What you can do to financially help your favorite distro | Linux Today

What you can do to financially help your favorite distro

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 23, 2013

Since most Linux distros are developed and maintained by individuals, it totally makes sense to financially help the developers of your favorite distro. It takes a lot of time and work to create or customize a desktop Linux distribution, add all the applications and then more work to maintain it over time. While it’s very true that no payment is required by most distro developers, it’s also true that most of them would probably appreciate a little tip here or there from the users.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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