{"id":45585199,"user":"fsflover","time":1760477261,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

> I didn't see many discussions about donating to foss software or smth in there.

There are many ways to help FLOSS with donation. Apart from directly donating to projects you're passionate about (e.g., https://qubes-os.org, https://debian.org, https://joinmastodon.org/, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42157556), you can support NGOs promoting free software in general (e.g., https://fsf.org, https://eff.org).

> how we can change the fact that foss isn't used by most people

1. Use it yourself, get experience with it and suggest it to other people when it fits their use case, offer support to your friends and family.

2. Support FLOSS development in any way you can (including documentation and finding bugs).

3. Support and promote commercial companies whose services are related to development of free software (e.g., https://puri.sm and http://system76.com).

4. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/support-the-freedom-ladd...

5. Sign petitions like this one: https://publiccode.eu.

6. Ask HN: How do technical non-developers help with open source projects? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9307255

> I genuinely want to ask you what brings you hope in there.

I regularly read hacker news and I'm constantly impressed by things people achieve with free software and how much FLOSS grows.

A few example topics which brought joy to me:

Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44580682)

Creation of a true GNU/Linux phone (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21656355)

PeerTube: Free software to take back control of your videos (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30445497)

Ask HN: How do I give back to people helped me when I was young and had nothing? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44268448)

Precursor, a mobile open-source electronics platform for developing secure apps (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24527846)","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"url":"item?id=45585199"}

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