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Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?

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Perhaps it's controversial, but OpenBSD, because so much of what they do ends up in a bunch of different software, either directly or inspirationally. https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html

Why controversial? Genuinely they deserve more donations just for OpenSSH alone.

Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?

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Perhaps it's controversial, but OpenBSD, because so much of what they do ends up in a bunch of different software, either directly or inspirationally. https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html

Why controversial? Genuinely they deserve more donations just for OpenSSH alone.

OpenBSD is somewhat controversial in that a variety of its security claims don't make sense or work out in practice. As a whole, however, they do meaningful work so it's still worth donating.

Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why controversial? Genuinely they deserve more donations just for OpenSSH alone.

OpenBSD is somewhat controversial in that a variety of its security claims don't make sense or work out in practice. As a whole, however, they do meaningful work so it's still worth donating.

What do you exactly mean by "its security claims don't make sense or work out in practice"?

Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?

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microG (https://microg.org/) is a very cool, important and (it seems like) under-appreciated component of a usable Google-free Android system. They take donations via Liberapay: https://en.liberapay.com/microG/

The whole ecosystem related to this topic deserves support IMO, especially ironing out all the kinks for daily use, starting with the installation (have you seen LineageOS's download page?!).

EteSync enables end to end encrypted cloud storage for calendar and contacts: https://www.etesync.com/

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenBSD is somewhat controversial in that a variety of its security claims don't make sense or work out in practice. As a whole, however, they do meaningful work so it's still worth donating.

What do you exactly mean by "its security claims don't make sense or work out in practice"?

I use OpenBSD as a daily driver. To make GP's point though, there are a few video's [0] and blog posts dissing OpenBSDs security claims.

[0] https://youtu.be/3E9ga-CylWQ

Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?

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OrganicMaps is worth supporting IMHO: https://organicmaps.app/donate/ It’s a FOSS maps app for iOS/Android that uses OpenStreetMaps data. Offline support & minimal battery usage make it ideal for walks/hikes/travelling.

Organic Maps is great. It's close to a drop in replacement for Google Maps on Android.
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