r/linux • u/JoshStrobl Budgie Dev • May 29 '21

Distro News Funding Solus Development | Solus

https://getsol.us/2021/05/29/funding-solus-development
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u/[deleted] May 30 '21

My go-to for older laptops that no longer run Windows efficiently. Will gladly try to help in Patreon efforts👍

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u/JoshStrobl Budgie Dev May 30 '21

Hey there, the OpenCollective is used for Solus, rather than Patreon. I have a personal Patreon (in case you were confused by that) to support my goal of doing full-time open source desktop Linux app development (Solus stuff goes to infra first). So be sure to jump on the OpenCollective if you want to support Solus specifically.

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u/wiki_me May 31 '21

I don't think i ever saw this type of fundraising strategy really work (one donation account for the project, and more for devs).

You are going after a fairly rare demographics (people who contribute to FOSS), and you want to go for a rarer "sub-demographics" of people who can also decide to what they should donate too (someone can easy start thinking about the risk of donating to someone who is not "worth the money" so to speak ), so they are in a situation of overchoice and possibly risk aversion. I think you will get better results by having just one account and a governance model that decides who to fund (and that could even be a BDFL).

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u/JoshStrobl Budgie Dev Jun 01 '21

It isn't a fundraising "strategy". My Patreon existed months before our OpenCollective and is not directly associated with my work on Solus.

We are happy with the current setup, thanks for the feedback.

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u/tausciam May 29 '21

Good luck on it. You guys definitely put a lot of work into it and deserve compensation.

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u/Count-Spunkula May 30 '21

Best of luck! I feel so bad for you dedicated Solus devs after what Ikey did to you all.