Some systems administrators too.. *shuffles conspicuously*

OK, PM me. I think a monthly standing order would be quite nice. That would enable me to give a small amount each month, which is what I already do for my favorite charities. And you can decide whether to pass it on to Pat or use it for your site.

Well, I would love to PM you my details, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to PM on this site! Anyone have any idea?

Maybe you can drop me an email to: mirrors (at) slackware.uk - I can reply to that with bank account info

Thanks hazel.

Select hazel in the left margin in one of her posts then scroll down to "Send a private message to hazel"

I've also selected a member name in the same left margin and then been brought to a page about the member where an email or private message could be sent. There are probably other ways. However members can configure their profile to allow or disallow this stuff.

I just tried it and it looks like a private message to hazel should work.

That's a negative. No sign of any PM option on either the left pop-up panel, or in the profile page

It'll probably be best for hazel to email me anyway.

I've just applied for a Social/Club account with a high street bank. I should hear back in a few days and can then pass on details of how to donate via bank transfer.

That should help keep my finances completely separate from the donations slackware.uk receives

I definitely approve of that. OK, there's an email waiting for you.

I know it's been a little while since I said I was getting a community account for slackware.uk; well, it's finally come through! It took them *weeks* to process the application, but they've just informed me that the account is open.

It'll take a few days for paperwork to come through - specifically the internet banking details, but once that has happened, I can get details from them to allow international bank transfers for donations

I'd also like to thank the people who have signed up for Patreon - your regular support is hugely appreciated, and it's helped me bring online a new service for slackware.uk that is going to help around release day... more details on that to come once set up is complete!

Once again, if anyone who uses the slackware.uk service would like to make a continuing donation, please see the Patreon page. For one time Paypal donations, please use this link. Any donations will be gratefully received

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This is OUTSTANDING, @Tadgy! Good news! Thank you for creating/maintaining this helpful Slackware presence in the UK!

#Stay_Healthy!

~Eric

Okey dokey - all the banking details have come through now, so I'm all set up to accept international donations from anyone who would prefer direct donations, rather than using PayPal or Patreon

If you have the means to donate to slackware.uk, and would like the IBAN and BIC numbers, drop me an email to darren (at) slackware (dot) uk.

I'm not sure how 'secure' I'm supposed to keep the numbers, so would prefer to give them out individually rather than in a public post on LQ

Again, my personal thanks to anyone who donates to slackware.uk, no matter what method you elect - every penny is appreciated, no matter how small or large.

Cheers!

Just thought I'd give a quick update on things in slackware.uk land!

As a result of the donations received so far, I've been able to have the HDD in the slackware.uk server upgraded - many thanks to everyone who has chosen to donate to the project to make that possible!

Since the HDD was upgraded, I've been able to implement GlusterFS mirroring across the two servers to improve reliability and redundancy. Obviously this provides some security and reliability to the service, and will allow me to configure some fail over - where the website will display a informative message, rather than just refuse the connection, when the main server is down for maintenance.

So, thanks again to everyone that is a patron, or donates via Paypal

If you have the means and use the slackware.uk services, please consider becoming a patron using the Patreon page: https://patreon.com/slackwareUK or a one off donation via Paypal: https://paypal.me/slackwareUK. All donations are gratefully received.

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So, has anyone noticed the fresh new look to the pages on slackware.uk?

I spent some time with CSS and PHP over the last week or so to bring the new look to the website.
Aside from the front page (which has the new style to the index) each sub-page has a set of breadcrumbs at the top for quick navigation back to any point along your trail to that directory.

Obviously you may not notice any of this if you just point slackpkg at the repos on the site and never vist the pages to browse, but I thought I would let people know

I'm quite chuffed with the new look and think it brings a new freshness to the site - hope you guys like it too.

Just another plug... If you have the means and use the slackware.uk services, please consider becoming a patron using the Patreon page: https://patreon.com/slackwareUK or a one off donation via Paypal: https://paypal.me/slackwareUK. All donations are gratefully received.

Thanks to everyone who has become a regular patron - I have quite a few cups of coffee or beers to buy for people should we ever have the chance to meet!

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Just a note regarding a change to the paypal.me address to be used for donations to Slackware UK.
Paypal have messed me around regarding an account downgrade from 'business' to 'personal', which has resulted in the previous paypal.me web address for donations to become disabled and irrecoverable.

I wanted to edit the messages in this thread which had the old address, but there's no edit option available now (I guess it's been too long since the original posts?), so I'm having to post this message in the hopes that people notice it and use this new address.

The new PayPal donation address is: https://paypal.me/DonateToSlackwareUK. This has been updated on the https://slackware.uk/ website, so if your in any doubt just follow the link on site.

If you happen to have this address in your signatures, or on your project's website, I'd appreciate it if you could update them to the new address.

Again, I truly appreciate all the people who are kind enough to donate to the project - whether that's through a recurring donation on Patreon, or with one off PayPal donations

Thanks!

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Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who has supported slackware.uk thus far - be that with a regular patronage or through Paypal payments. I am heartened by your support and I was humbled to see how widley the service is used and regarded during the period of unfortunate downtime recently.

I hate to ressurrenct this thread to once again ask for some support for the site, but I have had word from one of the sponsors (File Away) that they might not be able to support the project with any further donations towards the rental cost of the server.

Obviously I can't take the chance that they will withdraw their support at the end of the current contract period (March 2022) as this would mean the service going down because I simply can't afford the rental costs on my own. I'd like to try and create a 'buffer' reserve of cash to be used to fund the server that File Away sponsored if the worst comes to the worst and they can no longer continue sponsoring.

File Away have been fantastic in their support of the service - they've been making donations towards the server costs for over 10 years now. I cannot thank them enough for this support - they've been paying roughly £1500 per year for the server, often on a 3 year basis.

So I'm again asking, if you have the means and regularly use the slackware.uk services, please consider becoming a regular Patreon. If that's something you cannot do but you would still like to help out, please use the PayPal page to make a donation. I can also supply bank details for direct payments.

All donations are gratefully received and are only used for slackware.uk services - I do not profit from donations in any way.

Again, thank you to everyone who has already donated, or is a regular patron.

Thanks

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Following on from my previous post, I am wondering whether anyone out there in Slackware-Land could suggest a company or organisation that makes use of Slackware (or maybe just makes use of Linux and may be happy to lend their support?) whom I can approach for sponsorship of slackware.uk?

Perhaps you are employed at a Slackware or Linux consuming company or organisation and could lend an introduction to the management whom I could approach? A direct introduction is always better than a cold approach, but I am happy to make that if it's just a suggestion you can offer.

Obviously a Slackware using company would be preferable, since they would be more likely to support slackware.uk, but I'd be more than happy to accept any sponsorship in order to keep the service going if the worst comes to the worst next year.

I am still hoping to become self-sustaining from kind donations from within the community, but I am still about £50/month of regular donations short of that position. If you are one of the people who currently support the project, you have my unwavering thanks; but if you've just considered supporting slackware.uk on a regular or one off basis, now's the time to help out!

Thanks for taking a look at this, and for any help or suggestions you can offer