On Wednesday 22 April 2020 11:11:27 am William Morder via trinity-users wrote: > On Wednesday 22 April 2020 08:54:47 Michael wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 April 2020 09:57:57 am William Morder via trinity-users > > wrote: > > > On Wednesday 22 April 2020 05:50:09 Thierry de Coulon wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 22 April 2020 12.43:52 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > > A link on the TDE homepage would be nice > > > > > > > > If anyone is interrested in the site's address ask me (or search for > > > > Gabor Kum). > > > > > > It certainly got a lot of comments, even though the matter does not (as > > > you say) awaken any great interest. > > > > > > I think the question here is *how* anybody could take charge, even if > > > they were so inclined. When I want to donate money to TDE, I run into > > > the same problem. I hear that it can be done through PayPal (which I > > > try to avoid), but that is about all I know. > > > > > > So if anybody were to make arrangements, how would we know that any of > > > the funds were to go to TDE? From what I can see, those persons would > > > be going into business for themselves, rather than helping TDE, because > > > nobody knows how to get in touch with somebody who has authority over > > > the financial side of Trinity. Or, if such persons do exist, there is > > > no contact information that I can find anywhere. > > > > I've the same issues as Bill. I've found this: > > > > "The TDE project was founded by and is still led by Timothy Pearson. > > Timothy is an experienced and skilled software developer and was the KDE > > 3.x coordinator of previous Kubuntu releases." > > > > So my best GUESS is that Timothy is the one who gets donations. But... > > The last time I offered website/hosting/mirroring support I didn’t get a > > reply [1]. The last time (most likely ever time actually) I donated I > > got nothing back as an acknowledgment. Both are really off putting. > > > > The last time I can find donations in TDE ‘news’ is 2012 (twice), but > > even for the $2,241.50 [2] collected there is no ‘who donated list.’ > > ‘who donated lists’ being one of the biggest ways to get businesses to > > donate, as they get a link back and positive public relations. > > > > MX Linux seemed at least interested in having TDE bundled in their > > releases alongside Xfce, but who on this side would coordinate that? > > Timothy? > > > > Like most here I’d like TDE to have a wider exposure and acceptance, but > > Timothy himself seems to be the biggest limiting factors to that. > > > > What to do? Got no idea, it seems to be up to Timothy? > > > > Best All, > > Michael > > > > [1] I own: > > Internet Design Alliance, http://inet-design.com/ > > > > Services include: > > Fully Managed Dedicated Servers > > Fully Managed Drupal Hosting > > FailOver Backup and High Availability Solutions > > DNS clustering > > > > So it’s not like I don’t routinely have ‘spare capacity’ to donate. So > > getting nothing as a reply did leave me a bit ‘butthurt.’ > > > > [2] https://www.trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2012.05.01 > > Mr Pearson's avoidance of publicity or even contact with others seems more > like the behavior of a celebrity (film or music star) who is constantly > overwhelmed with unwanted attention. And I could understand that; for > whatever reason, one may not wish to interact with others. (We all have our > reasons, now and then, and nobody avoids other people more than myself.) > > But, I keep thinking, why not delegate those tasks to others who are more > sociable? I believe that the one thing we all want is for TDE to keep > going, because other desktops, by comparison, are crap; either they are > crap, or they are total crap, or they are the sort of ripe stinking > festering CRAP that gives other ordinary crap a bad name. Even the best of > the competition doesn't come close. ;) I've been told 'crap' is my favorite word, the above was highly amusing > Somehow or other, TDE keeps going, and development keeps moving forward; so > the bills get paid, servers keep running, the website stays online. Yet I > feel rather like my using Trinity is an exercise in faith, and we must all > keep hoping and praying that it does not come to an end, even though there > is nothing that we can do to help. > > Anyway, if somebody could point me toward some links to donate, I had > promised awhile back to make a donation. I was planning to do this around > about my birthday, which was the end of February; and then all this > Covid-19 stuff suddenly got in the way. But now I am thinking it is time to > make good. https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php I tried it, it works :) Copy/Pasta messages: Donate to kb9vqf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Purpose: Trinity Desktop Development and Hosting Costs TDEWEB001 You've donated $10.00 USD to kb9vqf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx We'll send you back to kb9vqf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in a few seconds. Return to kb9vqf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you for your donation to the Trinity Desktop project! 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