I can personally attest to the value that this donations page has, as it has allowed both me and my Lo-Co to contribute to Ubuntu is many ways. It is a great tool that the Ubuntu ecosystem uses to make Ubuntu better for all who use it.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Michael Hall <mhall...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Did you know that money from those donations is available for the > community to use for everything from attending conferences to hosting > loco events? > > http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/funding/ > > Michael Hall > mhall...@ubuntu.com > > On 01/16/2014 04:52 AM, Brian Burger wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkere...@ubuntu.com > > <mailto:bkere...@ubuntu.com>> wrote: > > > > I think he is confused by the Donation Splash page that comes up. > > > > > > Good Lord, that's actually a thing. Go through from the front page, > > following the various "Download Ubuntu/Get Ubuntu" links, and eventually > > you get a page with a set of sliders to choose how you divvy up your > > donation, a very prominent "Pay with Paypal" button at the lower-right, > > and a significantly less prominent, "No, just download Ubuntu" link off > > to the bottom left. If you're scanning quickly for the actual download > > link or just clicking through waiting for a download to start, it's not > > hard to miss the "free download" button. > > > > That's at about the same level of "service" as some of the skeevier > > random file-sharing websites I've occasionally tripped over. Nicely > > done, Canonical. > > > > The last large number of years I've just gone straight to > > releases.ubuntu.com <http://releases.ubuntu.com> when I needed a new > > shiny ISO. Hadn't realized the front-end was so distasteful. Not > > impressed. It's a good thing Ubuntu itself is so awesome, a lot of the > > rest of what Canonical gets up to leaves a bad taste in my mouth. > > > > Brian. > > > > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >
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