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{{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} | Self Support First Policy || '''The {{project_name_short}} team is promoting the "Self Support First Policy"'''. It is a policy, usually employed by small open source teams with limited resources. It means ''utilizing all of your options from public sources first'', then search engines, already existing content and answers, then sources inside [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}} the forum] and only then consider reaching out in the forum and through direct [[Support|support]].
'''Details on Self Support First Policy'''
'''Visit [[Self Support First Policy]] for a full explanation of this policy'''. Selected Details:}} # Self support is often easier and more effective than suspected. It saves the user time and helps the developer team concentrate on improving the product # [[Please Use Search Engines And See Documentation First]] and read the [[FAQ]]. Most questions have already been answered. # Use the {{project_name_short}} internal search engine and external search engines like DuckDuckGo and Startpage which the additional keyword "{{project_name_short}}". # Search the [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}} {{project_name_short}} User Forums] and [[Reporting_Bugs#Issue_Tracker|issue tracker]] for the problem. # If possible, search for a solution without the {{project_name_short}}-specific part of the question, as it may have been answered in mainstream Linux fora. # Check if the problem can be replicated in vanilla operating system environments like [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] {{Stable project version based on Debian codename}}, Xfce. # See [[Support#General_Advice|General Advice]]. # See [[Introduction|documentation introduction, user expectations, footnotes and references]]. {{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} | Self Support First Policy ||
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