISOs on Torrent instead. Especially when new versions are released or few people seed.
Bandwidth costs a lot. Manpower is nearly invaluable. Donate your free time and help newbies in chatrooms. Ask maintainers of your favourite software about how you can help. Get involved.