Thank God … I’ve been on Gimp and Scribus for the past 15 years, mainly because I could never afford Adobe products for the little bit of work I needed them for.
I was open source a long time ago because I just couldn’t afford paying for stuff for the little time I needed software. Now I’m happy to be fully open source and even contribute with donations to the projects I like the most. I donate annually now to projects like Wikipedia, Libreoffice, Scribus and Fediverse developers and projects.
This is one criticism I’ll always have with open source supporters … if you want open source alternatives, contribute with donations to them. Give anything you can afford … $1, $2, $10 … because they need money to survive and stay engaged and committed to their project.
If we all just stand aside and take advantage of free open software and not give anything, then we are no better than the corporations we were trying to avoid. Instead of corporations taking advantage of us, we are taking advantage of developers.
So if you want these open projects to live and survive, contribute to them with whatever you got. If we all just gave a dollar each to these projects, no matter what they are, the developers would have more than enough to maintain their work.
And whatever you contribute, it will be far less than the hundreds of dollars annually you would have given to a big corporation that would have just counted your money as profit and not directly contribute or support the actual developers.
Great idea because the merch acts as an advertisement to support the project and create awareness. It’s the main reason why corporations like Adobe are so successful - they have a pervasive marketing campaign. We should do the same and wearing a hat, t-shirt or bag would help do that.
Now you got me thinking about what to buy from the projects I like to support. Thanks
"On the next episode of Deep Space Nine! Tensions rise when Miles O'Brien's wife is possessed by a sadistic, emasculating space demon, and he can't tell the difference."
I think the relationship reflects us, the audience and our attitudes, prejudices, stereotypes and ideas more than anything.
We’re all conditioned to see the hard nosed Asian Dragon lady wife.
We’re also conditioned to see the stereotypical Irishman who continually tries to do good but good seldom happens to him.
The relationship of the two just reinforce all our ingrained attitudes about all that … and often, that is all we see or want to see.
The difficulty arises when we are forced or force ourselves to see them both in a different way. It makes us uncomfortable because it makes us wonder if there is nothing wrong with the characters but maybe there is something wrong with us and how we see them. We … and that includes me … find it easier to see something wrong with the world, rather in considering there may be something wrong with us.
I’m watching DS9 from beginning to end right now and the more I watch, the more it makes me think about the world and how I see it … and I think that was one of the biggest impacts that this couple was trying to gain from the audience.
Thoroughly loving DS9 and I just love jumping in here to talk to you all about it.
Maybe now that traditional memes are well on the way to being drowned in a sea of low-quality propaganda made by idiots, the cool kids will move on to text posts.
Rechecks notes … rechecks notes again … rechecks notes some more … opens up some binders for more notes … goes into their filling cabinets for more notes … reviews their idea board with more notes and pictures … taps away on a computer to review their online databases … ??? …
… WAIT A MINUTE!!! … They were never there!!! There are no cool kids!!!
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I feel like we've rebelled against old alliances and we are restarting again in some far off outpost with minimal supplies but plenty of hope and enthusiasm.
I've cut my ties and I'm staying on this outpost with you all.