you know, we al benefit so much from FOSS. we really should think of making a donation. we should make a donation even if we can only afford to give a dollar or two. 1 dollar is 100% more than nothing! or is it infinitely more? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I never realized all the work that goes into maintaining a distribution > until I considered all of the software that has to work together and how > everything needs to be checked out to make sure it doesn't break something > so we might want to consider making a donation to your favorite distro. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:32 AM, der.hans wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> last month I led a discussion on how to sanitize electronics before >> donating them. >> >> The end of the year is also a good time to donate money to the projects >> that >> have helped us during the year. >> >> We don't buy Firefox, our favorite distro or any other Free Software that >> we use. Many projects have ways for us to donate money. Some will sell >> support contracts. >> >> What projects are indispensable for you? >> >> This year PLUG has had presentations on projects such as GIMP, Blender, >> KeePassX, ZFS, Firefox, Privoxy, Sensu, WireShark, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, bash, >> and Salt Stack. >> >> Many non-profits help us by supporting FOSS, Open Standards and online >> privacy. Plus, there are all those Free Software projects that benefit us. >> >> FSF, Ada Initiative, Software Freedom Conservancy, Software Freedom Law >> Center, EPIC, Creative Commons, Mozilla and EFF to name just a few >> non-profits :). >> >> debian, LibreOffice, Jenkins, and several others can receive onations >> dthrough Software in the Public Interest. >> >> libbraille ( for braille readers ), Evergreen ( integrated library system >> ), Inkscape, BusyBox, Sugar Labs, Wine, Samba and many others can receive >> donations through the Software Freedom Conservancy. >> >> Mozilla makes it easy to give money to developers for addons such as >> NoScript and FoxyProxy. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >> # Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. >> # We grow old by deserting our ideals. >> # Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm >> # wrinkles the soul. -- Samuel Ullman >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >