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If you had $5,000 to donate to your favourite open-source projects, which one would they be? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 years ago by nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I would donate to (and have donated to some of) the following:

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[-] TheMechanic@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

FreeCAD

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

Definitely this order:

FreeCAD
KiCAD
Jellyfin
Bazarr
Immich
Prusaslicer
Homeassistant

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Freecad definitely needs the money.

[-] tun@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Barrier KDE NeoVim

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Syncthing. With godot as a close second.

[-] theendismeh@kolektiva.social 5 points 2 years ago

@nutbutter

Four of many possibilities:

Anki
Feeder
Joplin
New Pipe

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[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Half to debian, half to i3wm.

[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 4 points 2 years ago

Easily the surface-linux kernel project, that level of dedication is incredible and without I wouldn't have my favorite laptop running linux right now.

And probably all of KDE's various developers if possible, since I both love the actual desktop environment and all the various tools they provide (like Elisa, Kdenlive, and KDE Connect).

[-] VinS@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

SuperSlicer
klipper

[-] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago

FreeCAD
Inkscape
The free software foundation

[-] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Definitely Blender

[-] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'd also donate to ReactOS. Nobody uses that (me included) but I see a lot of effort, I'd donate to them

[-] largo3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

FreeBSD

[-] citizensv@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

They would be the ones I've been using for long: Inkscape GIMP xcfe gnome Mx linux Libreoffice Handbrake Rawtherapee Krita Easytag VLC Rhythmbox

There are more. I just donate some bucks now and then but I would like to help them all with more.

[-] sibloure@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

GrapheneOS. But hard to say because anything that gives us a choice besides either Apple or Google or Facebook, etc, we desperately need.

[-] gianni@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Waterfox, CalyxOS, Signal, the JPEG-XL team, GNOME

[-] Hopscotch@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just FYI, Signal (Open Whisper Systems) is not FOSS-friendly. The server-side software is not open source, they refuse to federate with other Signal implementations, and they are unfriendly to forks. See:

[-] Hopscotch@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I recommend using Molly instead if you need to communicate with Signal users. Note, the Molly-FOSS flavor excludes proprietary Google libraries entirely.

If you are interested in trying an alternative that is unrelated to Signal, I suggest looking at SimpleX Chat.