The elementary OS project has implemented monetization based on technical support.

The elementary OS project provided users who subscribed through GitHub Sponsors for $50 a month the ability to request personal assistance from lead developers for their questions once a month. If the solution takes more than 1 hour, the developers will only provide some feedback and express gratitude for the sponsorship.

Until now, the monetization of elementary OS has occurred through the following methods:

• Selling distribution images on a "pay what you want" basis. For purchase, any amount can be selected, including zero (although this is not explicitly mentioned in the download form, and the button is labeled "Buy" and changes to "Download" only when zero is entered, which might mislead the user).
• Selling curated native applications in the same manner. Here, 30% goes to elementary LLC, while 70% goes to the app developer.
• Voting with money for resolving specific Issues on the platform Bountysource.
• Campaigns on crowdfunding platforms. The latest of these was dedicated to another round of improvements for the AppCenter marketplace: enhancing privacy and stability, shifting from DEB to Flatpak, creating a personal account to save payment methods and purchase history, and making the store more accessible for other distributions. The campaign concluded more than successfully, but the epidemic disrupted the developers' plans to hold an in-person hackathon. Instead, the team is gradually implementing the planned features from the campaign remotely. Financial support from System76 — the manufacturer of Linux computers and developer of the Pop!_OS distribution. This was mentioned, at least, in.
• the release of 5.1. about the Nordstjernen browser by the same author. The projects are being developed in parallel. Northstar is a simple web browser with open-source code, distributed under the GPL license. Nordstjernen is a more complex browser whose source code is available, but the license restricts the creation of competing browsers based on this code. Collection of "classic" donations through
• Paypal Patreon and It's worth noting that the distribution.

elementary OS , positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project's primary focus is on a quality design aimed at creating a user-friendly system that consumes minimal resources and ensures high startup speeds. Users are offered the Pantheon desktop environment.positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on high-quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources while providing high boot speed. Users are offered their own Pantheon desktop environment.

When developing original components for Elementary OS, GTK3, the Vala language, and the custom Granite framework are used. The distribution is based on the work of the Ubuntu project. The graphical environment relies on its own Pantheon shell, which includes components such as the Gala window manager (built on LibMutter), the WingPanel top panel, the Slingshot launcher, the Switchboard control panel, and the bottom taskbar. Plank (a reworked version of the Docky panel written in Vala) and the Pantheon Greeter session manager (based on LightDM).

The environment includes a set of tightly integrated applications necessary for user tasks. Among the applications, a large portion consists of the project's own developments, such as the Pantheon Terminal emulator, the Pantheon Files file manager, the text editor Scratch and the music player Music (Noise). The project is also developing the Pantheon Photos photo manager (a branch of Shotwell) and the Pantheon Mail email client (a branch of Geary).

Source: opennet.ru