Trisquel Projects - fund them with Kickstarter
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Random thoughts for anyone ready to exercise their entrepreneurial talents. After learning to use Trisquel, or any GNU/Linux operating system, you can start a Kickstarter project to raise funds. It will help the world if you use free software.
Society needs fix-it types, graphic designers, computer instructors, private tutors, geeks with server knowledge, and many creative promoters to get the word out that there is a better way. Have you ever heard the expression in the corporate world that the IT people are the worst dressed, but the highest paid? :) Nothing is as important as code - and no, it is not the dress code!
Have not heard from isostick lately, but their Kickstarter campaign funded in less than 30 days in 2011 with 419 backers pledging $66,607. The goal was $25,000.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/elegantinvention/isostick-the-optical-drive-in-a-usb-stick
People and businesses have to pay to have problems with their PC fixed. Unless they are friends or family, as these two Computer Science grads discovered. After ten years of being employed as computer security geeks, they got tired of fixing problems.
Using Kickstarter they raised $162,598 from 3,025 backers last summer. Now, they are free to do as they wish. Yes, they could be more free without "that" OS, but at least they broke away from voluntary corporate slavery.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/thejumpshot/jumpshot-a-new-weapon-to-battle-pc-frustration
The home desktop, mobile, phone, hand-held, education, and business markets need people who understand free software. If you can teach others, you can write your own ticket as an independent consultant, geek-on-call, or private instructor.
This video by a young friend is not about Trisquel, but IT is about freedom, life, and helping others.
'Start Now. No funding needed' - a video
youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KLnXjqKL5g?html5=1
vimeo - http://vimeo.com/26415958?html5=1
Derek started CD Baby in 1998 with $500 because he wanted to sell his own music and there was not a good system available. It grew... big... In 2008 he sold the company for $22 million, then gave the money to a charitable trust that funds music education.
We can do anything we choose in life... anything at all.
Do good things! With free software...
I am all in favor of a funding campaign to have one full-time Trisquel developer. Now, I believe Trisquel had better ask the help of the FSF to organize the campaign. Like MediaGoblin did.
Notice that you can financially help the Trisquel project right now: become a member. If you cannot afford a monthly payment, make a donation.
In a way Trisquel is already crowdfunded via the donations that are coming in.
I am a member!
I think the idea of doing something like this is it would attract users and funding. There may also be people who would like to support the free software project whom don't have the time and/or aren't able to figure it out just yet. As easy to use as Trisquel is with the right hardware the whole thing tends to require a lot of hand holding for the average user, patience, and work (ie resistance to using non-free software). I think you might find there are a lot of people out there who are very much against censorship, loss of privacy, and freedom who would be able to and want to contribute even if they themselves aren't able to figure it out (or just yet). While Trisquel isn't aimed squarely at privacy or censorship resistance the project is very conscious of it. Particularly in comparison to many more mainstream distributions and operating systems.
Hey Chris, need to discuss hardware with you and privately discuss using Trisquel for education centers in the US. Will contact you at work.
Check out these USB drives for business promo (pre-loaded with Trisquel, of course): http://www.usbmemorydirect.com/products/wdr6.htm
I am a member!
Agreed a crowd funding campaign such as mediagoblin did sounds like a good idea.
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