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As a distro we collect together a lot of packages. That leads to a constant stream of updates that we need to build and distribute to Guix users.

Each time there's a package update we build both the new package and all it's dependents. This is the functional package approach that gives us reliability and reproducibility. But we need resources for our build farm.

Then each update is distributed to users ...

(see pt3)

#freesoftware #gnu #guix #linux #foss #fundraising #nix

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@futurile@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

To distribute binary packages (substitutes) GNU Guix uses servers/mirrors.

As users we all benefit by downloading new updates quickly. We don't waste resources building them ourselves. The cost is that the substitute servers need good bandwidth and a lot of space.

The last thing we spend money on is community resources and organising the project (sprints like Guix Days).

We'd love to do more if we can raise more.

#freesoftware #gnu #guix #linux #fundraising #opensource #sustainability

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@futurile@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

You might be interested to know how much it costs to run a project like GNU Guix. Well our goal is €15,000 ($17,500) a year of donations to pay for our *current expenses*.

We have all the normal expenses that a Free Software project has for our development infrastructure, hosting and that sort of thing.

There are some unique parts of being a package manager and Linux distribution that make our needs a bit more acute ...

(see pt 2)

#guix #gnu #foss #donations #fundraising

futurile

@futurile@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

As a distro we collect together a lot of packages. That leads to a constant stream of updates that we need to build and distribute to Guix users.

Then each update is distributed to users ...

(see pt3)

#freesoftware #gnu #guix #linux #foss #fundraising #nix

futurile

@futurile@mastodon.social replied · 12 hours ago

To distribute binary packages (substitutes) GNU Guix uses servers/mirrors.

As users we all benefit by downloading new updates quickly. We don't waste resources building them ourselves. The cost is that the substitute servers need good bandwidth and a lot of space.

The last thing we spend money on is community resources and organising the project (sprints like Guix Days).

We'd love to do more if we can raise more.

#freesoftware #gnu #guix #linux #fundraising #opensource #sustainability

futurile

@futurile@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

As a distro we collect together a lot of packages. That leads to a constant stream of updates that we need to build and distribute to Guix users.

Then each update is distributed to users ...

(see pt3)

#freesoftware #gnu #guix #linux #foss #fundraising #nix

futurile

@futurile@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

You might be interested to know how much it costs to run a project like GNU Guix. Well our goal is €15,000 ($17,500) a year of donations to pay for our *current expenses*.

We have all the normal expenses that a Free Software project has for our development infrastructure, hosting and that sort of thing.

There are some unique parts of being a package manager and Linux distribution that make our needs a bit more acute ...

(see pt 2)

#guix #gnu #foss #donations #fundraising

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