Comment on Oscar-winning animated film 'Flow' created entirely with free and open-source software Blender

• Evrala@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Going into debt running Tumbleweed.

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  • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sweats in Arch

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you pay per package, you get shaken down whenever GCC is updated.

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• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s why they do it. A lot of people can’t afford to donate to software, so for those who can, it’s nice to make a sizeable contribution.

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• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Each time I update

  So in general that’s each time there’s a new LTS version I want to update to. I don’t so the nightlies or daily branches for most of my software and the ones that I do I basically throw some cash like each quarter or so depending on how much I use their software.

  Blender for example I think put about $100 towards it last year, that was only the second year I was able to support them and the first year (4 years ago) I only put $15 towards them. And Blender got the most I put towards a project last year.

  This year I’ve already put $30 towards Godot though. It’s ahead of Blender right now in 2025.

  I try to do what I can, sometimes I can’t contribute and sometimes I can. I like to help where and when I can.

  Unfortunately I may have to hold off for a few months as I just got a suprise bill for $1800 so it may be October (hopefully) when I can throw some cash their way again.

  I also contribute to some content creators I enjoy, though not as many as I’d like.

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