NSA: Please Turn off the Lights When You Leave. Nothing to See Here.

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz shows how the general public can take action to truly protect their privacy using GnuPG with Evolution email. Read the details.

Mailvelope for Chrome: PGP Encrypted Email Made Easy

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz officially endorses what he deems is a truly secure, easy to use PGP email encryption program. Read the details.

Step off Microsoft's License Treadmill to FOSS Linux

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reminds CIOs that XP Desktops destined for MS end of life support can be reprovisioned with FOSS Linux to run like brand new. Read how.

Bitcoin is NOT Money -- it's a Commodity

Linux Advocate shares news that the U.S. Treasury will treat Bitcoin as a Commodity 'Investment'. Read the details.

Google Drive Gets a Failing Grade on Privacy Protection

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz puts out a public service privacy warning. Google Drive gets a failing grade on protecting your privacy.

Email: A Fundamentally Broken System

Email needs an overhaul. Privacy must be integrated.

Opinion

Cookie Cutter Distros Don't Cut It

Opinion

The 'Linux Inside' Stigma - It's real and it's a problem.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Turn a Deaf Ear

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reminds readers of a long ago failed petition by Mathematician Prof. Donald Knuth for stopping issuance of Software Patents.

Showing posts with label Support Linux Advocates Campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Support Linux Advocates Campaign. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Pay it Forward: Make a Small Donation. Make a Big Difference.

Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward
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By +Dietrich Schmitz 

From the imdb movie summary of 'Pay it Forward' (2000):

"Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother's alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him."

You can make a difference.  Small gestures, acts of kindness, generosity to people you don't even know, like me, are virtuous and blessed.  

A small donation of $5 dollars will indeed make a difference and the effect of doing so will be your own reward.  

I shall, in turn, give my pledge to pay it forward and make this website the best that it can possibly be by promoting exclusive, original, high-quality content with a focus on Linux Advocacy.  

Please help me reach my funding goal by making a donation today here.


Make a difference.  Pay it forward.

Thank you.

Dietrich T. Schmitz, Site Owner

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Linux Advocates Indiegogo Campaign Kicks Off Today

Support Linux Advocates Campaign
Dear Linux Advocates,

I am happy to announce the kick off of our Indiegogo Support Linux Advocates campaign officially begins today.

I would like to give special thanks to Katherine Noyes, not only for all her help in putting the Campaign together, but for all of her ongoing support of the Linux Advocates website and for believing in me.

The purpose of this campaign is to help defray costs associated with running this website.

Please click the link to see the details.

Funding this campaign will allow me to devote myself full-time to all aspects of operation and projects growing this site's advocacy and scope of visibility around the world.

I truly believe that, with your help, this site can make a real difference advancing Linux and free software throughout the world, making computing and technology-enabled opportunities more accessible to everyone.

Even if you can't contribute, I would be most appreciative if you would share this story with others who you feel may be in a position to make a small donation.

For the sake and Linux, FOSS and freedom, thank you so much for any help you can give!

--Dietrich T. Schmitz, Linux Advocate and Site Owner




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