Buy stuff that supports the community

[doc_holiday]

Hey,

I was wondering where you could buy stuff that really supports this community.

Greets
Doc

[canadianwriterman]

I'm not sure how much it supports this forum community, but you can support the Ubuntu project with purchases at:

http://www.cafepress.com/ubuntushop/

[doc_holiday]

I'm not sure how much it supports this forum community, but you can support the Ubuntu project with purchases at:

http://www.cafepress.com/ubuntushop/

That's what I meant, not really this forum but the makers and so.

thank you

[earobinson]

That is a way to support ubuntu but the best way to give money is
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/donations/document_view
Also the support that ubuntu needs most is testers, translators, coders, people to help out are needed much more than money.

Yet if you dont have the time, money is always nice.

[doc_holiday]

That is a way to support ubuntu but the best way to give money is
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/donations/document_view
Also the support that ubuntu needs most is testers, translators, coders, people to help out are needed much more than money.

Yet if you dont have the time, money is always nice.

If I could help I would, but I don't think my knowledge of linux reaches the level needed to help you guys.

[earobinson]

Sure you can, http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/participate
Also a lot of the questions on the forums can be answered just by searching the forums ex
(question about root password)
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=98197
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=98159
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=94957
(or questions about mounting ... to lazey to find some)


We have some initial revenues from services related to Ubuntu. We have been contracted to produce customised distributions, and we participate in large-scale tenders for big Linux deployments, usually in partnership with local companies, where our job is to provide escalation support. In addition to widespread adoption in developing countries, Ubuntu may well be running all over NASA's Moffett Field soon... So we have the foundations of a sustainable project, and I'm confident that we have a reasonable chance of getting Ubuntu to the point where it funds itself for ongoing growth.

Exactly how it will all pan out from a business perspective is difficult to judge. I don't have all of those answers. That's OK, this is a risky (ad)venture, which is still at an early stage, so I don't expect to know. I can personally justify my investment in Ubuntu on philanthropic grounds (at least, the money we spend on open source development and on tools for open source developers, like Launchpad) because most of my good luck and wealth could only have been created using open source tools. I'm happy to give back to the community. Inasmuch as we start to spend money on suits, they need to be sustainable quickly. We currently make some money offering certification related services (certifying developers, administrators, applications, and hardware) as well as customisation services (you want your own distro, based on Ubuntu, let's talk). Demand for those services is growing. I'm pretty confident that I can get Canonical to break even on that basis. And breaking even is fine by me, because it means that Ubuntu will continue to rock even if I decide it's time to go back to space and pick the wrong Soyuz.

It's also important to distinguish between Canonical, which is a for-profit services operation, and the Ubuntu Foundation, which has capital from me, on a non-profit basis, to continue Ubuntu's work. With the announcement of the Ubuntu Foundation, I was basically saying "OK, this project has legs, I'll commit enough capital to keep the core going for a long time no matter what happens to me or Canonical". So we have plenty of time to grow sustainability around the project. If you want to help on that front, send work to Canonical next time you need something done with Ubuntu. We won't let you down.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarkShuttleworth

Money is great dont get me wrong, and money + your time is best. But I get the impresion that ubuntu needs peoples time more than money.