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Alien Bob (Eric Hameleers) All the work that is done for us at a cost.

Hi,

I am posting this to bring a issue up for my fellow Slackware users.
Eric, I apologize if my taking liberties to post this but I truly feel as Slackware users we should help lessen the burdens.

Alien Bob (Eric Hameleers) has unselfishly produced packages for our use or enhancement for our Slackware but at a personal cost;

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From https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/

I will try and get a new Slackware Live PLASMA5 ISO image built and released with the new Plasma 5.13 on it, so you can check out the new features. I will have to check the other stuff in the ISO first and recompile anything that got broken because of Qt 5.11.
But don’t hold your breath… I am pretty much occupied with attempting to move 20 years of scripts and data from my ageing server to the ‘new’ box (well new… it’s 9 months old already). Having two servers running 24/7 is hurting my wallet because of the electricity bill. And this migration’s complexity (lots of custom stuff) made me delay the move time and time again. Now, I am focused and determined to finish the job.

Please notice the above underlined text.
Personally, in no way do I work for Eric or Slackware. He(Eric) did not solicit me to post, I've done this on my own. All my involvement is to promote a great Gnu/Linux. Eric should not have the burden totally on himself. If you wish to help then go to his blog via ;

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https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/

under the Sponsoring(left side) you can choose to donate by clicking on the;

Sponsoring donate button
Please consider a small

donation:

I am sure that Eric would appreciate any help given. I know what it costs to run servers let alone maintain units.
Hopefully this helps Eric by lessening the burden.

:hattip:

Thanks for posting this. Eric's monumental efforts have been highly valuable in the last few months of my getting to know Slackware. It would have been a harder journey without him. There are a select few individuals who really make the distro what it is and Eric is one of them. Whenever I download a large binary put together by him I think, "God, does this guy never stop?". He deserves whatever help can be given. Truly a pillar of the community.

ok

Shall we donate?

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Originally Posted by solarfields (Post 5869029)

ok

Shall we donate?

I donated to Eric once a while back.

I have used Eric's work many times and I have just now made a donation, thanks Eric for your dedication!

And I still love it when Eric 'loses it' on these forums :)

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Originally Posted by andrew.46 (Post 5869055)

And I still love it when Eric 'loses it' on these forums :)

Agree. It's usually exactly what I am thinking too.

However, who could blame him for losing it from time to time? It always happens after someone starts asking for more without making any of the effort to contribute back. Open source is meant to be a cyclic process where the users give back. All too often someone complains about something, is vague, and will not do any of the work to help out.

Anyways, thanks to Eric for all his hard work. If I wasn't on a fixed income I would donate monthly to him. I do pay for a Slackware DVD subscription though. Do what you can to keep the Slackware machine churning!

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Originally Posted by mralk3 (Post 5869119)

I do pay for a Slackware DVD subscription though. Do what you can to keep the Slackware machine churning!

Exactly! I'm a retired school teacher on a pension. I'm happy to have a Slackware subscription, and I buy stuff from the Slackware store from time to time.

The donate page doesn't like me. When the "donate" field appeared, I was unable to enter an amount. Firefox 52.8.0 on Slackware 14.2 with Noscript 5.1.8.4 set to scripts allowed.

Donated.
I have a subscription too. Works out at about £50 per release (another reason, apart from those mentioned in the other thread, to be grateful it's not every six months. :) )

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Originally Posted by frankbell (Post 5869125)

The donate page doesn't like me. When the "donate" field appeared, I was unable to enter an amount. Firefox 52.8.0 on Slackware 14.2 with Noscript 5.1.8.4 set to scripts allowed.

When I entered an amount and logged into Paypal, it showed me the amount and gave me an opportunity to change it.

Perhaps you could try submitting the 0.00 from Eric's page and then changing it to whatever when Paypal prompts you?

Eric's done a magnificent job! Goog for bringing this up.
Of course I'll make a donation.

Thanks alot Eric.

Thanks for bringing this up onebuck!

Hi,

Your Welcome!

In Eric's blog you can find loads of information. I was reading his blog when I noticed his entry for "Having two servers running 24/7 is hurting my wallet because of the electricity bill."

All his work has been and still is very important for the Slackware community and his unselfish work sometimes can bear a burden. He should not have the burden of a monetary sense. That is just taking away from his family's well being.

I am glad to bring this to the attention of the community.

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip:

I like that he accepts crypto.... I *wish* PV would.

just sayin'

Hi,

My guess is that http://www.slackware.com/ site does not get much maintenance. The site has been the same for years. Long over due for a upgrade. :)

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip: