Disclaimer
Not trying to blame anyone here. I‘m just taking an idea I‘ve read and spinning it further:
Intro
A lot of people use free open source software (foss), Linux being one of them. But a lot less actually help make this software. If I ask them why, they always say „I don’t have the coding skills!“.
Maybe its worth pointing out that you don‘t need them. In a lot of cases it’s better to not have any so you can see stuff with a „consumer view“.
In that situation you can file issues on github and similar places. You can write descriptions that non technical people can understand. You can help translate and so on, all depending on your skills.
Other reasons?
I‘d really like to know so the foss community can talk about making it worthwile for non coders to participate.
Some people are better at technical writing, some are better at coding, some better at UI/UX design
I don’t think op is asking people with zero technical aptitude to jump in writing user manuals.
Just because you don’t code doesn’t mean you can’t contribute in some fashion. If you have the skills to improve a user manual, wiki, or help file… Why not right?
You got it! This is how we actually beat the corpo trash. :)