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        Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

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        Here's how to download and patch our codes…

        Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.

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        We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.

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        Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!

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        Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.

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        I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.

        Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.

        I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.

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About CygwinPortable

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Cygwin Portable is a Linux-like environment for Windows packaged as a portable app. Portable means that you can run Cygwin from portable devices like usb flash pen drives / usb sticks and use it on any computer.

from the profile of Etienne Savard (esavard)

The code is mostly written in DOS batch script.

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