LetsEncrypt Not strictly speaking foss but adjacent and nonprofit
Is it worth giving them a little as an individual when they have funding from many large companies?
Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
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Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#32i'm a fan of donating to more "fundamental" or "essential" projects like
crypto
* openssl
* openssh => the openBSD project (!)
* gnupg
linux
* debian
* gentoo
maybe even
* arch, alpine, ...
others
* mozilla (!) - you remember: currently the only (FOSS) alternative to webkit/chrome, which start to dominate the ecosystem which is really bad!!
* ...
etc.
Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#33I would opt for the serval project [1]. Having a mobile based mesh network facility that is not controlled by corporations and/or governments is of paramount importance imho.
Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#34I think KDE is absolutely worth donating to. Sure they make a bit more than some other projects, but no where close to gnome, and not nearly enough for the good they've done to the world. They are finishing a year end fundraiser [0]. [0] https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/
Does anyone use Kdevelop as the main IDE?
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#35Gimp has not been well supported considering it's near central position in the ecosystem. (Haters—not interested in entitled comments, thanks.)
No entitlement from my part but GIMP has been sitting on a LOT of money for a lot of years[1]. They do nothing with donations because they don't have the legal structure in place (their explanation). What they really need is a new leader. That's the only thing that would really help the project at this point. 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/qowcy7/1300000_in_bit...
Looks like some folks donated bitcoin, which has been incredibly volatile the past few years and currently on a significant downswing. I'd recommend a more practical donation that could more easily be distributed.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
so, one video then? where the blogs at?
Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#37Earlier 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.
hey, you finish that blog bypassing those mitigations yet?
Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Out of interest, What drew you to MikroORM and beyond that, to support it? Say over Prisma or TypeORM as the big alternates.
I used TypeORM and ended up regretting it because of bugs and regressions. I felt that it was unsalvageable. Prisma is from a company so I did not consider it. I found MikroORM and got very interested with. Relations can be resolved directly from an object (ie. user.org.load()) reducing the dependencies for a service (ie. just need an OrgService, not UserService). Making mutations is a matter of simply changing a pro…
Thanks for the info. I've been working my way through the ORM's and had just attempted MikroORM on a project but struggled with the documentation for initial setup so ended up with Prisma. (Which was ridiculously easy to get setup with introspection but had a lot of "wat" moments around extended postgres features.)
I'll put MikroORM back in the pool though.
Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#39OrganicMaps 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.
It's the best we have and has made so much headway, but it's got so many little usability issues, big and little missing features and insufficient data in OSM (location reviews/pictures, often even opening times, highway lane indicators, traffic jam avoidance, car parking location save feature, stop signs, speed limits...) and little annoyances that even as an Open street map contributor I stick to GoogleMaps for anything other than hiking.
It's rendering style is sooooo nice though, I really wish Osmand could render in the same style.
I do think it is a great project to support, where donations can have an outsized impact. Organic maps is our best shot yet at having OSM get wide use for general navigation. I just worry that it's ideological stance (e.g. no data collection ever) means it will never be able to support some things (e.g. traffic aware time estimates and routing, accident and speed trap warnings or sharing own live location with friends) that people just expect.
Re: Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Organic Maps is great. It's close to a drop in replacement for Google Maps on Android.
It's the best we have and has made so much headway, but it's got so many little usability issues, big and little missing features and insufficient data in OSM (location reviews/pictures, often even opening times, highway lane indicators, traffic jam avoidance, car parking location save feature, stop signs, speed limits...) and little annoyances that even as an Open street map contributor I stick to GoogleMaps for any…
Agreed about the UX quirks. They're fairly small though and could probably be easily fixed.
I think data collection should be an option.