Already confirmed: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6021503

Pat, I've just found out about this, being a charter member of the 2 percent club.

I've used Slack for at least 20 years (?) maybe longer. I owe the privilege of that use to you.

Mailed a small donation today, I really wish it could be more. Maybe in future.

jrch

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Consider Patreon videos.

Use Uncle Doug (on YouTube) for a model and show how Pat does what he does but only to those who pay on Patreon.

Sort of Video version of the changelog with other add-ons.

Sent my usual small donation. Probably next month will do it via Patreon.


Do wish that Slackware.com reflected the current status better, but looking forward to SW 15.0

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I received my first receipt from Patreon this morning; I'm happy to be a Slackware Patreon member.

Same

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Of all the options I've seen only PayPal seems to offer oneshot donations . Does Patreon offer such and I just not noticed it on the site mentioned in article (*) below ?
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https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6021503

Tia , JimL

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Patreon is only for recurring payments, so PayPal would be better for a one time donation. I wish Patreon did allow one time payments as well, it would be easier to just use one service (for additional payments when a new Slackware version is released, etc.).

See https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us...-time-payment- :

I remember reading that when Patrick confirmed it was the official Slackware account. It's still a bit of a hassle to change the donation amount, monitor when the larger payment is made, and then remember to change it back to the normal recurring payment again. For someone already making a recurring payment you'd think an additional one time payment option wouldn't be too hard for them to implement, but they seem to be opposed to it.

I think I'll just continue the PayPal route for one time payments, that keeps me from having to remember to update Patreon at some later date (since a major benefit is just to "set it and forget it").

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I'm going to continue to use Paypal and Patreon. I like the set it and forget it feature of Patreon. Pat will get his modest donation from me each month with Patreon. I also plan to use Paypal to pay for my download of Slackware 15.0 when released.
Praise Bob.

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Something to think about

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...elementary-os/

Ubuntu's download page is somewhat similar. It requests money, though you decide how much. It is different in that it starts the download in the background in the mean time before you commit to any payment.

ElementaryOS, on the other hand doesn't have a normal download page. It has a ‘Store’ link. You click on this and you have a few presets of what to pay. There is one option to set your own amount. Click this and set it to 0 and the ‘Purchase’ button instantly turns into a straight ‘Download’ button.

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Yes, this is the 'Radiohead' innovation. A very nice idea for 15.0.

Is it not strange that people have to wade through forums to find a way to donate to the creator/project, and have to wade more through other media, like facebook, or twitter or whatever to confirm that it is the legit way? It's like a little puzzle, or it's like the creator/project wants to make it hard on purpose for people to do this. This thread is not even sticky.

There is slackware.com . Adding a way to donate would maybe take 15 minutes. one link, and a few lines of text with the info. I really wonder what the reason could be to make it this difficult.

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I parse the thread as 'subgenius'.

Praise Bob.

cheers,