One of the things I’ve always liked about using Linux is the feeling that my input is actually important. Either by way of giving input to the developers directly or (more importantly) reporting bugs that inevitably appear on a system. It’s the latter of the two that help Linux (as a whole) to take great strides forward. Without a community of users and developers to report problems, the operating system would stagnate.

But to the new user, these bugs are nothing more than a nuisance, getting in the way of things “just working”. Those new users need help in understanding that bugs in Linux should be reported to the developers. But how do you do it? A new user isn’t going to be savvy enough to run a backtrace on a segfaulting piece of software. In this article I am going to attempt to help the new user to see how easy it can be to report bugs as well as how and/or where to report them.

What is a “bug”?

I would venture a guess that most everyone viewing this site knows what a “bug” is, in reference to computer software. But just in case you don’t…

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