Mine is not criticism, but I find it quite strange that there's an opensource one and a NixOS one, but no generic Linux territory to discuss news and help each other.
Now, I could open one but honestly I find the 100000 sats monthly fee to keep it alive quite steep. Is there anyone that would be willing to open it, or is there a way to crowdfund if enough people are interested in the topic? In both cases I would be available to contribute daily and moderate (if necessary).
2 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
In the meantime.... https://stacker.news/~Linux
Cheers to the founder!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
@hodlme
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @hodlme 2 Mar
wink
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121 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 2 Mar
I would imagine that once the planned ability for territory owners to sell subterritories at a fee they decide (most likely, less than 100k sats) becomes available, some current territory owners will rename their territory to something more generic, and then the Linux one might become an obvious subterritory. It could probably already quite neatly fit inside ~opensource...
I own ~science. Obvious new sub-territories that I could sell at 10k sats for instance would be ~Physics, ~Biology, ~Chemistry, etc. Might even consider a ~crackpot subterritory~~
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
I wasn't aware of that planned feature, but if that's the case I still think that Linux should have its own territory, so distro-specific sub-territories can emerge. Let's see if we can make it happen somehow
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276 sats \ 3 replies \ @cascdr 2 Mar
Because you haven't made it yet!
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
You didn't read the post at all, didn't you?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cascdr 2 Mar
why wouldn't you just make it and test the market on the existing SN user base or recruit people to help? Worst case scenario you shut it down.
FWIW I agree with you it is much needed and you'll find like minds that could contribute.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
because I'm not throwing away 50€ on an experiment to test the market, especially if I think current pricing is just silly. If the community is interested, I think there should be community support also on the financial side. If there's no interest no problem, there are other places to discuss Linux matters.
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76 sats \ 2 replies \ @davidw 2 Mar
Good point. Maybe because it is somewhat covered by a few parallel territories like ~opensource, ~privacy and ~security. Would love to see it though but we get by for now.
The sat fees will be easily worth it in the long run IMHO, but they need to be calibrated.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
true, but having multiple territories that don't quite cover the topic at hand makes it confusing in my opinion, especially without the ability to cross-post in different territories ( SN is not quite friendly with duplicate posts, as far as I can see).
About the fee, I don't know how to feel about it. On one hand I like SN and love the fact that much of what you zap goes back to the community in one way or another, but a minimum 100000 fee for opening a territory is just too much imho. Indeed, this whole territory thing needs to be calibrated, I hope it's gonna happen soon...
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 2 Mar
You got your wish 🙂 congrats
~Linux unleashed
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92 sats \ 9 replies \ @random_ 2 Mar
Is there a way to crowdsource the maintenance fee?
@k00b
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21 sats \ 8 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Mar
You could run an sats raiser to crowd source it. AFAIK there is no official way to do it yet
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 2 Mar
We need to figure out how it should work exactly. There are too many potential ways it could work and most of us just have some vague idea about it. Like, are we talking about donations to a single individual that can only be spent to found it? Or are we talking about allowing a group to found it?
@kr and I were discussing it recently.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 2 Mar
My focus was on the maintenance fee specifically.
I make the distinction because crowdsourcing the founding seems like it could have implications of profit sharing whereas crowdsourcing the maintenance fee is more altruistic. Thinking wikipedia campaign.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Mar
What do you mean by maintenance?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 2 Mar
There's a recurring fee right?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Mar
Yes there is. AFAIK it’s the same price as founding, just depends on your payment interval, so I didn’t see a difference between founding and keeping it alive
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @w3irdrobot 2 Mar
isn't this what the SN reward for the owner of a territory is for?
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 2 Mar
Territories aren't close to breaking even yet.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 2 Mar
Maybe a loading bar and historicals
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7241 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 2 Mar
I’ll put 50,000 satoshis down. Would be nice if we got enough for a lifetime subscription. We could zap split all contributors the percentage they contributed.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Skipper 2 Mar
I'm surprised aswell. A ~linux territory would hold more value than most of these random territories i'm seeing...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 2 Mar
It is the wild West right now. If you see a need or market, go after it yourself! The questions you ask might be the solutions.
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