The foundation of modern software is cracking under the weight of burnout.
  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Pay for your FOSS! I’ve paid far more for my FOSS than for any proprietary software.

    If you believe in subscriptions, then subscribe only to FOSS software like Bitwarden, Tailscale/Netbird, etc.

    Find your favorite FOSS projects on Open Collective and support them there.

    And above all else, treat FOSS devs and maintainers with the utmost respect! They are the unsung heros who are building the only alternatives to the corpo-dystopian hellscape of proprietary, enshitified, slop software.

    Send a message to a dev today, just saying thank you to them for everything, and asking if you can send them a tip if possible.

    Folks, let’s treat each other lovingly please, FOSS has freed us, give back what you can, and never take it for granted.

    To all the devs, maintainers, tinkerers, supporters, FOSS educators, and helpful community members across the FOSS world, thank you so much, and much love. ♥️

  • smeg@infosec.pubEnglish
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    25 days ago

    For example, the developer of asus-linux.org who made the kernel contributions for Asus ROG laptops and the accompanying ROG Control Center recently walked away, due to exhaustion.

    • rishado@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      I couldn’t find anything about this on the Asus Linux blog, am I just dumb and looking in the wrong place? I use Asus-linux and didn’t know about this :(

      Edit: unfortunately it seems that bullshitters who make shit up on the spot have made their way over to Lemmy boo me

      • smeg@infosec.pubEnglish
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        23 days ago

        For myself, I make sure I’ve done my due diligence before I might accuse someone of dishonesty, rather than making a minimum effort.

        From his Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/flukejones

        I’ve burned out on LKML and many many other parts of the FOSS world. It’s exhausting. As such, I will not be working on Linux for asus device. It’s not something I can devote huge chunks of time to for free anymore.

        Thank you everyone who has donated something over the last years.

        Same on his Patreon

  • themurphy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    25 days ago

    If only there was a way to fund open source projects so we both could have better software for the world and paid employees…

    I think you can guess which government body already do this. Just take a shot.

    • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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      25 days ago

      Big question is: how many of us are funding foss projects?

      It isn’t difficult, and with how popular some are, it wouldn’t be long before the projects could hire one or more full time devs at good rates.

      I support a few big projects I use every month through liberapay.

      • Great Blue Heron@lemmy.caEnglish
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        25 days ago

        I think the bigger question is how many corporations are supporting foss projects? I’m sure a lot of us contribute a bit here and there if we can and I’m sure it makes a difference - but if some of these corporations, making billions of dollars profit, contribute just a tiny fraction of their wealth it could make a huge difference.

        It’s the same argument as recycling, turning off lights, walking instead of driving etc. etc. - yes there are 8 billion of us and if we all do it, it will make a difference, but the difference we make is still not significant compared to corporate greed.

        We are being gaslit to accept yet another scenario where we socialize the cost and privatize the profit.